Outdoor Channel has renewed its carriage deal with Time Warner Cable through a new multiyear contract, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The renewal will include Outdoor’s standard- and high-definition output, in addition to on-demand content, the trade publication says. The deal…
Planet Green is renewing five series, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The green lifestyle network from Discovery Communications is bringing back “Emeril Green,” “Focus Earth With Bob Woodruff,” “Greensburg,” “Renovation Nation” and “Wa$ted!,” the trade publication says. The shows will relaunch…
Animal Planet’s “River Monsters” debuted Sunday night with 1.3 million viewers, drawing the channel’s biggest audience for a regular primetime telecast in more than six years, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The series gave the network a triple-digit boost in the…
Sam Linsky has been promoted to senior vice president of current programming for TNT and TBS. Mr. Linsky previously was VP of current programming for TNT. He oversaw the production of many of TNT’s current series, including “The Closer,” “Saving…
Samuel L. Jackson has been tapped to host the 17th annual ESPY Awards, airing July 19 on ESPN and ESPN HD. It will be Mr. Jackson’s fourth time hosting the sports award show. The awards ceremony will be taped July…
MSNBC will debut the four-part series “Future Earth” on April 26, starting with “Journey to the End of the World.” The other three parts will be broadcast in the summer and fall. “Journey’s” premiere coincides with NBC Universal’s Earth Week….
HBO’s shrink drew a lot of people to the couch Sunday night, but not as many as Showtime got for “The Tudors.” The first two episodes of the new season of HBO’s “In Treatment” drew an average of 657,000 viewers…
ABC Family said it is launching three new series this summer and bringing back its hits “Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Lincoln Heights” and “Greek.” The network, which made its upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday in New York, has…
Unilever’s Vaseline Aloe Fresh will be the presenting sponsor of Lifetime’s upcoming miniseries “Maneater.” Promotion of the brand on Lifetime will begin later this month, with a national sweepstakes launching May 1. Vaseline Aloe Fresh also will be mentioned in…
The Africa Channel has started in Chicago, airing programming related to the continent, Multichannel News reports. The channel can be viewed on Comcast digital-cable channel 133, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi