BBC America is launching another series dealing with issues involving time travel, the New York Times says. In “Primeval,” England is threatened by prehistoric creatures that escaped the past. “It definitely won’t make you forget about “Lost,” the paper says.
Fashion designer and “Project Runway” judge Michael Kors will guest star in an episode of The CW’s “Gossip Girl,” Marie Claire reports. Kor will appear in a New York Fashion Week-themed episode, the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman
NBC Universal, Dish Network and interactive TV company Ensequence have teamed to offer interactive Olympics coverage to Dish subscribers, the Hollywood Reporter says. Viewers of Dish’s “iTV mosaic” will be able to watch a multiple-screen showcase of coverage from CNBC,…
MSNBC will air a two-hour post-Olympics show weekdays at 5 p.m. starting Monday, TVNewser reports. Tamron Hall will anchor from New York, while Tiki Barber and Jenna Wolfe will anchor from Beijing, the Web site says.
New Kids on the Block have stepped in after Paula Abdul backed out of her scheduled appearance on “Today’s” summer concert series on Aug. 29, the New York Post reports. Abdul originally was scheduled to appear in April, but canceled…
HBO will make the season premiere of “Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Dallas Cowboys” available for free on HBO.com, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The episode, which premiered Wednesday, will be up for one week starting Friday, the newspaper says….
AMC will air “Cinemania” during commercial breaks every Thursday evening beginning tonight, Multichannel News reports. The game show, hosted by Regan Burns, will feature two movie fans competing for prizes by answering trivia questions about that night’s film, the newspaper…
Music network Fuse and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 have teamed to bring the network’s “Summer of Music” series to Xbox Live Marketplace users, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The free service, featuring artist interviews and festival coverage, will be available through late…
Fox has ordered nine additional episodes of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?,” bringing the game show’s fall season to 22 episodes, Daily Variety reports. Ratings for the series have declined since its strong February 2007 premiere, the newspaper…