George Clooney’s company Smoke House have set up a half-hour comedy from Danny Zucker called ‘The Fall of Bob’ at Showtime. It is the story of a man whose life flashes before his eyes as he jumps off a building. The move shows Showtimes aggressive pursuit of top-name talent, who recently greenlit the Steven Spielberg …
It always makes me happy to see old television broadcasters finally accepting the shift in technology. ABC granted Veoh.com the permission to stream shows through ABC’s online player (which politely does not allow the skipping of commercials). ABC will be paying Veoh for directed traffic, but they will not be collecting any revenue from the …
David Archuleta, the number two from the latest season of American Idol has signed a deal with Jive Records/19 Recordings. The 17 year old lost the title of “American Idol” to 25 year old David Cook on the sixth season of the top-rated American Idol.
Details are slowly emerging of a new “Office” spinoff on NBC. Aziz Ansari of MTV’s sketch comedy ‘Human Giant’ has been cast in a currently unknown role. Producers aren’t saying much other then Ansari will be part of a larger ensemble cast. Apparently the show is going to be a “planted spinoff,” in which characters …
Showtime has greelit a new Steven Spielberg backed series written by Juno scribe Diablo Cody. ‘The United States of Tara,’ is a half-hour comedy about a wife and mother who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. The show will focus on how the family (a husband and two children) deal with her various personalities. Toni Collette …
A few months back we featured a parody of ‘Juno’ called ‘Jewno’ co-written by Daily Show writer Rob Kutner. Kutner is releasing a tongue-in-cheek apocalyptic survival guide called ‘Apocalypse How.’ The book goes through chapters on Food, Clothing, Social Life, Family, Marriage, Recreation, Career, Wealth, to prepare you for the upcoming “better” changes in the …
Just caught wind of this one via the Hollywood Reporter: Apparently on June 9th American Gladiators will have themselves an Incredible Hulk themed episode to promote the upcoming film! Audience members will be flooded with Hulk paraphernalia, while the gladiators (including a very green Titan) themselves will get to use those big toy hulk hands …
Jack Bender the Director of the successful show ‘Lost’ has signed on to direct a new drama pilot for ABC called “The Prince of Motor City/” The show is about a gothic family, set in the world of Detroit’s auto business. Andie MacDowell, Piper Perabo, Aunjanue Ellis, and Warren Christie are all set to star. …
I’ve never been much to follow TV ratings, thus far they’ve always been the bane of my existence, killing some of my most beloved shows (Arrested Development, RIP). It’s not surprise to anyone that this has been one of the worst years for network ratings, down 7% as a whole from last year.
Steve Jobs, unlike his usual self, made a concession to Hollywood, shifting what had been a stringent pricing scheme for TV Show episode downloads. To date, the standard pricing for TV shows on iTunes has been $1.99, in this new deal with HBO, some will sell for more then standard. Also, episodes will not be …