Ion says it plans to produce 12 original films beginning in the fourth quarter as part of its effort to build its primetime schedule. The films, in a variety of genres, include romances, thrillers, action and holiday pictures. Ion will…
Cablevision Systems Corporation has promoted Barry Frey to executive VP of advanced platform sales. Mr. Frey previously served as a senior VP. He will continue to manage the advanced platform sales division while also working with advertisers to help drive…
President Barack Obama’s primetime press conference Tuesday night drew 40.4 million viewers across 11 broadcast and cable networks. Last night’s press conference was down 18% from President Obama’s first primetime press conference on Feb. 9, which was watched by 49.5…
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” has turned out to be anything but a drag for Logo. The MTV-owned cable network has ordered a second season of the drag queen competition reality show from World of Wonder Prods., according to two people familiar…
The MLB Network has set its Thursday night baseball schedule for April and May, starting with its first regular-season game April 9 when the Milwaukee Brewers visit the San Francisco Giants. On April 16, when the cable channel airs the…
Unscripted heavyweights David Goldberg, Thom Beers and R.J. Cutler have signed on to appear at Westdoc: The West Coast Documentary and Reality Conference, launching this fall in Santa Monica. The three-day event will feature panels and seminars devoted to unscripted…
“The Wire” and “Dexter” were nominated in the international category for the sixth British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ TV awards, Daily Variety reports. Other nominees in the category are “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “Mad Men,”…
After being criticized for its thrifty ways, Comcast is now about to get a debt-rating upgrade from Moody’s Investors Service, the New York Post reports. “Only a year ago, investors were pounding the table for the Roberts family to add…
D.L. Hughley said he’ll cover the White House correspondent’s dinner in May and fill in for Larry King after his CNN program goes off the air on Saturday, the New York Daily News reports. He called his program’s cancellation “disappointing”…