television

11 Steps to Becoming a Late Night TV Writer From Sara Schaefer

The comedian, writer, and co-host of MTV’s upcoming “Nikki & Sara Live” shares a list of 10 helpful tips for comics who are looking to get hired as writers for late night shows.

‘Mad Men’ Star Christina Hendricks on Auditions

The Emmy-nominated actor explains how playing Joan Holloway on five seasons of AMC’s “Mad Men” has changed her audition experiences.

‘All My Children’ Cast Members Returning for Web Reboot

Canceled soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” are both being revived as online productions, with some familiar faces coming back to the casts.

NYC Awards Grants to Train Media and Entertainment Industry Employees

The new “Made in NY” Media Employee Training Program will award up to $500,000 in grants for small businesses to grow and train employees in the media and entertainment industries.

N.C. Film Industry Reaches Record Highs in 2012

Productions spent more than $376 million in the state and created more than 4,100 crew positions for local labor in 2012, breaking previous records set in 2011.

NYC Investing in New Brooklyn College Graduate School of Cinema

The Brooklyn College Graduate School of Cinema, located at Steiner Studios, expects to welcome its first class of grad students in the fall of 2014.

Amazon Studios Announces 6 Comedy Pilots

Amazon Studios announced that it has ordered six pilots into production as part of its first foray into original series development.

8 Great TV Performances (Slideshow)

Backstage chatted with Jessica Lange, Aziz Ansari, Lena Dunham, Zooey Deschanel, Christina Hendricks, Damian Lewis, Kerry Washington, and Eric Stonestreet about their breakout television performances this year.

Broadway Channel Comes to Cable

The Broadway Channel has secured a deal with RCN Cable New York to air programming on Channel 76 in Manhattan and New York.

HBO Adapting Broadway Play ‘Stick Fly’ for TV

Lydia R. Diamond’s family drama is moving from stage to screen, with a screenplay adaptation written by the playwright.