AMC and ITV will co-produce a remake of cult TV series “The Prisoner” starring Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel, Daily Variety reports. British network Sky One was originally slated to co-produce the project, but pulled out of the deal when…
TNT has acquired the rights to the British series “Cracker,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Granada America and TNT will co-produce the series alongside executive producers Robert Duvall and Robert Carliner’s Butchers Run, the newspaper says. A previous American remake of…
Actress Grace Park told the Los Angeles Times that a “Battlestar Galactica” TV movie has been greenlit, Ain’t It Cool News reports. Filming is expected to start in August, but is contingent on whether there is an actors strike, the…
Nick at Nite has named Paul Ward as its executive VP of prime-time acquisitions and strategy for Nickelodeon and the MTVN Kids & Family Group, Daily Variety reports. Ward, an MTV veteran, will be responsible for acquiring off-network sitcoms for…
Barbara Bekkedahl has been named Bravo’s vice president of sales. Bekkedahl will oversee the Bravo sales team, working with sales management teams on the East and West coasts as well as the regional sales offices in Chicago and Detroit. Bekkedahl…
Spike TV will premiere Associated Television International’s unscripted series “Real Vice Cops Uncut” Aug. 6 at 10 p.m. The six half-hour episodes feature ride-alongs with local police agencies in Memphis, Tenn., and Orlando, Fla., as they take down criminals involved…
The World Fishing Network is one of 22 new channels in high definition that Dish Network recently added to its service, Television Week reports. The surprising addition, however, suggests that for many networks, a solid strategy to getting carriage lies…
MTV Networks Music Group president Van Toffler suggested that Britney Spears may not be out of the running for an appearance at this year’s Video Music Awards, the Associated Press reports. Spears opened last year’s show in what was pegged…
Jason Schwartzman has been cast as the lead character in HBO’s pilot “Bored to Death,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The dark comedy, written by Jonathan Ames and scheduled to being production in New York in September, is the second comedy…
Walt Disney Co.’’ ABC Family’s new series, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” featuring a pregnancy, a request for condoms and kids planning to drink beer and have sex, is racier than the programming the channel is known for,…