12 June 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
That was quick. Tribune Co.’s new topper Peter Liguori is making good on his vow to beef up the company’s TV assets, particularly its Wgn America cable channel.
Wgn America last week gave a 13-episode straight-to-series order to “Salem,” a supernatural drama set amid the witch trials in Salem, Mass. The series hails from 20th Century Fox TV’s Fox 21 banner, and was originally developed for FX. It’s fortified by an in-demand showrunner in Brannon Braga (“24″).
Matt Cherniss, the former FX and Fox programming exec Liguori brought in as Wgn America prexy and g.m., joined the company in March with a mandate to upgrade the channel. Most important, Liguori and Cherniss clearly have a budget to make it happen, as evidenced by the order for “Salem.”
All of this activity is a big change for Tribune, which spent four years slogging through bankruptcy court before »
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