A media company started more than 110 years ago — in 1902 — is in talks with Time Warner about acquiring some of the Time Inc. magazines, reports The New York Times Media Decoder. Says the story: "Time Warner is in…
One of the producers behind the Fox series “Glee” has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios. Deadline.com reports that “Glee” co-executive producer Stacy Traub joins the company’s “Middle Age Rage,” a comedy pilot at ABC, as executive producer. “Written…
Mark Consuelos has been tapped as a lead opposite John Goodman in a comedy pilot, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The article notes that the sitcom pilot is "Alpha House," which is being done for Amazon Studios. "Yara Martinez and Kobi…
ABC has released this press release: ABC ANNOUNCES MIDSEASON SCHEDULING MOVES “Celebrity Wife Swap” Returns with All-New Episodes Beginning Tuesday, February 26 at 8:00 p.m., and “The Taste” Moves to 9:00 p.m. That Same Night “Happy Endings” Moves to Fridays…
Time Warner is negotiating to sell much of its Time Inc. magazine division — including People, InStyle and Real Simple, Advertising Age reports, citing a report in another Time Inc. publication, Fortune. Fortune itself is reportedly not part of the…
A former White House press secretary under President Obama, who also was a senior adviser to the 2012 Obama campaign, is moving into TV news. Politico reports that Robert Gibbs has joined NBC News and MSNBC as a contributor. “MSNBC…
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision came up with a simple formula for success Tuesday night, beating all the English-language broadcast networks in the key 18-49 demo, based on Nielsen overnights. The secret to its success was skipping the State of the Union…
The actor who will be seen as President Lincoln this weekend in “Killing Lincoln” on the National Geographic Channel has been cast in Fox’s drama pilot “Delirium,” TVLine.com reports. Billy Campbell, who’s known for his role as Darren Richmond in…
A top NBC local TV veteran has been chosen to head up Tribune’s local braodcasting unit, reports B&C. According to the story by our good friend — and B&C editor — Melissa Grego, "NBCU veteran broadcasting executive Larry Wert has…
Plans continue to coalesce for CNN’s newest show. We reported yesterday that a program built around former ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper is getting the 4 p.m. slot, and today word surfaced that the show will be…