TF1 revs feisty in first quarter
Dominant commercial broadcaster TF1 has posted a 4.5% hike in first-quarter revenues to E654.4 million ($811.7 million).
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Nine loves ‘Daughters’
The Oz TV drama industry got a boost Monday with the news that terrestrial broadcaster Nine Network is commissioning a seventh series of outback show "McLeod's Daughters," which airs Stateside on…
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‘Palace’ intrigue
Lou Ye, helmer of China's Cannes competition pic "Summer Palace," could be banned from working at home and traveling abroad, for failing to submit the pic to the Chinese government for censorship.
Net to trump Russia again
Russian viewers will again hear the classic TV closing line "Vy uvoleniy!" (You're fired!) after Moscow web TNT announced that it's prepping a second season of format "The Apprentice," monikered "The…
Review: ‘Trying’
American history, Canuck-Yankee cultural differences and musings about mortality intertwine quietly -- a little too quietly -- in Joanna McClelland Glass' play "Trying" at San Diego's Old Globe.
Review: ‘The Nerd’
The Actors Co-op production of "The Nerd" at Hollywood's Crossley Theatre succeeds fairly well in making quasi-plausible Larry Shue's sitcom-ish setups, simple farce and hammy false-identity…
Outer crix go for ‘Game’
The Roundabout revival of "The Pajama Game" was a sleeper hit with the Outer Critics Circle, topping the list of the org's award nominations with eight nods.
‘Branson’ brings twang to PBS
That Midwestern mecca for family-style entertainment is finally getting its own TV show. "Branson Jubilee" is being prepped for PBS, with Jimmy Osmond to host the musical variety series.
Stars come out to stump for Clinton
Dozens of industry figures attended a lavish fund raiser for Hillary Clinton's Senate reelection race on Friday night at the Beverly Hills estate of supermarket magnate Ron Burkle.
Touchstone doctors deal
"Scrubs" co-exec producer Bill Callahan is remaining in the Touchstone fold, inking a two-year overall deal with the studio. Under the seven-figure pact, Callahan will stay with the show next season…
Brown takes time with ‘Da Vinci’ follow-up
When it first became apparent last year that the publication date for Dan Brown's next novel would be dragged out to 2006, Sony -- and book retailers -- were happy.
