Sportscaster Scott Van Pelt was suspended for making a series of comments about Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig after Selig’s $17.5 million salary was disclosed, USA Today says. Also suspended was Golf Channel’s Andrew Magee over a sexually suggestive…
Walt Disney Co. is expected to announce a distribution deal with studio DreamWorks SKG after NBC Universal pulled out of a similar deal, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal includes programming opportunities on Starz Entertainment, the paper says. —Jon…
Comedian Demetri Martin, who has been a correspondent on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” is launching his own show on Comedy Central, “Important Things With Demetri Martin,” the New York Times says. “Martin developed a format that mixed his…
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Pedigree Food for Dogs, Toyota and Petco will sponsor USA Network’s presentation of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show (WKC) on Feb.9-10. All three companies will create an integrated marketing campaign spanning on-air broadcasts and the Internet. Returning sponsor Pedigree…
Julia Ormond will star in Lifetime Movie Network’s “The Wronged Man,” premiering in November. The film will reunite Ms. Ormond with Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, with whom she appears in the feature “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” “The Wronged Man” is…
Fox Business Network is launching a new Web show Monday at noon ET. “FoxBusiness.com Live” will be hosted by Fox Business Network’s Jenna Lee and Connell McShane, who will report on breaking financial news and interview business leaders, politicians and…
Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books has acquired the rights to a memoir by Patrick Swayze, Crain’s New York Business reports. Swayze will write the book with his wife, Lisa Niemi, about the days before and after he learned he had…