A camera crew from RDF USA has filmed a teaser for a proposed show about the country’s first openly transgender mayor, the Statesman Journal reports. Stu Rasmussen, the mayor of Silverton, Ore., has been featured in People magazine since he…
Comcast defends its stand on keeping the NFL Network on a sports tier in an op-ed piece by executive VP David Cohen in the Philadelphia Inquirer. “The vast majority of the network’s programming is filler such as training-camp coverage and…
Sony Pictures TV has signed on as distributor for the upcoming HBO documentary “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama,” U.S. News and World Report says, citing a release from Sony. As part of the deal, Sony Pictures TV…
Actors Neil Patrick Harris and Zooey Deschanel and “Lost” executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof will serve as guest judges for the upcoming Bravo spinoff series “Top Chef Masters,” TheFoodSection.com reports. The guest judges, along with others, will appear…
AMC has launched BMC (B Movie Classics), a Web site that streams B movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age. The site, which is live at www.amctv.com/b-movies, is currently streaming 27 B-movies in full-screen, including John Carpenter’s student film “Dark Star,” “A…
Ovation TV has named Liz Janneman its senior vice president of advertising sales. She will oversee the network’s ad sales efforts based out of New York. Ms. Janneman joins Ovation TV from Current TV, where she was president of advertising…
ESPN has signed an agreement with Cerveza Tecate to sponsor the Tecate Friday Night Fights Studio within the “Friday Night Fights” telecasts on ESPN2 and Spanish-language ESPN Deportes, MediaPost reports. The company also will advertise on ESPN Deportes’ “Viernes de…
Rentrak has signed an agreement with HDNet for its TV Essentials audience-measuring product, its second deal for the service, MediaPost reports. HDNet will have access to TV Essentials’ 3 million set-top boxes. The deal comes after Rentrak’s agreement with the…
Comedy Central said comedian Joan Rivers will be next on the spit for one of its roasts. Ms. Rivers will be roasted in Los Angeles July 26 for a special to air Aug. 9 at 10 p.m. “I’m thrilled to…
HBO said it ordered a second season of its comedy series “Eastbound & Down.” Season one of the show, which stars Danny McBride as self-destructive former major league pitcher Kenny Powers, concluded its six-episode run in March. Production on new…