USA Network has promoted Jackie de Crinis to VP of original scripted programming, Daily Variety reports. De Crinis has been with the network since 2000. During her tenure, which saw a 29% advantage in total viewers over its closest rival,…
MTV has teamed up with computer company Hewlett-Packard for the short-from reality series “Engine Room,” the New York Times reports. The show, which debuts Monday on MTV and mtvU as well as the Web, features 16 contestants in four teams…
Time Warner could lose $500 million because its Turner Broadcasting System arm backed out of an oral agreement to sell off its Atlanta NBA and NHL professional sports teams in 2003 to David McDavid, part owner of the Dallas Mavericks,…
VH1 has picked up a romance reality series following Antonio Sabato Jr.’s search for love, Daily Variety reports. The show, still untitled, will be shot in a soap opera format featuring Sabato voiceovers as a group of contestants vie for…
Bravo is hoping to expand on its luxury lifestyles franchise as it searches for participants for a new Orange County-based series centered on the lives of 18- to 25-year olds, Daily Variety reports. While the network declined to comment on…
Lauren Conrad, star of MTV’s reality series “The Hills,” has signed a new book deal with HarperCollins, the Hollywood Reporter says. The three-book deal will include titles based on her Hollywood experiences, which could lead to future TV or movie…
The movie industry today warned the Federal Communications Commission about acting to implement a la carte pricing of cable TV channels even at the wholesale level. In a filing today, the Motion Picture Association of America urged the FCC to…
Viewers can pick two of the finalists for the second season of Bravo’s model competition series “Make Me a Supermodel.” One male and one female finalist will be chosen by fans to join the cast of the series. Voting starts…
Despite making headlines with his remarks about the Jonas Brothers, George W. Bush and Sarah Palin, comedian Russell Brand has been asked back as host of MTV’s Video Music Awards, British newspaper the Sun reports. Brand told the publication the…
Cable news networks CNN, Fox News and MSNBC will cover Thursday night’s ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum, TVNewser reports. Not unlike last month’s Saddleback Forum, John McCain and Barack Obama will appear separately fielding questions from a moderator. The ServiceNation forum,…