There will be Olympics spots from General Motors, McDonald’s, Budweiser and Nike, but could there also be commercials for Barack Obama during NBC Sports coverage of the Beijing games? The Obama campaign has asked NBC Universal about Olympics advertising packages,…
MTV and retailer Sears are partnering for the cable network’s musical TV movie “The American Mall,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. Sears will carry the soundtrack and an exclusive special-edition DVD of the film, which premieres Aug. 11, the publication says….
“Battlestar Galactica’s” Sam Witwer will play Doomsday on The CW’s “Smallville” next season, Michael Ausiello reports. Additionally, Cassidy Freeman has been cast in the role of the sexy and vengeful Tess, Ausiello notes. —Vlada Gelman
David Carradine and Daryl Hannah will star in “Kung Fu Killer” for Spike in HD, Coming Soon reports. The two-part original miniseries is set to premiere in August, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
HGTV will premiere a TV show version of the “Rate My Space” Web site tonight, the New York Times reports. The Web site, which asks strangers to judge user-submitted photos of home renovations, has had more than 150 million page…
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams will host “Meet the Press” Sunday. The headline guests will be Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C. Both were scheduled to appear on last Sunday’s edition of the show, for which…
Rainbow Media today reorganized the management structure of its newly acquired Sundance Channel, putting it under Evan Shapiro, who had been running Rainbow’s independent film channel IFC tv. Mr. Shapiro, currently executive VP and general manager of IFC, was named…
The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors will host “The Reality of Reality,” a panel of discussing the impact, future and all aspects of reality television, June 26 in Beverly Hills. Executive Albert Fisher will chair the panel, which will…
After long, often acrimonious negotiations, Big Ten Network reached a long-term carriage agreement with Comcast that puts the channel on the expanded basic tier during the upcoming football and basketball seasons in the eight states where the conference’s 11 colleges…
History has added Paul Cabana, Julian Hobbs and Russ McCarroll to its programming roster of executive producers. All three will work on developing and producing new content for the cable network. “By attracting the best talent in the business, we…