Music television network Fuse has expanded its advertising sales department, appointing three VPs in three regions. Kim Verkler has joined the midwest region as its first VP. Ms. Verkler previously was a sales executive at Oxygen Media. Before that she…
Beginning this week, Turner Sports and PGA.com will present 28 hours of television coverage of the British Open championship on TNT. They also will offer live online video with the Open Championship Live player broadcasting directly from the tournament during…
The NFL Network announced plans to televise a record number of 54 preseason games in August, with 42 of them to be broadcast in high definition, up from the record 32 televised last season. The cable network is scheduled to…
Fans of “Full House” won’t want to miss this reunion. Actor John Stamos has joined Comedy Central as roast master for the “Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget,” which is set to tape Aug. 3 in Los Angeles. Roasters signed…
MTV New Media and Gain Enterprises are teaming up to bring comic book superhero Invincible to iTunes, mobile phones and MTV2, the New York Times reports. The first 36 issues of the comic will be transferred through a process known…
The fifth and final season of “Project Runway” on Bravo begins Wednesday as 16 new fashion designers prepare to showcase their work for supermodel host Heidi Klum and judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia. “I feel as though we set…
Speculation is growing around the possibility of a NBC Universal-Scripps Networks Interactive merger, Multichannel News reports. It is predicted that Scripps Networks Interactive could attract a price high above its current market capitalization of $6.5 billion, the newspaper says. The…
“Project Runway’s” resident mentor Tim Gunn said this season’s batch of designer hopefuls have left him “drained,” the New York Post reports. While there was no stand-out fierce personality like last season’s winner Christian Siriano, Gunn says the contestants were…
Holly Hunter’s lead role in “Saving Grace” has received praise for its depiction of a sexual 40-year-old female detective, the Los Angeles Times says. Hunter tells the paper she was drawn to the role by Grace’s “complexity.” The Golden-Globe nominee…