Indie Web studio Generate is launching its new scripted online series “Republicrats” on Tuesday through MSN. The 24-episode series will debut two new episodes per week leading up to this fall’s presidential elections. The program itself is a political satire…
CW reality executive Jennifer Bresnan is shifting to sister network CBS, replacing Ghen Maynard as head of the Eye network’s alternative programming division. The appointment represents a meteoric rise for Ms. Bresnan, who was named to her current position as…
John McCain is scheduled to appear on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on Monday, the same day the Democratic National Convention begins in Denver, the Washington Post reports. Olympic swimmer Dara Torres also is scheduled to appear. —Christopher Perez
General Electric Chairman Jeffrey Immelt told CNBC last week that the company will continue making cable deals, TVNewser reports. Immelt promised future cable pacts along the lines of the partnership between its NBC Universal and the Weather Channel. GE is…
Championship Gaming Series has named Dale Hopkins its new CEO, Daily Variety reports. Hopkins previously was chief operating officer for the G4 network. The appointment comes after a recent broadcasting deal between CGS and the gaming network that saw G4…
Former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Cristian De La Fuente has been named a series regular for the second season of USA’s “In Plain Sight,” TV Guide reports. De La Fuente returns as the boyfriend of Mary McCormack’s U.S. Marshal…
ABC is enlisting TV Guide in its fall marketing plans, inking a deal to serve as the sole sponsor of the magazine’s Aug. 25 issue. The network has bought 21 pages of advertising in the issue, marking the first time…
CBS has closed a deal for Laurence Fishburne (“The Matrix”) to join the cast of its top-rated series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” Mr. Fishburne will make his first appearance on the show during the ninth episode of the show’s season,…
Granada America, the U.S. production division of the United Kingdom’s ITV, has promoted Sam Zoda from executive VP to chief operating officer. Mr. Zoda joined Granada America in 2004 as senior VP of production, developing and producing such series as…