The NFL Network and ESPN are taking different approaches to covering the NFL Draft, USA Today reports. While the NFL Network focuses on team war rooms, ESPN has more cameras in the homes of players expected to be drafted, the…
Superheroes never get old. Nicktoons on Friday will launch a series based on Marvel Comics’ Iron Man. The Iron Man character was featured in one of last summer’s top-grossing feature films, but it’s possible that not all of Nicktoon’s kiddie…
VH1 is bringing back its popular music event “Divas,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The special will air Sept. 17, the magazine reports. Fans are encouraged to send their submissions through the show’s site, EW.com adds. —Sergio Ibarra
Bravo is developing a reality series set at Fred Segal’s Santa Monica store, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series will follow the store’s sales team as they deal with wealthy customers, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
DirecTV’s The 101 has purchased off-network runs of HBO’s “Deadwood” and “Oz” and plans to air them uncensored and without commercials, Daily Variety reports. The shows will begin running on the network’s Sunday evening schedule on May 31 and also…
The Documentary Channel will air four one-hour episodes of “Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense,” which looks at the current jazz scene, Multichannel News reports. The series will look at musicians such as Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane,…
Lifetime announced start dates for its new shows during an upfront press luncheon Tuesday in New York. The network also talked about some of its shows in development for 2009, including comedy pilots with Sherri Shepherd, Valerie Bertinelli and Cybill…
A&E Television Networks has acquired BET’s “American Gangster” to air on Crime & Investigation Network. The deal gives AETN the first three seasons of the show, which examines America’s most notorious criminals. Ving Rhames narrates the series. AETN International will…
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association re-elected several officials including Cablevision Systems Corp. Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge as chairman of the board of directors. Pat Esser, president of Cox Communications, was re-elected vice chairman. Bob Miron, chairman of Advance/Newhouse…
Robin Schwartz has resigned as president of OWN Television, Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network, TelevisionWeek reports. Christina Norman, the CEO of OWN, announced the resignation, which comes less than a year after Schwartz joined the network, the publication says. OWN…