It might not be obvious on the surface, but the new limited-run drama “Harper’s Island” has a lot in common with another CBS island-based show: “Survivor.” Like Mark Burnett’s groundbreaking reality series, “Harper’s”—an “I Know What You Did Last Summer”-style murder mystery—promises viewers complete...
Can programming producers survive on revenues derived from Web distribution alone? The overwhelming evidence seems to say no. Last week production shop Generate struck a multiyear television development and production deal to create scripted broadcast and cable series for 20th Century Fox Television...
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Even though NBC has been wracked by huge layoffs and a tanking economy, the network’s digital division will start shooting a pilot this week for an online late-night talk show, one of nine planned Web shows for 2009. And NBC isn’t the only network pursuing Web originals for the new year; CBS also is...
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