Cablevision Systems Co. is looking to divide and conquer the indie-film audience by aiming its IFC and Sundance channels at different demographics, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company recently completed its purchase of Sundance Channel and will focus the…
“Law & Order” alum Jesse L. Martin is returning to NBC as a co-star in the mid-season series “The Philanthropist,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Martin is said to be in negotiations to play a business partner and friend to the…
Fox Business Network’s coverage this week of the national economic turmoil drew enough viewers to exceed the minimum Nielsen Media Research needs to certify its statistics as reliable, the New York Times reports. The almost year-old channel averaged 81,000 viewers…
Cartoon Network will make episodes of its new animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” available on Apple’s iTunes the day after airing, Daily Variety reports. Viewers will also be able to stream episodes on the Cartoon Network and Star…
BET’s “Rap City” will air its final episode later this month, ending its almost 20-year run on the music and entertainment channel, the New York Times reports. The show began as BET’s competition to MTV’s “Yo! MTV Raps” hip-hop series…
Writers from “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” plan to picket the opening celebration of Perry’s new studio after they say they were fired for trying to unionize under the Writers Guild of America, TelevisionWeek reports. Four writers from the series…
ESPN’s “The Sports Reporters” Sunday morning panel show remains mostly unchanged since its inception 20 years ago this weekend, USA Today reports. “Reporters” features four sports journalists talking about the week’s major news with some highlights thrown into the mix…
Major League Baseball is setting up base in Secaucus, N.J., for its upcoming 24/7 baseball channel MLB Network, the New York Times reports. The channel, scheduled to hit the air Jan. 1, joins other league-owned networks from the National Football…
CBS’ “The Ex-List,” debuting Friday, features Elizabeth Reaser, who is a “revelation” among an otherwise “humdrum” cast of supporting characters, the Washington Post says. “Ex-List” follows Reaser as Bella Bloom, a young woman who is told by a psychic that…
The CW’s new Sunday night lineup is shaping up to be a miss, USA Today says. The network decided last spring to sell its Sunday night time slots to Media Rights Capital in order to focus more on the weekday…