Inside move
The mercurial Pamela Anderson Lee took producers of her hit syndie series "V.I.P." by surprise last week with the news that she had taken some of the oomph out of her figure by having her breast…
Cynthia Littleton
'Judy,' 'Jerry' neck & neck in Nielsen run
With barely two months to go in the 1998-99 season, "Judge Judy" and "Jerry Springer" are in a dead Nielsen heat for the No. 3 spot among all syndie skeins, behind perennial chart-toppers "Wheel of…
TV's 'Hercules' wants pay hike
Thesp Kevin Sorbo is ready to lay down his sword and exit the hit syndie drama "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" when his contract is up later this year unless producers give him a hefty pay raise.
Schwartz enters Lions Gate
Lions Gate Television has inked a firstlook development deal with "Baywatch" co-creator Doug Schwartz, who has signed on as an exec producer of Lions Gate's upcoming drama series "Cliffhangers."
DiSalvo up to sr. VP & G.M.
Syndie sales veteran Joe DiSalvo has been upped to senior VP and general sales manager for CBS' Eyemark Entertainment.
Krasnow gets 'Short'
Talk TV veteran Stuart Krasnow has been tapped showrunner for Martin Short's upcoming syndie talk-variety show from King World Prods.
Tooner Roman to exec produce Inglis' 'Garden'
Animator Phil Roman has signed on as an exec producer and creative consultant on the indie feature "Cyber Garden," from Vancouver-based Sodona Entertainment.
MTV wants auds to be 'Scared' again
With the updated "Scared Straight! 20 Years Later" set to preem Thursday on UPN, Arnold Shapiro Prods. is at work on a new installment of the Oscar-winning 1978 docu, "Scared Straight! '99," to bow…
Col collects $32 mil for rights wrong
A Los Angeles federal court jury has awarded Columbia TriStar TV nearly $32 million in damages stemming from a long-running copyright infringement suit involving the rerun rights to "Who's the Boss,"…
Daredevil files suit vs. 'Extra'
Barry Levine, head of the Gotham bureau of "Extra," has been suspended, pending an investigation of the events that led a daredevil Norwegian parachutist to file a $2.2 million lawsuit last week…
VScore
Domestic Film DAILY
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
1Daily: $8.0M Cumulative: $103.8M Paramount Pictures 1st in 1st week -
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
2Daily: $6.8M Cumulative: $103.8M Paramount Pictures 2nd in 1st week -
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
3Daily: $5.3M Cumulative: $103.8M Paramount Pictures 3rd in 1st week
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