Fandango.com Ticket Sales (as of 10:00 AM PT today) Twilight (Summit Entertainment) 43% High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Disney) 19% Saw V (Lionsgate) 8% Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (DreamWorks Animation) 8% Quantum of Solace (MGM/Sony) 3%

I’m planning another piece on NBC for Sunday. But for now it’s fascinating to watch the network squirm.. Will BBC Worldwide America’s Paul Telegdy become EVP over just unscripted entertainment? Is Telegdy pushing to now or eventually be given a bigger job? Will NBC’s current reality czar Craig Plestis get shown the…

According to a survey from MovieTickets.com conducted between August 8th and October 5th of nearly 4,000 movie fans who had just purchased tickets at the website, these are their picks for the “most anticipated” films over the next year: The MovieTickets.com Top 10 Most Anticipated Films 1.  Harry Potter and the Half-B…

EXCLUSIVE: This is a really fast-moving story. For months now, I’ve been asking my sources when is NBC going to give more power to real programmers since salesman Ben Silverman isn’t one. So this morning Paul Telegdy suddenly and unexpectedly resigned from BBC Worldwide America. Now I’m told NBC is in negotiations…

James Schamus is really pissed at that Hollywood Reporter story carried by Reuters yesterday on the eve of the San Francisco premiere dissing the marketing strategy to supposedly not focus on the political significance of Focus Features’ Milk. Here’s the complaint Schamus sent to the trade: To the Editor: Slow news…

Say you’re a tenpercentery with a hot agent who’s also a hot head. And say he walks off the job in a huff from time to time. Well, if you’re the Gersh Agency, you let John Buzzetti blow off steam and then welcome him back again and again. It’s because the New York-based partner and theatrical lit agent reps a bunch of…

UPDATE: I’ve confirmed now. Season 8 of what I consider the best of the Law & Order series was supposed to debut on November 7th. But last night the rumor on the set was that that Criminal Intent is postponed until sometime in 2009 on the USA Network. And, yes, the show is now delayed until first quarter of next year…

CBS, NBC, Fox, MSNBC, BET, TVOne, Univision are all carrying Barack Obama's half-hour broadcast tonight. ABC is sticking with Pushing Daisies.

EXCLUSIVE: It takes a lot to shock me when it comes to Hollywood business. But this is lunacy. I’ve confirmed that Lionsgate execs are calling Hollywood agencies looking for a showrunner to replace Matthew Weiner, the brilliant creator of Mad Men. The reason is that they think Weiner’s agents at CAA are asking for…

UPDATE: It’s not just that The Weinstein Company is denying today’s buzz in film financing circles that it’s taken a $50 million writedown because of all the movies it’s dumped into 2009. Nah, what’s way more interesting is that it’s blaming a specific guy for spreading the rumor. This afternoon, Harvey’s attorney…

It was also the S&P’s 6th largest point gain ever, back above 900 after rallying 91 points. The Dow came back 899.35 points to inch above 9,000. NASDAQ was up over 9.5%, for its 4th largest one-day point gain ever. Here are the Big Media numbers: TUESDAY, October 28, 2008 GE (NBC Universal) +1.76 (+9.93%) $19.49 Disney…