Executive producer Chris Sheridan is leaving ABCNews.com to join ESPN, TVNewser reports. Sheridan will serve as producer on nine new hours of “SportsCenter,” in addition to working on SportsCenter.com, the Web site says. —Vlada Gelman
Jeffrey Tambor will guest star on HBO’s “Entourage” next season, E! Online reports, citing unnamed sources. Tambor will play himself on the show, the Web site notes. The article didn’t indicate whether producers had been contacted to confirm or deny…
Singer-songwriter Josh Kelley is close to signing a production deal with E! for a reality show, Entertainment Weekly reports. Kelley also is shopping two pilots that he wrote, which he says a couple of networks have shown interest in, the…
TNT’s “The Closer” will return July 14 with Ford Motor Co., SoyJoy and T-Mobile USA on board as seasonlong sponsors. The sponsorships will include custom marketing and promotions featuring on-air co-branded marketing and product integration. Ford and T-Mobile will run…
Brie Larson will play the daughter of Toni Collette’s character on Showtime’s upcoming series “United States of Tara,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The role was played by Portia Doubleday in the pilot, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
A&E Television Networks’ Bio has ordered “Shatner’s Raw Nerve,” a celebrity interview series hosted by William Shatner that will feature guests such as Jimmy Kimmel, Leonard Nimoy, Judge Judy, Jon Voight, Jenna Jameson and Kelsey Grammer, Broadcasting & Cable reports….
Showtime is developing “Guys and Divas: Battle of the High School Musical,” a two-hour documentary about three Indiana high schools trying to top one another’s musical productions, Media Daily News reports. The documentary is expected to air this year and…
Former Turner Entertainment Group President Mark Lazarus has joined Career Sports & Entertainment as president of media and marketing, the company said. CS&E is an Atlanta-based sports and entertainment agency that takes an integrated approach to marketing for clients including…
Fox Cable Networks has promoted distribution head Michael Hopkins to president of affiliate sales and marketing. Most recently, Mr. Hopkins led Fox’s effort to gain carriage for the Big Ten Network on Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, after a…
“Black Men Revealed” is returning to TV One later this month with new hosts Doug and Ryan Stewart. The brothers are known as “The 2 Live Stews” on their syndicated sports talk-radio show. The series, which returns July 20, is…