Lifetime is pushing back its debut of “Project Runway” from this November to January 2009 in order to give the show more promotion on its new network, Entertainment Weekly reports. The series is currently wrapping up its fifth and final…
Britney Spears was once again the big draw at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, opening the show and taking three Moonmen statues sans a performance, the New York Times reports. Spears took home honors for female video, best pop…
Tom Sizemore has been cast as a recurring character in the upcoming Starz original series “Crash,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Sizemore will play Adrian Cooper, a detective who stirs things up during a police-involved shooting investigation, the Reporter says. The…
Mark Wahlberg has dropped his pants-dropping image from early in his career to become not only a serious actor but also TV producer to be reckoned with as his HBO series ‘Entourage” kicks off its fifth season, the New York…
Reruns of “Boston Legal” and “NCIS” can only do so much to raise the profile of Ion Media Networks. Ion, built on the back of the extensive chain of UHF stations formerly owned by Paxson Communications, re-launches this week with…
Promo Campaign Featuring Players and Bon Jovi Set for Big, Small Screens
MSNBC stuck its toe in the water on a new distribution platform, landing a multiyear deal to deliver news live via satellite to passengers cruising the Mediterranean. MSNBC was added in mid-June to the service from Wave Entertainment Network that…
Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network has tapped longtime Disney/ABC executive Nicole Nichols to serve as head of communications. Nicole Nichols Ms. Nichols, whose title will be senior vice president of communications and strategy for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, most…
MSNBC’s New Host on Odd Jobs, TV’s Big Time
Cable network Versus hired a new executive to oversee its digital media operations. The Comcast-owned cable network named Neal Scarbrough VP of digital media. Most recently, he was VP and editor-in-chief of Wasserman Media Group/Sportsnet. Previously he was general manager…