TLC has named Howard Lee vice president of production and development, East Coast, while Denise Contis steps into the same position on the West Coast. Mr. Lee comes to TLC from Planet Green, where he served as vice president of…
With its successful “High School Musical” franchise about to hit movie theaters, the Walt Disney Co. is looking to keep the property alive as cast members grow up and move on, the Wall Street Journal says. CEO Bob Iger says…
Rupert Murdoch obtained a draft of Michael Wolff’s book about the media mogul and expressed objections to its publisher, the New York Times reports. One complaint was with a section that suggest Mr. Murdoch is sometimes embarrased by Fox News….
“Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” which starts its second season on VH1 Thursday, “is a perfect distillation of popular culture as we know it,” the Los Angeles Times says. This season’s participants included Gary Busey and Rodney King. “Most of…
HBO’s popular comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will begin production for a seventh season in December, Daily Variety reports, citing sources connected to the series. The network has yet to announce a premiere date for the new episodes or an executive…
Sci Fi Channel has ordered a pilot for a spinoff of one of the network’s most popular series “Ghost Hunters,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The new version, dubbed “Ghost Hunters: College Edition,” will follow a group of college students as…
After a spending spree to lock up talent, Fox News Channel appears to be betting it will be able to hold onto a good chunk of the audience and advertising that this election cycle has whippped up, the New York…
Comcast announced new higher-speed Internet services that will provide residential customers with downloads as fast as 50 megabytes per second, CNET says. The new “extreme” package costs $139.95 a month and its “ultra” service—at 22 mbps– is $62.95 a month….
Sarah Silverman’s “true genius lies in the short form,” says the New York Times, reviewing herComedy Central show, which returned for a second season last week. The sitcom generously accommodates “her taste for puerility” and shows that “a half-hour may…
Talk that Chris Matthews might run for Arlen Specter’s Pennsylvania Senate seat was stirred up when the MSNBC anchor attended a dinner held by Barack Obama’s biggest New York fund raiser, Robert Wolf, on October 14, the New York Times…