YES Network has promoted Eric Handler to vice president of communications. He will continue to be responsible for all corporate communications and programming publicity efforts for YES Network’s business, on-air and digital initiatives. Mr. Handler joined YES in 2005 as…
Actors Marla Sokoloff, Marion Ross and Christina Pickles have been cast in a Hallmark Channel original movie called “Flower Girl,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Sokoloff plays a woman who runs a flower shop with her grandmother (Ross), while Pickles plays…
The tough Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook is the newest location for MTV’s reality series “The Real World,” the New York Post says. The 21st installment of the program is changing its format slightly to include eight strangers, instead of…
What were Kathy Griffin, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lil Wayne doing on CNN on New Year’s Eve? The New York Times says the news network started 2009 with a few regrets, high ratings and digs from the competition at Fox News….
Two shows as good as anything on pay cable return this month on basic-cable network FX, “Nip/Tuck” and “Damages,” the Kansas City Star notes. “And they won’t cost you an extra $10 on top of the $100 you’re already shoveling…
USA Network has ordered 11 episodes of the hourlong “Royal Pains,” which stars Mark Feuerstein as a doctor to the wealthy residents of the Hamptons, the Hollywood Reporter says. The network is considering the show as a companion for “House,”…
The New York Times offers another look at Joseph Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff featured in the Fox Reality Channel show “Smile… You’re Under Arrest.” Here’s the Associated Press story from last week. —Jon Lafayette
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