FearNet, the 24-hour multiplatform cable network, has relocated its offices to Los Angeles and has become part of the Comcast Entertainment Group. The network began as a joint venture among Comcast Corp., Sony Pictures TV and Lionsgate. The channel has…
A&E is expanding its “Paranormal” franchise with “Paranormal Cops.” The reality series about a team of Chicago-area cops who also investigate the paranormal has been given the greenlight by the network. The series is expected to debut later this year….
AMC will make all 17 episodes of the original 1960s series “The Prisoner” available on its Web site, amctv.com. In addition to full episodes in full screen, the Web site will feature one-minute versions of the episodes, full-episode recaps, behind-the-scenes…
Ion Television has acquired U.S. rights to the original series “Durham County” from ITV Global Entertainment. Ion will premiere the one-hour crime procedural in 2009, making it the network’s first original series debut. The network has also secured digital media…
Speed’s “Super Bikes!” and “Livin’ the Low Life” with host Vida Guerra will return with new episodes on Jan. 20. “Super Bikes!” enters its fourth season, following Hollywood stunt rider Jason Britton, while “Livin’ the Low Life” begins its second…
The Washington Post’s Tom Shales tells TVNewsday that HBO is producing the best programming on TV today, as is CBS among the broadcast networks. The critic-columnist discusses NBC’s decision to strip Jay Leno weeknights at 10 p.m., something he originally…
As the deadline loomed and Viacom prepared to remove its cable channels from Time Warner Cable over a license-fee dispute, Viacom also was getting ready to take the unusual step of preventing Time Warner Cable broadband subscribers from accessing full…
MSNBC and msnbc.com have debuted a new Web site for “Morning Joe.” The new site, located at www.joe.msnbc.com, features embeddable show clips, commentary, all of Mika Brzezinski’s must-read op-eds, an expanded Zeitgeist section and podcasts. “‘Morning Joe’ is where the…
CBS and Time Warner Cable said they reached an agreement that extends the cable operator’s retransmission of signals from CBS’s television stations and its carriage of Showtime Networks’ programming through 2013. CBS and Showtime programming will also be part of…
Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. agreed to buy TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com for $255 million in cash from Macrovision Solutions Corp., replacing an earlier agreement to sell the properties to an investment group, Bloomberg News reports. Macrovision said the advantage to…