To promote new series “Z Rock,” IFC is urging subscribers to dress up their pets or kids (10 years old or younger) as rock stars for a chance to win $5,000, Multichannel News reports. Parents or owners can submit photos…
“Stylista” starts showing its stuff sooner than anticipated, as the show is premiering a week earlier than announced, on Oct. 22 at 9 p.m., The CW said today. Billed as being “The Devil Wears Prada” as reality show, “Stylista” comes…
To find diversity in television, look no further than programming aimed at tweens and teens, the New York Times reports. The Disney Channel is the clear frontrunner in terms of casting minority actors in its ever-popular television shows aimed at…
Global television shipments in the second quarter rose 11% from a year earlier to 47.5 million units, NPD Group unit DisplaySearch said today. North American flat-screen TV sales surged in advance of February’s U.S. switchover to all-digital broadcasts, while customers…
Nickelodeon is gearing-up for its quadrennial election coverage, Broadcasting & Cable reports. An election team comprising Lil’ JJ, Pick Boy and Lily Collins will report from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Also, anchor Linda Ellerbee will host two half-hour…
New data from the Nielsen Co. finds that while Barack Obama has run more local TV spots than John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee has placed more national cable TV ads than his Democratic counterpart during June and July. Nielsen…
James M. McNamara has joined Spanish-language premium film channel Cine Latino as non-executive chairman. He will oversee programming, distribution, marketing and finance for the channel. Mr. McNamara was president and CEO of Telemundo from 1999 to 2005. He also was…
Sci Fi Channel’s remake of “Children of the Corn” has cast its first two stars, according to BloodyDisgusting.com. David Anders of “Heroes” and Kandyse McClure of “Battlestar Galactica” will star in the horror TV film, set to begin shooting Sept….
Misty May-Treanor, fresh from winning her second gold medal in beach volleyball, was among the celebrities named as contestants for the seventh season of “Dancing With the Stars,” Entertainment Weekly reports. Also named were former ’NSync member Lance Bass, soap…
The Travel Channel has landed the exclusive cable broadcasting rights for season 12 of CBS’ “The Amazing Race,” Multichannel News reports. The cable network will air the reality competition series Wednesdays at 8 p.m. beginning Sept. 3. Travel Channel also…