“You Go Again, Girl” as Fox TV Stations Want More of ‘The Wendy Williams Show’
She gave up her radio gig to do TV and now it’s paying off. The sometimes outrageous but very cool Wendy Williams will be back for another two seasons as Fox local television stations in key markets have signed on to keep ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ in production.
Last July Wendy went on a six week trial that went so well she...
MTV Gets Right to Air Michael Jackson’s Final Performance ‘This Is It’
No word as to what they spent for the rights to air ‘This Is It’ but with sister networks VH1 and BET able to air the movie under the agreement expect big bucks to exchange hands between Viacom Networks and the Jackson clan. If you remember MTV was the network of the 80’s that played music videos night and day with Michael Jac...
‘My Name is Earl’ Lead Jason Lee Now Tops TNT’s ‘Delta Blues’
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George Clooney is taking no chances with his first major cable project and has snagged a well known lead to helm his new production on TNT. Jason Lee who topped ‘My Name is Earl’ on NBC will handle ’Delta Blues’, a series a...
TVLand’s First Scripted Program Bringing George Segal Back to Series TV
George Segal is getting back in to television with a new show on TVLand. The new series ‘Retired at 35′ gets him the role as a father again as he will bond with his son who has had it with the rat race and calls it a day by retiring at a young age. The son actually moves back home with Segal’s character and his wife in their ...
$225 Million Weekend Gets ‘FX’ to Buy Rights to ‘2012′
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Well that didn’t take long. A monster weekend for the opening of ‘2102′ in domestic theaters and FX doesn’t take a breather to grab the television rights to air the movie. The Sony Pictures produced film will get its launch at the beginning of 2012 on the ...
‘Star Trek’ Pilot Episode Never Seen to Be Released
Trekkies get ready! The original ‘Star Trek’ featuring William Shatner has an episode that never aired and you will get a chance to see it December 15th. A new version of ‘Where No Man Has Gone Before’ was completed in 1965 and there was footage that was not seen in the originally aired episode.
A film collector in G...
‘President Charles Logan’ Returning for Season 8 of ‘24′
You remember Gregory Itzin as the pompous President Charles Logan who was stabbed by his wife (Jean Smart) during season six. And if you get a chance to watch ‘The Mentalist’ on CBS, he plays the boss in a recurring role as the head of the ‘California Bureau of Investigation’ but he’s not getting a lot of action on...
Get Ready for a New Season of ‘The Bachelorette’ with Casting Call for Single Guys and One Girl
ABC TV’s popular reality show is coming back and there’s a casting call for men interested in being a contestant on the show. The program is looking for 25 guys along with one ’bachelorette’ in this latest round of interviews for open calls taking place in Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City or Minneapolis. Or if you’...
TNT Pays Big Bucks to Get ‘The Mentalist’ to Air in 2012
The show is huge now on CBS with monster ratings so TNT has moved quickly to pay over $2,000.000 per episode to air the popular show ‘The Mentalist’ in syndication. Simon Baker’s show is one of the strongest newcomers on the prime time schedule and is just in its second year of airing on the big network.
Simon Baker and Sa...
With Oprah Leaving, CBS Keeps ‘Dr Phil’ Under Contract Until 2014
So CBS owns the syndication rights to Oprah. And they also have one of her many offspring, Dr. Phil McGraw, under their wing as well. As the rumors now confirm that Oprah is shutting down her operation in Chicago and moving to Los Angeles to manage her own cable network OWN, it is probably a smart move to get the popular daytime talker ‘...