Turner Classic Movies is honoring acting legend Paul Newman by devoting 24 hours of its schedule on Oct. 12 to a collection of the Academy Award-winning actor’s films. Among the movies airing that Sunday include Mr. Newman’s breakthrough performance in…
AMC is developing a Western-themed series about the Pony Express with Robert Duvall, Daily Variety reports. Fox TV Studios will produce the still-untitled drama. Duvall, behind AMC’s high rated “Broken Trail” and production partner Rob Carliner are on board, along…
Spike TV has filmed a pilot for “Peep Show,” a single-camera comedy based on a British program, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project stars Rob Chester Smith and Brad Morris as roommates with very different careers dealing with various life…
Ellen Burstyn will join the cast of Showtime’s drama pilot “Possible Side Effects,” Daily Variety reports. Burstyn will play the matriarch of the central dysfunctional family, which runs a pharmaceutical company. She joins previously announced cast members Josh Lucas and…
The fourth season of the boxing reality competition “The Contender” will include a slew of familiar faces, including new host Tony Danza, ESPN.com reports. Joining Danza will be challengers Darnell “Ding-A-Ling Man” Wilson and Rico Hoye. The series is currently…
Hunter Parrish of “Weeds” is now a theater star thanks to encouragement from his co-star and TV mom Mary-Louise Parker, USA Today reports. The 21-year-old actor recently began a stint in Broadway’s “Spring Awakening.” Parker was there to see his…
The recent Telecom-Cable Industry Satisfaction Report says that cable’s customer satisfaction scored a 60 out of 100, Multichannel News reports. While Cox Communications scored a 66, the sector’s average was brought down by poorer scores for Comcast Corp., which earned…
By making a night of it, ABC came out a winner Friday, drawing 11.04 million viewers for the first of three presidential debates between Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain. The network led all broadcast and cable…
To help out your Monday Wall Street hangover, CNN’s “American Morning” will run a special series tomorrow through Thursday to be hosted by Gerri Willis, TVNewser reports. Tuesday tackles 401Ks while the next two installments deal with loans and banking….
Jonathan Dolgen has resigned from his position on Charter Communications’ board of directors, effective today. Mr. Dolgen is leaving the company due to personal reasons and to make time available to pursue other interests. “I have enjoyed having an opportunity…