“The MEN7 Show” will make its debut on Ion Media Networks on July 3, the Hollywood Reporter says. The men’s lifestyle program, which comes from the multiplatform MEN7 Network, will be hosted by Tava Smiley (“General Hospital”) and Hoyt Christopher…
The Independent Film Channel has ordered three new specials from actor-singer Henry Rollins, Broadcasting & Cable reports. “Uncut From New Orleans,” “Northern Ireland” and “South Africa” will pair Rollins with a local host in each location as he explores the…
CBS College Sports Network is teaming with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and CBSSports.com to launch CBS College Sports Media, Mediaweek reports. The interactive vertical advertising partnership will offer advertisers display and video advertising options on NCAA.com, CBSSports.com and the…
HBO has hired New York Times columnist and former theater critic Frank Rich as a creative consultant. Mr. Rich will initiate and help develop projects, HBO said. “Frank is one of the smartest and most astute observers of popular culture,…
Advertisers are employing late-night talk show hosts to revive the live television commercial, the New York Times reports. A recent live ad featured ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez in a skit for Quiznos, the newspaper says. While live…
Noah Oppenheim, the senior producer of “Today’s” 7 a.m. hour, is leaving the NBC morning show to become the vice president of Reveille Entertainment, TVNewser reports. Reveille is the production company previously owned by NBC Universal entertainment chief Ben Silverman;…
“Miami Ink” stars Ami James and Chris Nuñez say their participation with the show is over, the Miami Herald reports. They claim that TLC delayed signing them for another season and that the network did not sufficiently promote the show’s…
Comedy Central has picked up Lewis Black’s freshman series for a sophomore season. “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil” uses a political debate format wherein a rotating pair of comedians argue who or what is more evil in matchups such…
Fox Broadcasting has laid off Yvette Urbina, manager of drama development, and Monique Nash and Xenia Lok, managers of current programming, the Hollywood Reporter says. The move comes during the middle of a management restructuring that has brought in Matt…