NBC’s Libby Hansen has been promoted to senior vice president of alternative series and specials. She will be in charge of the Peacock network’s current slate of reality programming as well as developing future projects. “Libby brings great passion, creativity…
Liberty Media chief John Malone, testifying in court, said IACInterActiveCorp head Barry Diller made a “fine art” out of using the company’s corporate jet and that he was “reckless,” Daily Variety reports. Mr. Malone, who owns 30% of IAC and…
Negotiations involving the sale of about half of concert promoter AEG Live to Cablevision and IACInterActiveCorp’s Ticketmaster broke down last week, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the process it didn’t identify. The proposed agreement, which would’ve…
MTV ordered two new music based reality series, including one featuring the children of music artists competing against each other, Daily Variety reports. “Rock the Cradle,” with the kids of Olivia Newton-John, M.C. Hammer and others, debuts next month. The…
With election news drawing big ratings, MSNBC cancelled Tucker Carlson’s talk show and replaced it with “Race for the White House,” hosted by NBC chief White House correspondent David Gregory, the New York Times reports. Mr. Carlson may appear as…
Los Angeles television-shooting permits for the three weeks after the end of the Writers Guild of America strike fell from a year earlier for most series types, Daily Variety reports. Citing stats from permitting agency FilmL.A., dramas, sitcoms and pilots…
NBC ordered a reality show “Who Do You Think You Are,” based on a U.K. series show that reveals surprising and sometimes embarrassing details of a celebrity guest’s ancestry, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series, whose producers include ex-“Friends” star…
NBC Universal and News Corp. online-video venture Hulu will start airing episodes of “Babylon 5” and “Welcome Back Potter” tomorrow as part of an agreement with Warner Bros. Television Group, the Hollywood Reporter says. Hulu, which received $100 million in…
The Emmy Awards will move to Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater from the Shrine Auditorium this September, Daily Variety reports. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences signed a 10-year agreement with Nokia owner Anschutz Entertainment Group. The Academy also plans…
Marley Shelton, who appeared in “Grindhouse,” will play the female lead in Jerry Bruckheimer’s CBS series “Eleventh Hour,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Ms. Shelton will play the bodyguard to a government science advisor, played by Rufus Sewell, who saves people…