ESPN cancelled plans for a college basketball ad campaign featuring actors depicting offensive characterizations of students at specific colleges, USA Today reports. An ad agency working for ESPN was casting spots and looking for a slutty girl to play a…
RCN might be looking to take a run at Comcast’s home town, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The company says serving towns on the outskirts of the city already make Philadelphia one of its fastest growing markets. RCN was denied a…
The New York Times calls a new quiz show on GSN sponsored by Meow Mix “one of the most embarrassing half-hours in the history of television” and “a lame attempt to use game-show trapping to disguise what is nothing more…
Marvel Animation is working on a new animated TV series based on the upcoming “Thor” theatrical release, the Hollywood Reporter says. Marvel will self-produce the 26-episode series and plans on debuting the show in the fall of 2010 after the…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is expected to continue to push rules opposed by cable operators until he’s replaced by President-elect Barack Obama, according to Bloomberg. Possible actions range from loosening cable’s hold on sports programming to raising the…
IM Global is working with Platinum Studios to develop a live-action series based on D.J. Coffman’s “Hero by Night,” the Hollywood Reporter says. “Hero” is Platinum’s 2006 Comic Book Challenge contest winner and is based on a landlord who discovers…
ESPN has signed a multiyear deal with the R&A, organizer of golf’s Open Championship, that takes effect in 2010. ESPN will televise 34 live hours of the British Open’s four rounds and also will produce six hours of encore highlights…
MSNBC officially retracted a false story it reported on-air that the name of the John McCain adviser responsible for leaking gossip about his running mate, Sarah Palin, was Martin Eisenstadt, the Associated Press reports. The “news” was delivered by MSNBC…
TV Land has added three new series to its TV Land Prime 2009 lineup, which caters to viewers in their 40s. The half-hour reality show “How’d You Get So Rich?” will feature Joan Rivers searching the country to find out…
Cablevision Systems launches the first international subscription video-on-demand service with today’s announcement of its Bollywood Hits on-Demand, Multichannel News reports. Bollywood Hits, which can be accessed through the iO user interface or on Channel 241, gives subscribers unlimited access to…