Oxygen’s “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” may feature behind-the-scenes footage of Tori Spelling reprising her role as Donna Martin on The CW’s “90210,” the New York Daily News reports. Spelling points out that there could be overlap between the…
MTV is planning a reality show version of the Oscar-nominated feature film “Juno,” the New York Post reports. “16 and Pregnant” will follow several pregnant teens facing the lows and highs of pregnancy, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Tribune Broadcasting’s chief technologist Ira Goldstone announced that he is leaving the company after 25 years, TVNewsday reports. Goldstone, who was based at KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, said the decision was mutual and that he would re-emerge in another position…
New Census Bureau data reveals that U.S. TV consumption is growing, with TV sets in 110 million U.S. homes in 2006, Media Daily News reports. That figure is up from 76 million in 1980, the Web site says. It is…
A Merrill Lynch analyst predicts cable stocks will rise, although box office take could drop, as U.S. consumers gravitate toward staying home and watching TV, the Hollywood Reporter says. A Conference Board survey revealed that while consumer spending intentions are…
Dealmaker John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, is being criticized for provisions of his compensation package, the New York Post says. Proxy Governance is urging shareholders to votes against the re-election of two directors to protest the pact, under which…
Ads for the “Sex and the City” movie have run during television shows that have teens as a substantial portion of their audience, despite being an R-rated film, the Wall Street Journal reports. About 10% of the audience for the…
The increasing number of full episodes of cable network program being made available over the Web is displeasing some cable operators, the New York Times says. Cable operators pay big fees to carry cable networks and they aren’t keen on…
DirecTV Chief Executive Officer Chase Carey called the U.S. satellite leader a “centerpiece” to major shareholder Liberty Media’s strategy, Multichannel News reports. Liberty, which swapped for News Corp.’s 41% stake in DirecTV, has fewer conflicts of interest than News Corp.,…
Starz added Luis Chavez, Arlene Tur and three others to the cast of its new television-series version of the Oscar-winning film “Crash,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, ABC signed Nicole Ari Parker to play opposite Damon Wayans in its comedy…