HBO has tapped writers Carl Hiaasen and Mike Lupica for an untitled pilot script about a professional golfer who must go into the witness protection program, Daily Variety reports. The project marks the first collaboration between the two writers. Hiaasen…
Network executives at women’s TV networks are shuffling about as competition between Lifetime, Oxygen and WE increases and with the upcoming addition of Oprah Winfrey’s cable network, OWN, debuting in 2009, Deadline Hollywood Daily says. The Web site reports that…
Academy Award-winning actress Shirley MacLaine stars in this weekend’s Lifetime premiere of “Coco Chanel,” the TV film about the life of the legendary designer, USA Today reports. While MacLaine doesn’t adopt a French accent for the role, she feels glad…
Several stars of more adult-themed fare, including Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier and Christopher Meloni, changed their tune from their usual projects for the Nickelodeon film “Gym Teacher: The Movie,” premiering Friday night, the New York Times says. The title…
The Envelope’s Gold Derby blog has posted a list of predictions for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Participants were asked to predict the winners and the results were divided into two groups, Team TV Journos and Team The Envelope. Both groups…
Reruns of ABC’s “Lost” will join the G4 lineup on Sept. 14, beginning with the two-hour pilot. “Lost in 2.0,” as the network is dubbing it, will air weeknights at 9 p.m. with interactive on-screen features such as trivia, character…
BET Entertainment President Reginald Hudlin is stepping down, the Viacom-owned network said Thursday. Mr. Hudlin will resume his career as an independent film producer. Under Mr. Hudlin, the network has increased the amount of original programming it runs and tried…
Armed with “the Best F#&king News Team Ever” in Denver and St. Paul, Minn., “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’s” coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions propelled itself well above the show’s 2004 convention coverage in ratings and viewership….
CNN political analyst Roland Martin will host a series of specials for the news network discussing issues pertaining to November’s general presidential election, Multichannel News reports. The specials, to run Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. ET starting this week with…
MTV scored its biggest audience since 2004 with Sunday’s 25th annual Video Music Awards with a little help from its Viacom family, Multichannel News reports. During the awards telecast, VH1 ran a rotating series of three promos encouraging viewers to…