Riding a wave of higher ratings, MTV says it has picked up a second season of “The City” and ordered two more episodes of “Daddy’s Girls” and 28 new episodes of “Made.” MTV also greenlit a new series, “Teen Cribs,”…
HGTV has enlisted brand licensing consultancy the Beanstalk Group to expand HGTV’s brand with a line of products. The home and garden products will be designed to engage HGTV’s current viewers, in addition to reaching new audiences. The Beanstalk Group…
Lifetime’s original movie “Prayers for Bobby” drew 3.8 million viewers in its premiere Saturday night, and another 2.3 million for its encore Sunday night. The film, starring Sigourney Weaver as a mother who questions her strong religious beliefs after her…
VH1 will premiere a reality show this summer featuring Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell “T.O.” Owens. The series will follow Mr. Owens as he is shadowed by his best friends and publicists Monique Jackson and Kita Williams during the off…
Lili Taylor, Arliss Howard and Dallas Roberts have been added to the cast of AMC’s untitled political thriller pilot from Jason Horwitch. They join the previously cast James Badge Dale, Miranda Richardson, Paul Butler, Christopher Evan Welch, Lauren Hodes and…
DirecTV is looking to add shows that have only appeared on premium channels to its 101 Network, the New York Times reports. DirecTV, which showed “Friday Night Lights” on the channel and is now airing cult classic “Wonderland,” said it…
Starz is developing a comedy based on the Web series “Tom and Sam Are Stuck,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Tom Saunders and Sam Laybourne have produced 24 episodes of the Web show, in which they play two characters from the…
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi is putting the finishing touches on her latest project for HBO, but doesn’t like to call what she produces documentaries, according to the New York Times. Documentaries “are boring,” Pelosi tells the paper. “I say I make…
Flavor Flav and filmmaker Deon Taylor have signed an agreement to turn the film “Nite Tales” into a cable-television series, the Hollywood Reporter says.The new show is expected to be a cross between “Tales From the Crypt” and “The Twilight…
MTV’s “Real World” will film its 22nd season in the Mexican vacation destination of Cancun, the Hollywood Reporter says. The housemates will work with StudentCity.com, a spring break resource, as guides for visiting students on the next season, which is…