MC Hammer’s new reality show on A&E will focus on his wife and kids, who live in Oakland, the Associated Press reports. “You’re going to see an American family in the current environment of America,” Hammer tells the wire service….
Former Bulls star and broadcaster “Stormin’ Norman” Van Lier died Thursday moring, the Chicago Tribune reports. When Van Lier, 61, didn’t show up for work Wednesday, Comcast SportsNet staffers suspected something was wrong because he never missed a day of…
“Celebrity Apprentice” returns on Sunday with a pre-recession task to sell cupcakes for huge amounts of money, the New York Post reports. The celebrities in the show include Hershel Walker, Andrew Dice Clay, Dennis Rodman, Joan Rivers and former Playmate…
Bright House Networks on Sunday added Gospel Music Channel to its lineup in Central Florida, the Orlando Sentinal reports. “We have heard from customers asking for the Gospel Music Channel,” said Bright House spokeswoman Sara Brady. “It carries a wide…
Brittany Snow will play the lead role in a “Gossip Girl” spinoff that will serve as a prequel to the current CW series, the Hollywood Reporter says. Snow will play the teenaged, Los Angeles-raised version of Lily van der Woodsen,…
Chris O’Donnell will play one of the lead agents in the planned “NCIS” spinoff, joining LL Cool J and Louise Lombard on the show, the Hollywood Reporter says. Additionally, Busy Philips, who was most recently in the film “He’s Just…
Time Warner Cable, the No. 2 U.S. cable company behind Comcast, will complete its planned spinoff from Time Warner Inc. on March 27, Daily Variety reports. Time Warner Cable shareholders will receive a special cash dividend worth about $10.9 billion,…
Media companies’ advertising sales fell in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as the effects of the economic downturn outweighed a bump in political advertising, Multichannel News says. While cable companies were able to offset the drop with more…
Bright House Networks will carry the Sportsman Channel in central Florida, adding almost 600,000 subscribers to the hunting and fishing network, Multichannel News says. Sportsman, which was launched in 2003 and will have more than 15.5 million subscribers, will start…