The National Football League, which has been unsuccessful in getting major cable operators to carry its NFL Network, is talking to Walt Disney Co. and its ESPN unit about forming a partnership, sources familiar with the talks said. The deal…
Walt Disney Co.’s “Camp Rock” attracted 8.9 million viewers on the Disney Channel Friday night, making it the No. 1 program on television, including shows on the broadcast networks. While not as big as last summer’s “High School Musical 2,”…
The National Football League, which has been unsuccessful in getting major cable operators to carry its NFL Network, is talking to Walt Disney Co. and its ESPN unit about forming a partnership, sources familiar with the talks said, confirming an…
MSNBC will temporarily replace “The Tim Russert Show” with documentaries in the program’s Saturday timeslots, Multichannel News reports. Live news will replace the Sunday at 11 a.m. encore, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Argentina’s Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas, a production company, is filming a U.S. pilot of its politically incorrect comedy show “CQC” (Spanish for “Caiga Quien Caiga,” meaning “whoever might fall”), the Hollywood Reporter says. The one-hour pilot, which is co-hosted by “Lost’s”…
Motley Crue is trying to get out of a deal made in 2006 with MTV Films/Paramount to produce a biopic based on their best-selling autobiography “The Dirt,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The band is looking for new producing partners, claiming…
Patrick Crumb has been appointed executive vice president of business affairs and general counsel of Liberty Sports Group, Multichannel News reports. Crumb was previously the senior VP and general manager of Fox Interactive Media’s Scout Media division, the newspaper says….
BET News will premiere “Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?” on June 25, Multichannel News reports. The town hall series will continue on June 26 at 8 p.m., while part III will air exclusive on the…