Treading water amid a sea of unhappy fans, “24” is not a sunken ship yet, and according to co-executive producer David Fury, those “disillusioned” viewers will be back next season. In this week’s exclusive “24” Backlot Talk podcast, Mr. Fury…
A&E Network is remaking the medical thriller “Andromeda Strain” as part of its return to the original scripted programming business. A&E also unveiled six drama series in development, including “The Cleaner,” about a man who after kicking his own addictions…
Google’s YouTube video-sharing site fought back against Viacom yesterday with a U.S federal court filing, denying copyright infringement claims. Google sought protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which offers some protection to Internet service providers that host pirated content,…
The Gospel Music Channel has made a deal with Black Family Channel and several cable operators to fill Black Family Channel’s slot on 275 local systems. Black Family Channel stopped broadcasting last month. Beginning today, Gospel Music Channel is available…
News Corp. made a rich, unsolicited offer to acquire Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones and Co. Dow Jones’s global brand as a purveyor of business news and information on traditional and new media platforms would be an immediate boost…
The inaugural Webby Film and Video Awards were announced Tuesday honoring original film and video premiering on the Internet including winners NBC’s “The Office Webisodes” and Eepybird.com’s “The Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiments.” Jessica Lee Rose won for best…
Joost officially launched its online video service today, and said it will add programming from Turner Broadcasting networks including Adult Swim and CNN to its content lineup later this week. As part of the launch, Joost said it’s running ad…
NBC was the big winner with nine awards Monday night at the 28th annual Sports Emmy Awards, presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. ABC, sister organization ESPN and TNT earned four Emmys apiece. Fox…
For the first Monday of May sweeps, ABC took the lead with “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman.” Coming off its Sunday night win, ABC once again led the preliminary Nielsens among adults 18 to…
Twentieth Television has renewed court show duo “Divorce Court” and “Judge Alex” through the 2008-09 season. “As a leader in the court genre, we are proud that our flagship court program, ‘Divorce Court,’ and the popular ‘Judge Alex’ will remain…