E! Entertainment Television said it is launching a new reality show featuring Kendra Wilkinson of “The Girls Next Door.” The new series, tentatively titled “Kendra,” follows the youngest of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s blondes now that she’s left the mansion…
IFC said that Film Independent Spirit Awards sponsors Acura, M&Ms, L’Oreal and Heineken will be joined by Tourism Australia this year. The awards are schedule to be broadcast live and uncut on Feb. 21, starting at 4 p.m. Actor/comedian Steve…
Comcast is offering a $10 credit to Arizona customers whose viewing of Sunday’s Super Bowl was interrupted by a 30-second porn clip, Multichannel News reports. The clip came from the hard-core pay-per-view adult channel Shorteez, owned by Playboy Enterprises, and…
News Corp. should take a page from the U.S. government’s idea of splitting up “good banks” and “bad banks” by separating its growing assets from its bad assets, according to a report from Michael Nathanson of Sanford C. Bernstein, the…
HBO has acquired rights to a book about the financial crisis that was recently sold for seven figures to Penguin imprint by Portfolio publisher Adrian Zackheim, Daily Variety reports. The book will be written by New York Times business writer…
CMT has renewed “Can You Duet” for a second season after the music-competition show scored as the highest-ever original-series premiere for the cable network, Daily Variety reports. The network plans to start the second season in June, the publication says….
ABC Family’s “Greek” will return for its third season without Frannie, the character played by Tiffany Dupont, Entertainment Weekly says. Although a representative for ABC Family declined to comment, a source says the decision was both creative and budgetary, the…
Lifetime has signed Rosie O’Donnell to star in its original movie “America,” based on E.R. Frank’s book of the same name, Multichannel News reports. The show will air Feb. 28 and follows a 17-year old who navigates the foster-care system,…
HBO’s “The Wire” and NBC’s “The Office” took top honors in the drama and comedy TV categories, respectively, at the 2009 Directors Guild of America awards Saturday, Daily Variety reports. Other TV winners were HBO’s “Recount” for movie/miniseries, The CW’s…