Negotiations between LIN TV and Charter Communications over the airing of LIN’s broadcast signal have stalled, Broadcasting & Cable reports. It is not expected that the two companies will reach retransmission-consent agreement, according to an announcement by LIN TV, the…
John Malone’s Discovery Holding Co. and Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership reached a deal to combine their ownership stakes in Discovery Communications and create a new publicly held company to be called Discovery Communications Inc. Advance/Newhouse, which is privately held, owns one-third…
Showtime has given “The United States of Tara” a 12-episode order, the Hollywood Reporter says, citing unnamed sources. The series, starring Toni Collette and John Corbett, is written by Diablo Cody and produced by DreamWorksTV and Steven Spielberg, the newspaper…
Toni Collette in ‘The United States of Tara.’ Showtime Networks has ordered 12 half-hour episodes of the comedy series “The United States of Tara.” The program stars Toni Collette as a wife and mother with disassociative identity disorder (aka multiple…
Disney executives are debating whether to coordinate a European screening event for international buyers in order to present their midseason shows, Daily Variety reports. ABC Studios presented only six new shows to buyers at the L.A. Screenings this year, but…
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have taped on-air spots for Lifetime Television Network to honor the service of American military families. The 30-second messages are set to begin airing June 4 and will run until the June 8 premiere…
The Hallmark Channel will celebrate Father’s Day and the beginning of summer with three themed movie marathons in June. “Movies for Pop” will air every night June 6-June 13 at 9 p.m., and on June 14 from 1 p.m. to…
CBS College Sports Network named NBA TV chief Steve Herbst as executive VP and general manager. CBS put all its sports operations, including College Sports Television, under the CBS brand earlier this year. “Steve is the perfect executive to continue…
Cablevision is hoping a $15 million ad campaign spearheaded by CEO James Dolan’s wife, Kristin, will attract viewers to low-rated music channel Fuse, the New York Times reports. Using the tag line “Get your music on… Fuse,” the network is…
TNT signed Andre Braugher to play opposite Ray Romano in the drama pilot “Men of a Certain Age,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Additionally, NBC brought on Yara Martinez for its drama “My Own Worst Enemy” while Fox’s two-hour pilot “Virtuality”…