Trade Round-Up: Warner Bros. Pays $17.5 Million To Save Duke Boys
· As previously reported (albeit as seen through the Cruise-lens), ABC has decided not to air Welcome to the Neighborhood, a reality show in which a snow-white neighborhood is shaken up when Gays, Pagans, and Asians move onto the cul-de-sac. [Variety]
· Everbody Loves Raymond In Near-Perpetuity: TBS shells out $650K per episode to keep Raymond rerunning through the network for the next eleven years. [THR]
· Did you know that The Dukes of Hazzard TV show was based on a movie called Moonrunners? Warner Bros. certainly does now, as it's agreed to pay $17.5 million to the movie's producer for copyright infringement. [Variety]
· Domino Harvey, the real-life version of Keira Knightley's bounty hunter character in the upcoming Domino, unexpectedly dies at 35. Does this mean reshoots? [Variety