Elizabeth Berkley will guest star on Showtime’s “The L Word” in a multi-episode arc next season, Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. She will play the straight girl who got away from Jennifer Beals’ character in college, the magazine notes….
Matthew Davis (“What About Brian?”) will join FX’s “Damages” in a recurring role next season, Entertainment Weekly reports. Meanwhile, Keith Carradine will guest star in three episodes of CBS’ “Numbers” as a Fed and Charisma Carpenter will return to ABC…
Comcast subsidiary thePlatform has made deals with three major cable operators to provide online video services, the Wall Street Journal reports. Comcast has its own streaming video Web site, Fancast, but is looking to expand into the technology service provider…
Verizon Communications’ move to launch FiOS TV service in New York has caused Time Warner Cable to beef up its customer service by decreasing the visitation window from four hours to two hours in Staten Island, the Wall Street Journal….
TNT has picked up a pilot from Joel Surnow, “24’s” co-creator, and Todd Robinson, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, “Night and Day,” will follow agents who work for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The project is Surnow’s…
Sci Fi announced that the rest of the final season of “Battlestar Galactica” will air in January 2009, according to IfMagazine.com. The cable channel also will expand its Saturday night movie franchise to include Sunday night, adding 12 more movies…
Limelight Networks is prepping to power NBCOlymipcs.com’s coverage of the Beijing Games, the Hollywood Reporter says. The content delivery network, which serviced Web streams for last year’s “Live Earth” concert, will stream as many as 20 live events and some…
Cartoon Network is developing a live action-CGI TV movie based on its “Ben 10” series, the Hollywood Reporter says. Alex Winter and John Turman have been tapped to direct and write, respectively, the film, “Ben 10: Alien Force,” which will…
The latest season premiere for USA Network’s series “Monk” drew 5.6 million viewers on July 18, Multichannel News reports. The series, which wrapped up its previous half-season with 6.1 million average viewers for six episodes, will air its 100th episode…
Disney Channel is prepping a “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” spinoff for air this fall, Multichannel News reports. The new series, “The Suite Life on Deck” follows Zack and Cody, played by twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse, as…