Disney shares shot up more than 7% in early trading Wednesday to top the $100 mark, thanks to the tailwind from Tuesday’s stellar quarterly earnings report. The Mouse House’s strong results and 19%…
Saudi business mogul Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has significantly reduced the size of his company’s stake in News Corp., the publishing side of Rupert Murdoch’s empire, while holding fast to its 6.6%…
Management-production outfit Benderspink is looking to develop a TV series around the experiences of former FBI hostage negotiations honcho Christopher Voss. Benderspink has cut a deal with Voss for…
TNT/TBS prexy Kevin Reilly has unveiled his overhaul of the cablers’ programming teams, enlisting producer Sarah Aubrey to oversee TNT and promoting Turner vets Sandra Dewey and Brett Weitz to key…
Gail Berman is back in the comedy biz at the Fox network, landing a pilot order for “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life.” Berman is exec producing the single-camera laffer through her Jackal…
The CW has picked up its first three pilots of the 2015-16 cycle, handing orders to a reinvention of “Tales From the Darkside,” a project from “The Originals” and “Vampire Diaries” showrunner Julie…
Jill Soloway, creator and showrunner of the much-praised Amazon comedy “Transparent,” is shepherding a female buddy comedy at MTV with scribes Lyle Friedman and Ashley Skidmore. The untitled project…
Cinemax has ordered 1970s period drama “Quarry,” based on the novels of Max Allan Collins, to series. Greg Yaitanes, showrunner of Cinemax’s “Banshee,” is shepherding the project along with Steve…
President Obama gave a big plug to his upcoming interview with “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie in a live segment during Sunday’s Super Bowl pre-game programming that saw the commander-in-chief tout…
ABC has ordered two more comedy pilots: an adaptation of the 1989 comedy “Uncle Buck” and a project from “30 Rock” alums shepherded by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. “Uncle Buck” hails from Universal…
