Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather tells the Columbia Journalism Review he’s “never been happier or more satisfied” than he is now working on HDNet’s “Dan Rather Reports.” Rather is suing CBS for $70 million, and says a Hollywood producer…
A jury ruled that Turner Broadcasting System reneged on a deal to sell the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers, and awarded the jilted buyer damages of $281 million, Bloomberg reports. The buyer, David McDavid, had sought $450 million from the…
TNT will become the latest network to broadcast sports in 3-D, showing a special production of the NBA’s “All-Star Saturday Night” in 80 movie theaters around the country on Feb. 14, USA Today reports. The TNT broadcast follows The NFL…
Showtime has hired Martha Plimpton and four other actors for the pilot of the comedy “The End of Steve,” which stars Matthew Perry as an egomaniacal talk-show host, says the Hollywood Reporter. Plimpton will play the show’s producer. Actors Kiele…
In an interview with the Baltimore Sun, Anderson Cooper says there’s too much yelling on cable news. “These are dangerous times. A lont of people are hurting, and I’m not interested in addingto the cacophony of chatter on cable news,”…
“Entourage” producer and director Julian Farino is in negotiations to direct an independent comedy called “Oranges,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The script follows a man who begins a romantic relationship with a family friend’s daughter. Production is expected to begin…
Looking to eat Animal Planet alive, A&E Network is launching a show that takes on out-of-place alligators, pet-eating bobcats and a stadium full of bats—and not the wooden kind. “The Exterminators” launches with 13 episodes starting Feb. 4 on A&E….
Co-President Harold Akselrad has decided to leave HBO after 25 years, the network announced Tuesday. Mr. Akselrad recently concluded negotiations with several of the studios that supply the pay cable network with theatrical movies. “After 25 years, I am grateful…
A&E’s new bounty hunter-themed reality series “Manhunters” debuts Tuesday with a bi-coastal search for the leader of a gang responsible for 1,400 murders, the New York Post reports. The series will regularly follow members of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task…
Fox Business Network is expected to announce this afternoon a new distribution deal, representing some 2 million digital subscribers to Cox Cable in several major markets, TelevisionWeek has learned. The deal, which takes effect Jan. 1, will raise the 14-month-old…