Debbie Richman, top buyer at media agency OMD, has been named executive VP for ad sales at Lifetime Networks. Lifetime’s top ad spot has been vacant since Lynn Picard left the network last year. Ms. Richman will assume her new…
MTV ordered 10 episodes of reality series “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF,” which features the socialite teaching 20 contestants how to live a celebrity lifestyle, Television Week reports. Ms. Hilton’s previous reality show, “The Simple Life,” was canceled last year,…
Barry Diller took his turn on the witness stand in a Delaware court room and slammed the CEO of Liberty Media, which is trying to block IACInterActiveCorp’s restructuring plan, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Diller called Greg Maffei an…
NBC is nearing an agreement to order a drama series starring Christian Slater, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, about a suburban father whose alter ego is a spy, is created by “Bionic Woman” executive producer Jason Smilovic, the newspaper…
News Corp’s Fox unit will launch two free-to-air channels in the Middle East this year, including a 24-hour movie network and a second channel with mostly U.S. programming, Daily Variety reports. Fox, which will use Dubai as headquarters for at…
The CW ordered eight episodes of a horror-themed reality show to be produced by “Spider-Man” director Sam Raimi, Daily Variety reports. “13,” which involves horror-themed challenges used to eliminate contestants, will also be produced by Jay Bienstock, who’s worked on…
Fox TV agreed to a two-year contract with the creators of FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and ordered their news comedy pilot, “Boldly Going Nowhere,” Daily Variety reports. Fox TV chair Dana Walden said “Sunny” creators Rob McElhenney, Charlie…
Snoop Dogg will do his thing in two May episodes of ABC’s “One Life to Live,” the Associated Press reports. In addition to performing two songs from his new album “Ego Trippin’,” he will do a re-mixed version of the…
CBS will move its West Coast headquarters to its Studio City facilities from longtime home Television City at the end of the month, Daily Variety reports. Television City, which opened in 1952, will still house CBS shows “The Price is…
DirecTV is adding a new channel specializing in masculine subjects such as boating, hunting and four-wheeling, Multichannel News reports. The Maximum Adventure Network, which has 11 hours of daily programming, was founded by Michael Khlar, who once led Men’s Outdoors…