Miranda Richardson, Christopher Evan Welch and Lauren Hodges are in negotiations to star in an untitled political thriller from AMC, the Hollywood Reporter says. Allen Coulter will direct the show’s pilot, about a secret society that influences world politics. —Aimee…
A new special on CNN, “Scream Bloody Murder,” hosted by Christiane Amanpour, takes an unflinching look at the history of genocide, according to the Washington Post. “Some may find the program tough to take at holiday time, but in fact…
TNT’s new series starring Timothy Hutton as a former insurance investigator who turns vigilante after his company won’t pay for treatments that might have saved his son’s life, is a mix of “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Burn Notice” and “The A-Team,” USA…
Time Warner and other cable operators are asking a federal appeals court to undo the FCC’s decision to reinstate a 30% cap on the percentage of cable subscribers they are allowed to reach in the U.S., Broadcasting & Cable says….
CNN correspondent and anchor Miles O’Brien is leaving the network as it closes its science, space, environment and technology unit, TVNewser reports. O’Brien has been the news network’s chief technology and environmental correspondent since April 2007. The network says it…
Josh Howard, VP of long-form for CNBC, announced that he will leave the cable network when his contract expires next week, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The announcement comes just one day after the unit that has been overseen by Howard…
NBC Universal has begun cutting staff amid a faltering economy, people familiar with the matter said. So far, approximately 30 staffers in the advertising sales department have been told they are losing their jobs, said the sources, who requested anonymity….
Cox Enterprises is forming a new organization, Cox Media Group Inc., which will bring together Cox Newspapers, Cox Television and Cox Radio into a single unit beginning in January, TVNewsday reports. The businesses that will make up the group will…
Fox News Channel’s firm grip on the cable news crown continued in the November sweeps, which was chock full of economic, political and terrorism news that boosted ratings across the board. Ten of the top 15 cable-news programs for the…
Showtime says it ordered a third season of its David Duchovny series “Californication.” Production will resume in the spring on 12 episodes expected to air late next year. “It wouldn’t be Showtime without a yearly dose of ‘Californication,’” Robert Greenblatt,…