Fox Business Network is going live tomorrow for eight hours to cover the World Economic Summit in Washington, TVNewser reports. Neil Cavuto will report live from the White House while Stuart Varney, Cheryl Casone, Tom Sullivan and Dagen McDowell anchor…
BET named new two presidents to run its programming operations. Former MTV executive Loretha Jones joins BET as president of programming. She will be responsible for original programming, news development, planning and acquisition. The Viacom-owned cable network promoted Stephen Hill,…
A real estate investor who helped create A&E’s “Flip This House” was awarded $4 million by a federal jury in South Carolina, the Los Angeles Times reports. He had sued A&E for allegedly reneging on a promise to share half…
Liberty Media’s QVC shopping channel expects to lay off 700 workers over the next 14 months, after already having pared 160, the Wall Street Journal reports. The cuts will trim operating costs by $30 million to $40 million, the paper…
Showtime is developing a gay superhero project with comic book legend Stan Lee, Daily Variety reports. The hour-long series, based on Perry Moore’s book “Hero,” will follow a superhero and the challenges he faces while hiding his secret identities. Lee…
New England Patriot fans in the Northeast who don’t live in the Boston metropolitan area and Manchester N.H. will have to search for the game tonight versus the New York Jets on the NFL Network, a cable channel that only…
Showtime is working with “The Simpsons” writer and executive producer Tim Long on a new comedy “Kevin and the Chart of Destiny,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project is about a market researcher and his elaborate dating system aimed at…
Comedy Central is developing a new animated project “Ugly Americans” and the live-action comedy “Evan and Gareth Are Trying to Get Laid,” Daily Variety reports. “Americans” is based on a spinoff of the network’s “5-On” online series, while “Evan and…
Logo has picked up the Canadian series “Chris & John to the Rescue!,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The gay-themed cable network acquired three seasons of the camp series featuring best friends John Simpson and Chris Carter as they help people…
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Diversity Committee will hold a discussion tonight at 7 p.m. on diversity in animation at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Among those participating in “Diversity in Animation: Beyond the Color Bars” are Nickelodeon and…