'Today' producer takes BMG gig

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 19:31

TV News: Beisler to work on film, TV and theater projects -- Kevin Beisler, a former entertainment producer for the "Today" show, has been named senior VP of development, Film, TV & Theater, BMG Label Group.

  Character actor Julius Carry dies at 56

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 19:07

TV News: Veteran thesp played Sho'nuff in 'Last Dragon' -- Character actor Julius Carry died Aug. 19 in Los Angeles of pancreatic cancer. He was 56.

  Latinos making progress in Hollywood

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 17:45

TV News: Imagen noms show more variety of roles, stories -- This year, the Imagen Foundation doles out its awards with even more gusto than in the past. "I am consistently amazed with the exponential growth in both the quantity and quality of the entries we receive each year," says Imagen founder Helen Hernandez.

  Sales no obstacle for 'Wipeout'

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 17:00

TV News: Endemol sells game show to 17 territories -- Endemol's search for another "Big Brother" or "Deal or No Deal" may finally be over with news that it has sold extreme game show "Wipeout," which made its global debut on ABC in June, to 17 territories.

  Sony launches 'Coma' online

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 16:46

TV News: Web series stars Madsen, Hamilton -- Sony's online entertainment venture Crackle.com has launched "Coma," a web series, starring Michael Madsen, George Hamilton and Paul Ben-Victor that Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment, Anonymous Content and WIMO produced.

  MTV Latin America rounds out show

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 16:11

TV News: Belanova to headline awards ceremony -- Guadalajara electro-pop trio Belanova will be headlining on home turf at the MTV Latin American awards on Oct. 16.

  Deal expands for Seacrest

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 15:33

TV News: TV host signs multiyear pact with Comcast -- Ryan Seacrest has signed a new multiyear deal with Comcast that will seek to expand the omnipresent E! personality's role across the conglom's cable networks.

  Deal expands for Ryan Seacrest

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 15:33

TV News: TV host signs multiyear pact with Comcast -- Ryan Seacrest has signed a new multiyear deal with Comcast that will seek to expand the omnipresent E! personality's role across the conglom's cable networks.

  Let's Go To "Architecture School"

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TV with MeeVee | 08/20/08 15:20

We don't do much with documentaries around here, but tonight the Sundance Channel debuts "Architecture School," which looks at a Tulane University class assigned to design houses for a portion of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina. You can read...

  France bans local baby networks

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Variety.com - TV News | 08/20/08 14:57

TV News: Authorities take aim a kiddie channels -- France's broadcast authority has banned Gallic channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under three, to shield them from developmental risks it says TV viewing poses at that age.