Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s high-def movie channel, MGM HD, has added a slew of new names to its executive roster as the network expands its cable carriage deals. Gracelyn Brown joins the company as vice president of programming, overseeing programming and…
Bravo, which like its viewers enjoys playing with the latest technology, is asking consumers to take a picture of print ads for its new series “Date My Ex: Jo and Slade.” The ads will appear next week in US, Star…
Bravo will air “Ironic Iconic America” this fall. The one-hour special is presented by Tommy Hilfiger and hosted by poet, multimedia artist and “observationalist” Rives (HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam”) and Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. The duo will travel across the…
Jay Karnes will join the cast of FX’s new series “Sons of Anarchy” for a six-episode arc as an ATF agent, the Hollywood Reporter says. Over at The CW, Meghan Markle and Kellan Lutz have landed recurring roles on “90210,”…
Holly Marie Combs, Brooke Burns and Rochelle Aytes have been cast in the Lifetime drama pilot “Mistresses,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Meanwhile, Michael Weaver and Mary Birdsong have joined HBO’s Barry Sonnenfeld-directed pilot “Suburban Shootout,” the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Speed has renewed the series “Livin’ the Low Life,” “SuperCars Exposed” and “Super Bikes!” Each series will air 13 new episodes starting in the first quarter of 2009. “Livin’ the Low Life,” which is returning for its second season, is…
After a long period of exclusive negotiations, NBC Universal, along with two private-capital firms, acquired the Weather Channel, Television Week reports. Key assets in the deal include weather.com, which is considered more valuable with its 40 unique visitors per month…
Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and other familiar faces won’t be returning for the fourth installment of Walt Disney Co.’s “High School Musical” franchise, USA Today reports. Meanwhile, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” has wrapped up production in…
Days after photographs of a New York Times editor and reporter were altered and televised by Fox News Channel, the paper published a column on the top-rated cable network’s aggressive public-relations tactics. “But it cuts both ways: Fox News’s amazing…
Spike Lee is expected to film the Broadway musical “Passing Strange” for a possible airing on a cable network, Daily Variety says, citing unnamed sources. Lee will record three performances of the show, which is suffering from poor ticket sales,…