Alchemy finds president/COO
Edward Sabin is ankling as senior VP of business development and operations at Fox Television Studios to join Alchemy TV as president and chief operating officer.
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CBS still says yes to ‘Big Brother’
"Big Brother" will be back for another round of real-people melodrama. CBS has greenlit production on an eighth season of the hit summer sudser, which has become a fixture on the net's warm-weather…
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Disney programming to air in Vietnam
How much the world has changed since the U.S. was mired in Vietnam became ever clearer Wednesday when the Mouse House unveiled a deal which will see Mickey for the first time cavort on Ho Chi Minh…
ABC catches ‘Jayne’
ABC picks up "See Jayne Run," single-camera comedy about a woman who struggles with career and motherhood while navigating the male-dominated business world.
‘Reno’ lands syndication deal
Having landed a fifth-season renewal on Comedy Central and spawned a 20th Century Fox theatrical movie for release later this month, "Reno 911" is on such a roll that its syndicated reruns have just…
I-Cable irons new channel’s details
I-Cable's paybox Cable TV is working out the details of a new channel that will resemble a free-to-air channel in terms of content.
Star tunes up Asia music channels
News Corp.'s Star is expanding Singapore's music horizons with Channel [V] Taiwan and Channel [V] Mainland China.
‘House’ at home on top of Nielsen’s
For one week anyway, Tuesday night on Fox wasn't all about "American Idol." Sure, the music competition put up its typically whammo numbers, but it was the net's third-year drama "House" setting…
Cartoon Network scares Boston
Oops. A street marketing campaign in Boston intended to draw attention to Time Warner's Cartoon Network instead drew out the bomb squads, closing major arteries and bridges in and out of the city for…
Review: ‘One Way’
Co-producing through his own shingle, Barefoot Films, German hunk Til Schweiger gives himself his first English-language leading role in "One Way," a Gotham-set drama-thriller shot in Canada and…
Will NBC leave the ‘Lights’ on?
If ratings woes compel NBC to cancel "Friday Night Lights" before its sophomore season, it could become the most critically beloved freshman series punted by the Peacock -- or any broadcast network…
