Following her second reality series Emmy win for Bravo’s “My Life on the D-List,” comedienne Kathy Griffin is rising in the ranks of famous, the Washington Post reports. While she became the subject of controversy after her comments at last…
In this week’s Backlot Talk podcast with Doug Ellin, creator and showrunner of “Entourage,” Mr. Ellin talks about Jeremy Piven winning his third Emmy last Sunday. He also talks about the famous movie that was the basis for the wild…
Fox News has fired Jessica Herzberg, the freelance producer behind the Chyron that referred to Michelle Obama as Sen. Barack Obama’s “baby mama” back in June, the Huffington Post reports. Herzberg reportedly has been picked up by CNBC. —Christopher Perez
VHI has reteamed with pickup master Mystery for a second season of “The Pickup Artist,” premiering Oct. 12. Mystery will guide nine “socially awkward” students in how to pick up women. The last man standing will receive $50,000. New wing-girl…
Cox Communications has launched the Fuse music network in its Oklahoma system, Multichannel News reports. The cable company eventually will make Fuse’s high-definition on-demand videos available to all its digital cable subscribers in Nielsen’s 50 top-rated TV markets, Multichannel says….
Showtime will air the latest special from standup comic and frequent “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” guest Louis C.K. in October. “Louis C.K.: Chewed Up” premieres on the network Oct. 4 at 11 p.m. The special was filmed at Boston’s…
Veteran actor Ray Liotta will lend his voice to an upcoming “SpongeBob SquarePants” special scheduled to air Oct. 13 on Nickelodeon. The half-hour “WhoBob WhatPants?” will feature the Emmy-winning actor as the voice of the leader of the villainous Bubble…
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ MGM HD signed an agreement to be carried by Bright House Networks, giving the high-definition movie channel access to an additional 2.4 million U.S. households. The agreement with Bright House expands MGM HD’s reach to central Florida, Indianapolis…
Cable operators including Comcast, Charter Communications, Cable One, Suddenlink and Time Warner have committed $200,000 of TV time to transmit public service announcements to solicit support for the Texas Disaster Relief Fund, Multichannel News reports. The commitment is in response…
Discovery Communications made a deal with YouTube that creates nine new channels on the Web video giant’s site featuring clips of programming from Discovery’s global collection of cable networks. The agreement also calls for a number of promotion and content…