Jennifer Jason Leigh has been cast in a recurring role on Showtime’s “Weeds,” in which she’ll play Mary-Louise Parker’s older sister, the Hollywood Reporter says. Leigh will appear as the Parker’s estranged sister in the fifth and sixth seasons of…
Will Ferrell will appear on Discovery Channel’s “Man vs. Wild” in June as part of a tie in to the June 5 release of his movie “Land of the Lost,” Daily Variety reports. In the episode, Ferrell joins “Man vs….
The NBA signed a new deal with DirecTV that expands distribution of NBA TV. DirecTV also will continue to distribute the NBA League Pass package of out-of-market games to its customers. Beginning with the 2009-10 season, NBA TV will become…
Bill O’Reilly’s show on the Fox News Channel has taken to ambushing people to get reluctant sources to appear on the show on camera, the New York Times says. Mike Hoyt, executive editor of The Columbia Journalism Review, is one…
Oxygen has signed a programming deal with Tori Spelling and her husband, Dean McDermott, to produce a couples makeover show, a fourth season of “Tori & Dean” and a made-for-television movie, TelevisionWeek reports. The pair will also work on a…
History is working on a documentary from Matt Damon and Chris Moore based on the Howard Zinn book “A People’s History of the United States,” Daily Variety reports. The two-hour film will meld archival footage with readings by Damon and…
VH1 has committed to a reality series starring “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project will focus on the singer’s life as a performer and a young single mother, and is slated to appear in early…
Lifetime, which last month got the go-ahead to begin airing “Project Runway,” has begun casting the series seventh series, the Los Angeles Times reports. The series was tied up in litigation between NBC Universal, owner of Bravo, which used to…
Cartoon Network is working on a live-action movie featuring the retelling of the King Arthur legend, the Hollywood Reporter says. It’s part of a live-action push from Cartoon, which is working with Lionsgate president of motion picture production Alli Shearmur…
Taller nets behind the backstop at the new Yankee Stadium in New York are creating a problem for television producers because they obstruct a key view of the game, the New York Times reports. “During the exhibition game at the…