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Crumb Joins Liberty Sports Group

Patrick Crumb has been appointed executive vice president of business affairs and general counsel of Liberty Sports Group, Multichannel News reports. Crumb was previously the senior VP and general manager of Fox Interactive Media’s Scout Media division, the newspaper says….

BET Continues ‘Hip Hop’ Town Hall Series

BET News will premiere “Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?” on June 25, Multichannel News reports. The town hall series will continue on June 26 at 8 p.m., while part III will air exclusive on the…

NFL Network, ESPN Eye Partnership

Steve Bornstein, chief executive of NFL Network, is talks with Walt Disney Co. executives to form a partnership with Disney’s ESPN, the Wall Street Journal reports. The NFL Network could possibly combine with ESPN Classic network, which would allow ESPN…

Schmitz Staying as Charter CFO

Eloise Schmitz has been named the permanent executive vice president and chief financial officer of Charter Communications, Multichannel News reports. She has acted as interim CFO since April, the newspaper says. Charter has also appointed Ted Schremp as chief marketing…

‘24’ Skips Ahead Four Years

Four years will have passed in the life of counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer when Fox’s “24” returns next season, the New York Post reports. The flash-forward will make Bauer 52 years old and give the Chloe character a 4-year-old kid,…

‘60 Minutes,’ ProPublica Probe Al Hurra

An investigation by “60 Minutes” and non-profit investigative journalism initiative ProPublica will air this Sunday, the New York Times reports. The joint investigation explores Al Hurra, a Middle Eastern television network created by the U.S. government, and whether it has…

Natalia Cigliuti Joins TNT’s ‘Bar’

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nataliacigliutiraisingthebar,0,2906020.storyNatalia Cigliuti has been added to the cast of TNT’s “Raising the Bar,” Zap2it reports. Cigliuti will play a married member of the New York public defender’s office who strikes up a flirtatious relationship with Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s character, the Web…

‘Dead Zone’ Alive Again as Movie?

There is talk of a “The Dead Zone” movie being made to wrap up the USA Network series, according to star Anthony Michael Hall, Sci Fi Wire reports. However, Hall is not optimistic about the possibility of a movie, the…

Burnett May Sell Production Company to IMG

Reality television producer Mark Burnett is “in very serious conversation” with IMG Chairman Teddy Forstmann to sell his production company to IMG, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. Burnett, who produces “Survivor,” “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” and “The Apprentice,”…

Lifetime Finds ‘Diva’ in Brooke Elliot

Brooke Elliott will play the lead role in Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva” pilot, Daily Variety reports. The drama stars Elliot as a vapid model who dies and finds her soul transplanted into the body of a brilliant, overweight attorney, the…