Rowland Perkins, one of the founding partners of the Creative Artists Agency, recalled that when he was a television packaging agent at William Morris in the late 1950s, the entire budget of the pilot for “The Rifleman,” including production costs,…
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Spelling Television laid off about 30 staffers Thursday in a move to consolidate administrative support with its parent company, Paramount Network Television, a Paramount spokesman confirmed.The move leaves veteran producer and show creator Aaron Spelling in charge with about a…
ABC has released the names of the celebrities participating in the second installment of the dance reality series “Dancing With the Stars,” a list that includes a journalist, a former NFL player and an Academy Award winner. “Stars,” which was…
Comedy Central has renewed the weekly Hollywood satire “The Showbiz Show With David Spade,” the network announced Thursday. Though the first season was perceived as a disappointment, the show’s 1 million viewer average puts “Showbiz” slightly above the network’s third-quarter…
MTV has ordered two reality series that follow artists trying to break into the music biz. “Cheyenne” follows teen talent Cheyenne Kimball, while “There & Back” chronicles former O-Town singer Ashley Parker Angel. “There & Back” premieres in January, while…