Showtime has signed “The L Word” cast member Leisha Hailey to star in a spinoff pilot inspired by the series, Daily Variety reports. “L Word” creator and executive producer Ilene Chaiken will serve as writer and producer for the pilot,…
A report from the California Public Utilities Commission’s Consumer Safety and Protection Division attributes a wildfire in San Diego County last October to faulty equipment from Cox Communications, Multichannel News reports. The division believes the Guejito fire was caused when…
NBC’s Brian Williams was caught in a barrage of questions about the NBC News and MSNBC drama during a visit to “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Time magazine reports. Williams gave mostly diplomatic answers to Stewart’s pop-culture driven questions…
A&E is developing a new project, “The Lost Son,” with Charles Murray after the network decided to drop their previous collaboration, “Under,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The project is part of a two-script deal Murray signed with ABC Studios. Murray…
Following the news his arch-nemesis had scored an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has scored an interview with the Illinois senator. Olbermann will interview Obama on Monday’s edition of “Countdown,” TVNewser reports. It was previously…
ESPN extended its contract Wednesday with the Western Athletic Conference for seven years, keeping the division’s college sports, including football and basketball, on the network until 2017, Multichannel News reports. ESPN has rights to distribute WAC games across its many…
Olympic beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor will make a guest appearance on the Disney Channel’s “The Wizards of Waverly Place,” TV Guide reports. The gold medalist will portray herself on the upcoming episode taping Sept. 9. September is turning out…
Eighteen new Spanish-language stations are making their debut on Comcast’s Houston cable system, Multichannel News reports. Available content for Spanish-speaking consumers now totals 50 channels for both broadcast and cable. Cine Latino, Caracol, TV Venezuela, Sur and WAPA America are…
Sundance Channel, acquired by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media unit in June, reset senior management and laid off about a dozen employees, or about 10% of the staff. The most senior executive leaving Sundance is Kirk Iwanowski, who was executive VP of…
CBS College Sports Network will present eight prime time high school football games this season, Multichannel News reports. The Sept. 5 opener for “MaxPreps High School Football Presented by Burger King” matches Robert E. Lee High School of Montgomery, Ala….