NBC Universal’s new Universal Cable Productions, which will develop programming for the company's cable channels and for sale to other networks, will be run by a five -person management team that reports to NBCU cable boss Bonnie Hammer. The team is made up of co-heads of original programming Mark...
Emmy’s not the only one in love with “Mad Men.” AMC’s red-hot period drama picked up three Television Critics Association awards Saturday night, including program of the year. The TCA three-pack came just two days after Emmy voters showered “Mad Men” with nominations. Critics also awarded “Mad Men” its...
Showtime is hiring "Nurse Jackie" to series, allowing “The Sopranos’” Edie Falco to return to pay cable, the network’s president of entertainment Robert Greenblatt announced during the Television Critics Association press tour today. Mr. Greenblatt also confirmed the pickup of two additional...
Showtime CEO Matt Blank Friday said the pay cable network won't be hurt by the pending loss of most of its film output deals. "I've had seven or eight calls (from other movie studios)," he said. "We'll have no problem putting films on there." Mr. Blank said he's taking...
Showtime has pulled the trigger on “Lock ’n’ Load,” a reality series set in a Colorado gun shop. The network has ordered six half-hour episodes of the series, which will debut in 2009. It will focus on Josh Ryan, a salesman at the Shootist gun shop in Englewood, Colo. Episodes will focus on why various...
John Slattery, who is nominated for an Emmy for his role as Roger Sterling on AMC’s “Mad Men,” cites anecdotal evidence indicating “the tide is turning toward ‘Mad Men’” in terms of popularity and viewer recognition. The actor tells TVWeek’s Jon Lafayette how he has managed to juggle his role on the...
“Nip/Tuck” will come to a close in early 2011, FX President John Landgraf said today at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. The network has picked up an additional 19 episodes, which in total will bring the series to a close at 100 installments, bolstering its odds of an afterlife in...