Monday night’s ESPN telecast of the State Farm Home Run Derby was the most viewed program on ad-supported cable to date this year, averaging a 6.4 rating. The telecast attracted 6,184,000 household impressions, making it the most-viewed Home Run Derby…
Brett Weitz has been tapped as TNT’s vice president of series development, based in Los Angeles. He will oversee scripted drama series development for the network. Mr. Weitz previously was vice president of creative affairs for 20th Century Fox Television’s…
Karin Gilford has left her position as general manager at Yahoo Entertainment to join Comcast, Multichannel News reports. It is not yet known what Gilford’s role will be at Comcast, the newspaper says. Gilford oversaw programming, content and business strategies…
Brit Hume will resign from his position as anchor of Fox News’ “Special Report” after the election, TVNewser reports. However, Hume will remain with the network in a senior statesman role, the Washington Post notes. —Vlada Gelman
Michael J. Fox will guest star on FX’s “Rescue Me” in a four-episode arc, while Marcia Gay Harden will join the cast of “Damages,” TV Guide reports. Additionally, Drea De Matteo has signed up for two more episodes of “Sons…
American Express will sponsor the fifth season of “Project Runway” on Bravo, Adweek reports. The sponsorship includes an integrated presence for AmEx within the cable show and online, as well as a weekly broadband program, “Watch What Happens: After the…
HBO and Campfire, an independent agency founded by two of the creators of “The Blair Witch Project,” have been marketing HBO’s upcoming vampire series “True Blood” since May 21, the New York Times reports. The companies sent horror film bloggers…
Mike Huckabee, who recently joined Fox News as a commentator, is in talks with the network to host his own show, Politico.com reports. Huckabee is expanding his media presence, subbing for Paul Harvey on ABC Radio Network and making appearances…
Monday night’s season premieres of “The Closer” and “Saving Grace” earned TNT cable ratings highs for the year, with “Closer” drawing in 7.8 million viewers to become basic cable’s top telecast for the year-to-date in viewers, household ratings and adults…
“Nip/Tuck” will come to a close in early 2011, FX President John Landgraf said today at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. The network has picked up an additional 19 episodes, which in total will bring the series to…