Josh Lucas will star in Tim Robbins’ pilot for “Possible Side Effects,” a drama about a dysfunctional family, the Hollywood Reporter says. Robbins wrote and is set to direct the pilot for Showtime, in addition to serving as executive producer…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia reported a second-quarter profit, but company officials warned at advertising revenue is trending down for the rest of the year, the Wall Street Journal reports. MSLO’s results were boosted by a 57% rise in merchandise revenue,…
CNN’s series “Black in America” set a record for viewers for a documentary in the demographic targeted by news programmers, the New York Times reports. Almost half the program’s viewers were African Americans, the paper adds.
NBC.com has put up the full video from its Comic-Con panels for “Chuck,” “Heroes,” “The Office,” “Knight Rider” and “Kings.” The video page also includes “Adventures of Comic-Con Virgin,” featuring interviews and on-the-scene footage. —Vlada Gelman
Nickelodeon will add several shows from the 1990s and early 2000s to the iTunes store as part of Nick Rewind, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The shows, which include “Rugrats,” “Clarissa Explains It All,” “Doug,” “Hey Dude” and “Rocko’s Modern Life,”…
Thomas Moody has been upped to senior VP of programming, planning and acquisition at A&E and Biography Channel, the Hollywood Reporter says. Moody is crediting with co-creating and producing “Find & Design,” “Private Sessions,” “Watching the Detectives” and “The Chris…
Walon Green and Robert Nathan will replace Warren Leight as executive producers on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. Dick Wolf plans to break the 16-episode season into halves, with Green producing eight episodes starring Vincent D’Onofrio…
Nickelodeon has ordered 20 episodes of “True Jackson, VP,” Daily Variety reports. The new series, which joins the network’s “TeeNick” lineup, stars Keke Palmer as the 15-year-old head of a fashion label’s youth division, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Nickelodeon will launch a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game for the show “Avatar: The Last Airbender” in September, Online Media Daily reports. The MMO game, “Avatar: Legends of the Arena,” will be available in 10 languages across 81 markets, with…