NBC unveiled the lineup of celebrities for its upcoming summer series, “Celebrity Circus,” Daily Variety reports. Among the stars under the tent will be Jason “Wee Man” Acuna, singer Blu Cantrell, swimmer Janet Evans, Rachel Hunter, Christopher Knight and Antonio…
Alloy Entertainment, the company behind the CW’s “Gossip Girl,” has promoted Bob Levy to executive VP of film and TV development and production, and is expanding its development department, Daily Variety reports. The company has added Donyea Rochlin and Andrew…
Writer-producer Danielle Sanchez-Witzel of NBC’s “My Name is Earl” has signed a two-year, seven-figure deal with Universal Media Studios, the Hollywood Reporter says. Ms. Sanchez-Witzel will continue to serve as co-executive producer for “Earl” for the first year and while…
News Corp.-owned MySpace has tapped NBC News and MSNBC to exclusively provide the social networking site with election content during this year’s presidential election, Broadcasting & Cable reports, rather than corporate sibling Fox News. NBC News and MSNBC will provide…
Academy Award-winning rappers Three 6 Mafia will make a guest appearance on CBS’s “Numb3rs,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The group is scheduled to appear in the show’s May 9 episode, which will feature a performance of “Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body),”…
Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time” is under fire from some Catholics for comments he made about Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church’s sex scandal, the Chicago Tribune reports. Mr. Maher apologized for describing the pope as a…
Meredith Baxter and Lesley Ann Warren are set to star in Hallmark Channel’s original movie, “The Glass Seagull,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The film tells the story of two friends who learn that one of them has cancer and they…
Outspoken media executive David Verklin will be leaving Aegis Media, parent of Carat. Some of the duties of Mr. Verklin, who was CEO of Aegis Media Americas, will be assumed by Sarah Fay, CEO of Carat and Isobar in the…
Chicago-based Towers Productions is developing reality TV program “It Takes a Parent” with radio talk show host and syndicated columnist Betsy Hart. The half-hour series is inspired by Ms. Hart’s Chicago-based radio program of the same name, where she takes…
The North Carolina Democratic Party is abandoning its planned April 27 debate, which would have been on CBS and moderated by Katie Couric. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., had accepted the party’s debate invitation, but Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., had not….