TBS goes in for funny business
Cable’s TBS, which already airs reruns of “Seinfeld” and “Friends,” wants to be thought of as a home for comedy and said Thursday it will accompany the June launch of cleaned-up episodes of HBO’s “Sex and the City” with a new logo and advertising campaign, “tbs very funny.” The network also is developing a reality series based on the sitcom “Gilligan’s Island.”
Other unscripted projects in development at TBS are “Outback Jack,” where women vie for the affection of an Australian adventurer; a Jamie Foxx-produced hidden camera show; and a program that mimics in real life the “Sex and the City” adventures of single women.
Meanwhile, sister network TNT announced a slate of new drama series that it is developing. Among the projects are two set inside the LAPD, one from John Ridley (“Third Watch”) that follows a police unit that targets con artists and one from Aaron Spelling about an elite team to fight urban crime.
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Elizabeth Jensen
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