Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Tony Shalhoub, USA Network, Worst Week
“Monk,” the USA Network show about an obsessive-compulsive detective, will be back next summer for an eighth season. The show, which stars Tony Shalhoub, received an order for 16 fresh episodes, which the network said could constitute its final season. Variety (11/14)
CBS handed a full-season order to frosh comedy Gary Unmarried and okayed three additional episodes of the new sitcom Worst Week. Gary Unmarried airs on Wednesdays at 8p and Worst Week on Mondays at 930p in the hot spot after Two and a Half Men. (Cynopsis 11/17)
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Jerry Yang
will be stepping down as CEO of the company, a job that he took on an interim basis in June 2007. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/yang-to-step-down-from-yahoo 11/17)
President-Elect Barack Obama posted his first weekly fireside chat Saturday morning on YouTube, AOL, Yahoo, MSN and his new transition site Change.gov – a first for a (soon to be sitting) President. (Cynopsis 11/17)
Facebook is launching its “Verified Apps” program today. The program was first announced over the summer at their F8 Developer Conference – Third party applications will be segmented into “Great Apps” (currently reserved for iLike and Causes), “Verified Apps” (trusted apps, just not the best of the best), and everything else. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/facebook-rolls-out-verified-app-program-plus-one-hell-of-a-revenue-model-for-themselves 11/17)
