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Rachel Mizuno has been promoted to vice president of affiliate marketing for Sony Pictures Television, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Mizuno will be in charge of developing and managing promotions for first-run and off-network syndicated programs, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
TV producer Robert Calhoun died May 24 in New York from lung cancer, Daily Variety reports. Calhoun was a producer on “As the World Turns,” “Guiding Light” and “Texas,” earning five Emmy nominations and a win in 1987 for “As…
Argentine network Telefe is attempting to sell the remake rights to its series to U.S. networks, the Hollywood Reporter says. Telefe’s Gonzalo Cilley is in Los Angeles meeting with networks and studio executives to pitch a portfolio of new Argentine…
SAG President Alan Rosenberg proposed that SAG and AFTRA hold a debate to discuss AFTRA’s brokered contract with the AMPTP, the Hollywood Reporter says. AFTRA declined the invite and urged SAG to concentrate on its own negotiations, the newspaper says….
Leven Rambin is in talks to join the cast of Fox’s “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” as a potential love interest for John Connor, the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, Paul Campbell comes on board NBC’s “Knight Rider” as a research…
Shiri Appleby, Julian Morris, Emily Rose and Victor Rasuk will join the cast of NBC’s “ER” as new interns for its upcoming final season, the Hollywood Reporter says. Appleby and Morris will play brother and sister, with Morris’ character skating…
TV writer Mark Tuttle, who wrote and co-produced “The Beverly Hillbillies” for six years, died June 2 in Los Angeles, Daily Variety reports. Tuttle wrote 200 scripts for TV shows such as “Petticoat Junction,” “Three’s Company” and “The Facts of…
Automakers such as Audi and Lamborghini have reached deals to have their cars prominently displayed in movies such as “Iron Man” and “The Dark Knight” while Toyota and General Motors have reached similar deals with television shows such as “Weeds”…
CBS met with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann twice about replacing Dan Rather as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” before hiring Katie Couric, the New York Times reports, citing a New Yorker article set fore release today. Then-CBS News President Andrew…
Fox and ESPN plan to make bids for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic games, threatening NBC’s hold on the games, the New York Post reports, citing unnamed insiders at the networks. Ratings for the Olympics have been declining, but NBC…