TNT scores with 1970s ‘Shaft’
Three days before the new version of Paramount's "Shaft" hits the multiplexes, TNT will host a 10-hour "Shaft" marathon featuring a discussion with the new movie's star, Samuel L. Jackson; its…
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WB Intl. Says Yes to U.K. VOD deal
Warner Bros. International Television has inked a video-on-demand programming deal with Yes Television in the U.K. for the non-exclusive VOD rights to several live-action and animated TV series.
Stanley Cup thrillers goose ABC ratings
After ice-cold early ratings, the Stanley Cup finals on ABC wrapped with white-hot numbers.
Pacer victory shifts gears on NBA ratings
NBC appears to have a competitive NBA Finals on its hands, and with it the potential for solid ratings. Sunday's Game 3, the first won by the Indiana Pacers, averaged a 13.0/22 in overnights, up 5%…
Goodman laffer gets makeover
Anthony LaPaglia is ankling the upcoming Fox laffer "Don't Ask" as part of a complete makeover of the John Goodman starrer. Goodman will still play a single gay father, but rather than living with…
Blurb world’s Moxie hangs pic, TV shingle
Commercial production house Moxie Pictures has formed a feature and television division and has tapped producers Lizzie Friedman and Francesca Silvestri to run it. In launching the division, Moxie…
Inside Moves
Twentieth TV eyes exex Twentieth Television, Fox’s syndie arm, is close to hiring the successor to studio’s late prexy, Rick Jacobson, who died earlier this year. Insiders say Mitchell Stern…
Team taps Waldron prexy
L.A.-based TV producer-distribber Team Entertainment has tapped James Waldron as president. In his new role Waldron will oversee the global development and production of Team's programming, from…
Review: ‘On Hostile Ground’
TBS has managed to come up with a new twist on a stale theme with the low-rent "On Hostile Ground." This time around, New Orleans, during Mardi Gras, is besieged by a giant sinkhole, and everybody is…
Inside Moves
“Clerks” is going out of business. After just two airings, ABC has pulled the plug on the animated laffer based on helmer Kevin Smith’s feature of the same name. Repeats of “Spin City” will slide…
‘Power’ gets pair of legal eagles
Twentieth Television is adding more "Power" to its fall lineup.
