Short Cuts: NBC Downsizes Laughs, TNT and TBS Upload Dramas and More
The Peacock plans to discontinue its supersized sitcoms. According to TVWeek.com, the net believes that starting shows at odd intervals like 9:23 pm was frustrating viewers, not to mention confusing TiVos.... TNT and TBS will stream all of their original summer series online, says BroadCastingCable.com. Existing hits
The Closer and
My Boys and newbies
Heartland and
Saving Grace will be available the day after they're broadcast.... Literary agent Tony Cowell - aka
Simon's spotlight-starved sibling - will be the head judge of
Bestseller, an
American Idol-like reality competition for aspiring scribes airing on British TV.... Comedy Central is developing a new slew of controversial comedies, including the bank-robbing laffer
Held Up, the Arab stand-up showcase
The Watch List and
David Alan Grier's Chocolate News. (We miss you,
Dave Chappelle!) -
Reporting by Raven Snook
