The NHL Network and Bridgestone Tires have teamed up to create a 20-part series devoted to NHL captains. “Captains Driven by Bridgestone,” which will run from Nov. 20 through April, features interviews with the NHL’s current and former team leaders,…
The legal fight between Bravo, Lifetime and producer the Weinstein Company over which cable network will get to air “Project Runway’s” sixth season may keep the fashion-design contest off the air for several months, the New York Times says. Bravo…
MTV is currently in talks to air six episodes of a new season of “Beauty and the Geek,” the former reality series on The CW, TelevisionWeek reports. The new edition is being dubbed “Beauty and the Geek: Celebrity” and will…
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is currently entertaining Daytime Emmy Awards broadcast offers from two broadcast networks and two cable networks, the Hollywood Reporter says. Both ABC and CBS have opted out of the telecast, but a…
Four more actors have been cast in “Georgia O’Keeffe,” a Lifetime original biopic, the Hollywood Reporter says. New additions Ed Begley Jr., Linda Emond, Tyne Daly and Henry Simmons will join previously announced stars Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in…
Hallmark Channel has greenlit two new original movies from executive producer Larry Levinson due in late 2009, the Hollywood Reporter says. Peter Strauss and Jonathan Silverman will star in “The Wilderness Family,” about a family that inherits a cabin in…
FX is developing new drama “AR2” from Paul Scheuring, creator and executive producer on “Prison Break,” and Thomas Schlamme, a director and executive producer of “The West Wing,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Scheuring describes the project as “’Les Miserables’ in…
Decker Anstrom, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association board chairman, may step down from his post later this week, Broadcasting & Cable reports, citing unnamed executives in the cable industry. Anstrom’s departure comes as a result of NBC Universal’s recent…
Dan Abrams, whose time slot on MSNBC was given to Rachel Maddow, is tapping a corral of journalists as labor for a public relations consultancy he has set up, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Abrams, who was chief at…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency may fine U.S. cable leader Comcast for failing to properly respond to questions about moving analog channels to digital tiers, Multichannel News reports. The FCC is looking into pricing practices of…