Shonda Rhimes, the creator and executive producer of ABC’s midseason medical series “Grey’s Anatomy,” said her family finds her newfound success as a television hit maker “hysterical.”Growing up in the Chicago suburbs with her five older siblings, Ms. Rhimes described…
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HBO has renewed its Hollywood ensemble comedy “Entourage” for a third season, network Chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht announced Friday. Addressing reporters at the Television Critics Association’s semiannual press tour in Beverly Hills, Mr. Albrecht said the series will be…
HBO announced some greenlighted projects at the Television Critics Association semi-annual press tour in Beverly Hills Friday, including its first multicamera comedy and a miniseries produced by Tom Hanks.The as-yet-untitled 13-episode comedy series stars Louis C.K. (writer for “The Chris…
News Corp. announced Friday that it is putting all its interactive Internet assets under one umbrella with the creation of Fox Interactive Media. The president of Los Angeles-based FIM is Ross Levinsohn, who as senior VP and general manager of…
Brooke Spectorsky, president and general manager of NBC affiliate WKYC-TV in Cleveland for nearly eight years, has been given additional duties and a second title: senior VP for Gannett Broadcasting.In addition to running WKYC, Mr. Spectorsky will assume divisional responsibility…
The Chairman of NBC Universal parent General Electric said Friday that while the broadcast network continues to suffer ratings weakness, it wouldn’t adversely affect NBCU or GE overall because other elements in the entertainment conglomerate are performing well.Speaking at GE’s…
Lifetime has ordered its first miniseries, “Human Trafficking,” a look at the smuggling of women and children for use as sex slaves.The four-hour, two-part miniseries, scheduled to run in October, stars Mira Sorvino (“Mighty Aphrodite”), Donald Sutherland (“M*A*S*H”) and Robert…
On the second day of the cable portion of the semiannual Television Critics Association press tour, GSN announced a development slate of seven new series, including two new poker offerings. “We’re deepening our commitment to casino game programming while broadening…
NBC has picked up a drama pilot featuring a minister who is visited by a modern-day Jesus who may be real or may be the result of the reverend’s addiction to prescription pills. “The Book of Daniel,” from Sony Pictures…