Kid Nation

 MI And last month, Sony struck a global distribution deal with Relativity Real, the unscripted shingle of producer Tom Forman (“Kid Nation”). Earlier this year, Sony took another step toward increasing its unscripted market share by recruiting longtime ...

 MI By Josef Adalian CBS is going all the way with “Kid Nation” alum Scott Einziger and Endemol USA. The network has greenlit a pilot for “The Whole 19 Yards,” a one-hour action-oriented game show to be executive produced by Mr. Einziger. ...

NBC, DirecTV Ensure ‘Friday Night Lights’ Stay Lit (DeadlineHollywoodDaily) NBC struck a deal with DirecTV to air a third season of “Friday Night Lights,” Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. DirecTV, which picked up the former NBC soap “Passions,” will share costs of the low...

Kid Nation, CBS, New, Tom Forman, Good TV. 5. Carpoolers, ABC, New, ABC Studios. 6. K-Ville, Fox, New, 20th Century Fox Television. 7. John From Cincinnati, HBO, New, HBO Studos, Red Board Productions, Saticoy Productions ...

ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” may have topped TelevisionWeek’s semiannual Critics Poll of best shows, but one of the network’s other freshman efforts was crowned the worst. Famously born from a series of insurance company ads, the ABC sitcom “Cavemen” received twice as many votes as the clos...

Peter Chernin The writers strike that loomed for months before becoming reality Nov. 5 was perhaps the most pressing new item of business to land on News Corp. President-Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin’s plate last year. Otherwise, 2007 was an upbeat and acquisitive year that inclu...