CW's movie night; Silverman; Robbins; Feresten

-- The CW just announced their movie lineup for Sunday night and thankfully the MGM library perfectly aligns with their young women target audience. What "Gossip Girl" and "90210" fan could resist the vintage charm of "Revenge of the Pink Panther," "Mr. Mom" and "Throw Momma From the Train"? Things kick off Sunday with "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course." Other titles include “The Cutting Edge,” “Trail of the Pink Panther,” “Spaceballs,” “Carrie,” “Anti-Trust,” “Three Amigos!” and “Teen Wolf.”

-- LA Times says Ben Silverman is close to re-upping. THR has been saying the same thing recently, but haven’t committed a headline to it because NBC has been pretty unpredictable lately. For those who read Newsweek’s terrific “How He Did It” series covering the election campaigns, NBC has been like the Hillary Clinton camp during the primaries -- even canceling shows like “Lipstick Jungle” can abruptly veer into uncertainty and drama. So the LA Times story is correct and all indicators point to co-chair Ben Silverman making another deal, though we're inclined to wait until that boat is in the dock before trying to board it.

-- NBC is casting a pilot presentation for a Tony Robbins reality show. This sounds like a set up for all kinds of NBC ribbing, but having been an early addict to Personal Power tapes I won't condescend to Robbins, whose self-help books are devoured by millions around the world. Keeping Robbins and Silverman out of the same room seems like a good idea, however, lest their combined personal achievement and salesmanship energy rapidly wind up to a nuclear explosion of optimism.

-- Fox announced Monday morning it will expand and move “Talkshow With Spike Feresten” for a limited six-week run. Starting Jan. 17, the Saturday night program will air double-length one-hour episodes at 11 p.m., while “MadTV” will air as a half-hour at midnight. The move effectively swaps time periods and lengths between the recently canceled “Mad TV” and “Talkshow.” The move will test “Talkshow” in a longer format and, if successful, give Fox more options for programming a replacement for “MadTV,” which finishes its run in May.