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Lifetime announced start dates for its new shows during an upfront press luncheon Tuesday in New York. The network also talked about some of its shows in development for 2009, including comedy pilots with Sherri Shepherd, Valerie Bertinelli and Cybill Shepherd. “Project Runway,” which has been kept off...
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Unilever’s Vaseline Aloe Fresh will be the presenting sponsor of Lifetime’s upcoming miniseries “Maneater.” Promotion of the brand on Lifetime will begin later this month, with a national sweepstakes launching May 1. Vaseline Aloe Fresh also will be mentioned in tune-in spots for the show, which debuts...
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The long legal battle over “Project Runway” came to a surprising end as producer Harvey Weinstein agreed to pay NBC Universal to move the award-winning show to Lifetime. The agreement clears the way for the sixth season of the show, which was shot during New York’s Fashion Week in February, to return...
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NBC Universal, the Weinstein Co. and Lifetime have settled their dispute over “Project Runway,” the companies announced today. According to a statement released today, the Weinstein Co. will pay NBC Universal to move “Runway” from Bravo to Lifetime. “All of the parties are pleased with the outcome,”...
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Lifetime announced it is picking up a fourth season of its original series “Army Wives.” The drama’s third season begins airing in June. “This early pickup—even prior to the season-three premiere—is a true testament to our commitment and support of this great show,” said JoAnn Alfano, executive VP for...
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Lifetime will premiere four original movies this spring based on the stories of author Nora Roberts. The films will air over four consecutive Saturdays at 9 p.m., beginning with the March 21 broadcast of “Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights.” The film stars LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian and Rosanna Arquette....
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Lifetime’s original movie “Prayers for Bobby” drew 3.8 million viewers in its premiere Saturday night, and another 2.3 million for its encore Sunday night. The film, starring Sigourney Weaver as a mother who questions her strong religious beliefs after her gay son commits suicide, posted a 3.1 household...
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JoAnn Alfano is starting to put her stamp on Lifetime. Ms. Alfano, who in September joined the top-rated women’s network as executive VP for entertainment, earlier this month put the original series “Drop Dead Diva” into production. She said the show—about a shallow fashion model who dies in an accident...
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Handing a procedural win to NBC Universal in the case over “Project Runway,” a federal judge on Tuesday rejected Lifetime’s attempt to move the dispute out of state court. NBC Universal had sued to keep “Project Runway’s” production company, Weinstein Co., from moving the show to the Lifetime cable channel...
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Lifetime’s original film “Flirting With Forty,” starring Heather Locklear, drew 4 million viewers in its premiere Saturday night. The film, in which Ms. Locklear plays an older divorced mother who begins dating a much younger man, ranks among Lifetime’s most-viewed movies of the year. “The Memory Keeper...
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Lifetime filed a new lawsuit in federal court as it seeks to unfreeze “Project Runway,” a series it acquired but is now enjoined from airing by a state court order. "This is the next step in our dispute with NBCU over the rights to ‘Project Runway,’” the cable channel said in a statement. “ We filed...
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Lifetime has ordered a full season of original comedy “Rita Rocks.” With the announcement, seven more episodes will be produced to bring the series’ first-season order to 20. The comedy, which stars Nicole Sullivan as an overworked wife and mother, airs Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on the cable network and...
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Emmy nominee Joan Allen has signed on to star in the title role of Lifetime biopic “Georgia O’Keefe.” The movie focus on the celebrated painter’s 20-year love affair with photographer Alfred Steiglitz, to be played by Emmy winner Jeremy Irons. Allen also will executive produce. Bob Balaban, Emmy-nominated...
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Lifetime is trying to make a federal case out of “Project Runway.” Shortly before a judge was set to try to create an expedited schedule for NBC Universal’s lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. for moving “Project Runway” from Bravo to Lifetime, Lifetime asked that the case be moved to federal court, NBC...
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The Weinstein Co. and Lifetime will not be able to promote, market or exhibit “Project Runaway” until further notice after a judge granted NBC Universal’s request for an injunction against the studio. NBC Universal sued the Weinstein Co. after it reached a deal to move the hit show to Lifetime from NBC...