TV Land is rolling the dice on another season of “High School Reunion.” The network has picked up a third installment of its successful unscripted soap opera and has cast alumni of Las Vegas’ Chaparral High School’s class of 1989…
Charter Communications is adding NBC primetime programs to its on-demand service, effective immediately. Charter Digital customers can watch shows such as “30 Rock,” “Heroes,” “The Office” and “Friday Night Lights” for free within 12 hours of their original broadcast. Some…
The 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Jan. 23. The awards will be handed out at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles at 5 p.m. local time, but will air at…
MSG will debut a documentary about New York’s Beacon Theater on April 9, Multichannel News reports. The show, produced by MSG and Phear Creative, will look at the theater from its start as a vaudeville venue in 1929 through its…
Religious networks such as the Roman Catholic EWTN are starting shows to reach men, a demographic that’s been overlooked by the faith-based networks, Multichannel News reports. EWTN, for example, recently debuted “Crossing the Goal,” hosted by former National Football League…
The Documentary Channel is signing corporate partners to help fund series, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Puerto Rican rum company Don Q is supporting a series called “Icons Among Us,” about jazz performers, while Exxon Mobil has funded “Speed Dreams,” a…
The Federal Communications Commission will be putting together plans for the nation’s broadband future and cable and telephone companies will be pushing to make sure they get the inside track on billions of dollars in spending, the Wall Street Journal…
The Washington Post takes a look at CNN’s Roland Martin, who is filling in for Campbell Brown and will anchor a weekend show on the network when she returns from maternity leave. —Jon Lafayette
Turner Networks has signed several movie-licensing agreements with Lionsgate, allowing the cable-network company to have first network TV rights to films such as “Madea Goes to Jail,” Daily Variety reports. TNT and TBS will be the first nonpay television networks…
NY1 News anchor Pat Kiernan, who does the morning “In the Papers” segment on the cable channel, is starting a national version online, the New York Times says. PatsPapers.com is designed to “cut through the clutter,” Kiernan tells the paper,…