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Universal Television
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Amazon making Mena Suvari pilot with Universal
Amazon is making Hysteria, a new one-hour drama starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty). The pilot…
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Yahoo saves Community
Web search giant Yahoo has saved the cancelled NBC comedy Community by agreeing to finance…
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Universal adapting Telemundo telenovelas for US nets
Universal Television and Universal Cable Productions have taken exclusive options on two drama series from…
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NBC orders The Slap and a Wizard of Oz series
NBC has ordered a US remake of Australian drama series The Slap. US network has…
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Xbox TV buyers resigns from Microsoft
Former Universal Television chairman Blair Westlake has resigned from the entertainment arm of computer software…
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News brief: NBC has another Hollywood Game Night
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a second season of Hollywood Game Night, a game show…
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Million Second Quiz App for would-be contestants
The creators of The Million Second Quiz have launched an app that allows would-be contestants…
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NBCU developing sci-fi comic for TV with Walking Dead firm
NBCUniversal production wing Universal Television is working with writer David Schulner to develop a TV…
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Ovation cuts Smash-ing off-net NBC deal
US cable network Ovation has acquired off-network rights to US scripted show Smash. The musical…
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NBC readies ‘genre-redefining’ live quiz series
US network NBC has commissioned a huge live interactive quiz show that will broadcast from…
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Universal Channel buys Bates Motel for Asia, rebrands
Universal Channel in Asia has acquired Bates Motel, the A&E Network drama based on Alfred Hitchcock…
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NBC rejects Eva Longoria’s Love
US broadcast network NBC has cancelled its new dating format Ready For Love after just…
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Eva Longoria strikes Universal Television deal
Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria has struck a first look development deal with Universal Television…