Kyra Sedgwick (“Door to Door,” “Something to Talk About”) has been cast to play the lead role in TNT’s “The Closer,” a new pilot about a female deputy chief leading an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department. “The…
Television station owner Equity Broadcasting Corp. on Friday said a three-judge panel ruled that Paxson Communications Corp. breached the most-favored nations provisions in its network affiliate agreement with EBC by failing to shorten its 10-year agreement to two years after…
Pegasus Communications concluded its 2-for-1 stock split Friday, the same day the company completed the sale of its satellite television assets to DirecTV Group for $938 million.The company announced the stock split earlier this month and said it decided to…
The 2004 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held a week before the Primetime Emmys show on ABC, will be televised at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 on E! Entertainment Television. Producers are Michael Hoey, John Moffit and Spike Jones Jr.;…
Warner Bros. is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of Sharon Santos, a 30-year-old employee of the company’s international television department. Ms. Santos was last seen by co-workers as she left work at Warner Bros….
Digital video recorder maker TiVo posted a wider fiscal second-quarter loss Thursday as the company spent more to acquire subscribers and assured Wall Street that it is prepared to do battle in an increasingly competitive environment.The San Jose, Calif.-based company…
The Fox Network announced today it will air two specials on its teen drama “The O.C.” in advance of the series’ November season premiere.“The O.C.: Obsess Completely” will air at 8 p.m. (ET) Thursday, Sept. 16, and “Welcome to the…
ABC announced Thursday that recording artist Ashanti will star as Dorothy in the original TV movie “The Muppets’ Wonderful Wizard of Oz” as part of its Saturday night franchise “The Wonderful World of Disney.” Ashanti joins Queen Latifah, who is…
Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Marlee Matlin, Martin Mull and Adam West are among the favorite guests who will join Craig Kilborn during the taping of his Friday night show, Mr. Kilborn’s last as host of “The Late Late Show” on…
Former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee is the latest celebrity to sign on to his own reality show. Mr. Lee will be the subject of an as-yet-untitled NBC Universal Television Studio half-hour reality project in which he will enroll in…