Denise Richards will no longer be allowed to use her children in her reality show on E! Entertainment Television, the National Enquirer reports. The children’s father, Richards’ ex-husband Charlie Sheen, had repeatedly requested that his daughters be left out of…
Fox Sports Ohio has appointed Henry S. Ford as its senior vice president and general manager. Mr. Ford will be responsible for the production, programming, advertising sales, marketing and team relations at Fox Sports Ohio. He will work with Fox’s…
Andrew Meyer has come on board at Versus as the network’s vice president of original programming. Mr. Meyer will oversee new original programming opportunities in order to further Versus’ brand on multimedia platforms and increase ratings. He also will oversee…
ABC Family has canceled “Kyle X/Y,” likely because of its poor ratings performance this season, according to a report in Entertainment Weekly citing unnamed sources. The series, which began its third season last month, will run the rest of its…
Netflix may be considering offering access to HBO content through its online and set-top box options for an extra fee, ArsTechnica.com reports. The possibility of the option came up in a recent customer survey released by the DVD rental company,…
The amount of original programming on advertising-supported cable networks hit an all-time high during the fourth quarter of 2008, the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau said Monday. The CAB counted 1,837 original cable shows, which account for two-thirds of all ad-supported cable…
TNT said it renewed its original series “Leverage” for a second season. The show’s first season is currently airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m. It has been averaging 3.2 million total viewers and 1.4 million adults 18 to 49. The second…
With its hit “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” dealing with the sex lives of high school students, some parents are wondering if cable network ABC Family has the kind of family value parent company Walt Disney usually stands…
DeadlineHollywoodDaily says that TBS will soon announced an agreement to air a talk show staring George Lopez produced by Telepictures at 11 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. Telepictures had unsuccessfully tried to sell the show in syndication, DHD says. —Jon Lafayette
Universal Cable Productions, which creates content for NBC Universal’s USA Network and Sci Fi Channel, has signed its first agreements, one with “Psych” creator Steve Franks and another with “Burn Notice” director Jace Alexander, the Hollywood Reporter says. The two-year…