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Monthly Archives : August 2008

MGM Options Digital Graphic Novel ‘Jonas Moore’ for TV

MGM Domestic Television Distribution has optioned Factory Publishing’s online graphic novel “The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore” for a possible television series. The graphic novels, which are designed for iPod and PC download, are set in a time where the…

Sprint Inks Deal With NFL

Sprint and the National Football League have signed a deal that will give the cellular company exclusive rights to broadcast NFL games and other related content via Sprint mobile devices, Media Daily News reports. The service, dubbed NFL Mobile Live,…

Fox News Channel Chooses Facebook

Fox News Channel won’t be making any online buddies using MySpace, even though both are owned by News Corp. Instead, Fox News has chosen Facebook as its social networking site of choice. Fox News today will be unveil a redesigned…

ESPN to Bid for Future Games

ESPN is planning to bid for the rights to broadcast future Olympic Games, says The Hollywood Reporter. ESPN will be vying to air the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 Summer Games, for which Tokyo, Madrid, Rio…

Fouts Picked for ‘NFL on CBS’

“The NFL on CBS” has drafted a Hall of Famer for its lineup of analysts. Dan Fouts, former All-Pro quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, will be calling selected games throughout the 2008 “NFL on CBS” schedule. Mr. Fouts also…

Kotch Joins ‘Today’ as Senior Producer

Noah Kotch, an alumnus of “Good Morning America,” has been named a senior producer on NBC’s “Today.” He started Monday, while his new colleagues were at the midpoint of their stay in Beijing. The hire, first reported Tuesday on TVNewser.com,…

Sapp to Play for ‘Inside the NFL’

Warren Sapp has joined “Inside the NFL,” which premieres on Showtime Sept. 10 at 9 p.m. The former NFL All-Pro defensive lineman and Super Bowl champion joins analysts Phil Simms and Cris Collinsworth and host James Brown. “With his defensive…

Wendy Williams to Go National

“The Wendy Williams Show’s” summer test run in four markets has proven to be a success—Fox Television Stations has agreed to expand the Debmar-Mercury series nationally in its mid-2009 relaunch, TVWeek reports. The talk show series starring New York radio…

Barry Jossen to Head ABC Studios

ABC Studios has hired Barry Jossen as the group’s executive vice president of creative, the Hollywood Reporter says. Jossen will oversee the daily affairs and execution for each of the studio’s genres, comedy and drama. Jossen is replacing Julia Franz,…

CBS Dubs Bresnan New Reality Chief

CBS has tapped Jennifer Bresnan to serve as the network’s new executive vice president of alternative programming, TVWeek reports. Bresnan will replace Ghen Maynard, who announced he would be stepping down from the position into a production deal with the…