Court TV is unveiling two new series and three new original telefilms at the summer edition of the Television Critics Association Press Tour, getting under way this week in Los Angeles. The cable network is expected to announce the following…
Jessica Litman is a law professor at Wayne State University in Detroit who teaches courses in copyright law, Internet law, trademarks and unfair competition. Her work has been cited by the Supreme Court and reprinted in House hearings. As a…
The Directors Guild of America continues to provide hard numbers that underscore something everyone in the television business already knows but many are unwilling to admit: The networks have a dismal track record on diversity. In a report issued last…
Can you really sleep away fat, regrow hair or make someone fall in love with you? Sci Fi Channel posed those questions and hopes “Lab Rats,” a demo production it has greenlit, will provide the answers by way of human…
Don’t tell Fox News Channel there ain’t no cure for the summertime ratings blues. Viewing levels may have cooled down from Iraq war peaks, but Fox ended June pretty much the way it spent the second quarter: attracting a bigger…
Comedian Jeffrey Ross, left, was emcee and a key “member” of the inaugural comedy/concert “MTV Bash,” during which Carson Daly, center, was roasted. Partway through the event-Mr. Daly’s love life and long list of celebrity girlfriends was a recurrent theme-Mr….
Even Carol Duvall, veteran of five decades on TV, queen of crafts and patron saint of pack rats everywhere, was surprised to realize she had churned out 1,000 episodes of her eponymous show that airs 11 times a week on…
MSNBC Cancels ‘Savage Nation’ “The Savage Nation” has been canceled by MSNBC after the controversial call-in host, Michael Savage, went on a rant Saturday about “sodomites” and said the caller on the air at the time of the live TV…
“Street Smarts” and “Ambush Makeover” are getting new executive producers.Writer and producer Carla Kaufman has been named executive producer on Telepictures’ “Street Smarts.” Ms. Kaufman has served as supervising producer since the strip’s inception, and was made co-executive producer for…
“Innovative, smart television is in. Dumb is out. We look forward to furthering this trend by developing kids’ programming that makes them go `wow,’ breaks new ground and raises the quality-entertainment bar even higher.”Tara Sorensen, VP of development for kids’…