Recalling the days of “Rock N Jock” and “MTV Sports,” MTV Networks Music Group is expanding its presence in the action sports industry, launching a strategic partnership with NBC Sports to expand the Action Sports Tour. The alliance, announced today,…
ABC will air a “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night” half-hour special following the first four National Basketball Association Finals games beginning June 5, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Kimmel will continue to host the NBA specials if the best-of-seven series goes…
A USB study found that CBS Corp. and News Corp. are most exposed to advertising weakness because of their higher reliance on auto and financial ads in a sluggish economy, the Hollywood Reporter says. CBS Corp. and News Corp. also…
Carolyn Dursi has been promoted to senior vice president of executive recruiting at Cablevision Systems. Ms. Dursi’s duties will include overseeing the recruitment of senior talent across all of Cablevision’s business units, including corporate, cable, News 12 Networks and Rainbow…
Roger Bart has been cast in ABC’s untitled David Hemingson pilot from 20th Century Fox TV, Daily Variety reports. Bart will play a volatile but likable partner at a law firm, where he works alongside his wife, the newspaper says….
James D’Arcy has been cast as the lead in Fox’s two-hour pilot “Virtuality,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The sci-fi drama about Earth’s first starship, which is on a 10-year journey to a distant solar system, comes from “Battlestar Galactica” executive…
The three broadcast networks’ flagship anchors launched an unprecedented campaign against cancer Wednesday with their joint appearances on all three networks’ morning shows. They were promoting a Sept. 5 simulcast on ABC, CBS and NBC to raise money and consciousness…