LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Jay who? Attention shifts this week to those other new talk shows -- Fox's "Wanda Sykes Show" and George Lopez' TBS series "Lopez Tonight." Sykes debuted Saturday to a preliminary 2.2 household rating among the top "metered" markets at 11 p.m. The trick is what do you compare it to? "Wanda Sykes" is replacing "MadTV" in the slot as Fox's alternative to NBC's "Saturday Night Live." The veteran sketch show, featuring Taylor Swift as host and m... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The Jonas Brothers are keepers at Disney Channel. The cable channel has ordered a second season of the pop stars' comedy series "Jonas," but only after parting ways with the executive producers who launched the series. "Jonas" premiered in the spring to solid numbers, but couldn't match the heights of Disney Channel hits like "Hannah Montana." It has been winning its Sunday time slot in key kids demographics, averaging 3.4 million viewers. P... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – "Battlestar Galactica" veteran Michael Trucco and Virginia Williams have been cast in USA Network's pilot "Facing Kate." Sarah Shahi ("The L Word") stars in the title role as a divorced San Francisco lawyer who becomes a mediator following the death of her dad, who headed a law firm. Williams ("How I Met Your Mother") will play Kate's obsessive and controlling younger stepmother who is determined to keep her husband's firm. Trucco will play... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast, ironing out what has been a key obstacle in talks so far, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The resolution of that issue brings the parties one step closer to an agreement, but French media conglomerate Vivendi, which owns 20 percent of NBC Universal, has not yet agreed to a deal, the source said. T... Read Full Story
