DreamWorks obtained the rights to get a first look at the next film project from “Sex and the City” writer-director Michael Patrick King, Daily Variety reports. King, who was with “Sex” for all six seasons, is in the outline stage…
Cliff Drysdale, seen on TV late night covering tennis on ESPN, talks to the Wall Street Journal about a career that seen him register about 12 million miles in the air. Mr. Drysdale, who is marking his 50th year as…
The premiere episode of USA Network’s new series “In Plain Sight” is “one of the worst pilots in cable television history, a near fatal combination of cliché and overkill,” the New York Times says. Two other USA shows, “Psych” and…
Lisa Ling will join CNN for a follow-up documentary to the network’s “Planet in Peril,” the Hollywood Reporter says. “Planet in Peril: Battle Lines” also will feature Anderson Cooper and chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta in countries where battles…
A&E Network’s “The Andromeda Strain” grew for Tuesday night’s second installment, averaging 5 million viewers, Multichannel News reports. The figure indicates a 4% increase from the 4.8 million who watched the first half on Memorial Day, the newspaper says. —Vlada…
A survey by Borrell Associates found that online advertising revenue for TV stations rose 72% to $772 million in 2007, TVNewsday reports. TV stations accounted for 6.9% of all local online spending in 2007, twice as much as in 2006,…
ESPN’s 2008 Espy Awards, honoring achievements in athletics over the past year, will present the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to 1968 Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The iconic duo raised their black-gloved fists and bowed their heads during their…
The second season of “Mad Men” will premiere July 27 at 10 p.m. on AMC. The network will celebrate the return of the show with a “Mad Men” marathon of all 13 episodes from its first season on July 20…
Spike TV is relaunching its Web site on Friday with original content, a full-episode video player and social-networking features, Broadcasting & Cable reports. YouTube’s “The Angry Video Game Nerd,” Playboy Enterprises, Ultimate Fighting Championship and a merger with iFILM.com will…