By Global distribution group Entertainment Rights PLC will help bring Tiger Aspect Productions’ “Tinga Tinga Tales,” a series of animated African creation myths, to the United States and UK. In association with Kenya-based studio Homeboyz, Tiger Aspect will deliver 52…
Bravo will expand its “Real Housewives” franchise with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” A 30-minute preview special will air July 30 at midnight ET/PT. The seven-episode series will follow five women from Atlanta’s social elite circle, including an NBA wife…
USA Network’s “The Starter Wife” has added Hart Bochner to the cast, playing Debra Messing’s love interest in the series’ second season, Daily Variety reports. The show, which debuted as a miniseries, will return in the fall with a full…
An auction for articles of clothing worn by James Gandolfini in HBO’s “The Sopranos” raked in $187,750, the Associated Press reports. The money earned will go toward helping veterans injured during the war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the AP…
Producers of the new TLC series, “The Singing Office” fanned out to find their contestants, and didn’t provide much warning before auditions were taped, the Associated Press reports. Unlike “American Idol,” “it’s not a serious competition,” says host Melanie Brown….
Timothy Olyphant will join the cast of FX’s “Damages” for its second season. During his seasonlong arc, Olyphant’s character will become entangled with Ellen (Rose Byrne) as she deals with recent personal loss and conflict with her boss, Patty Hewes…
Asian pop-culture network iaTV has added Cox Communications of Orange County and select Los Angeles-area Charter Communications distributors to its expanding list of carriers. Programming on the network, which targets young Asian-American viewers, includes originals “Pancrase: Legends of Mixed Martial…
Cable news networks are lumping together TV talking heads under the label of political strategists, even if they have no experience working for a politician, Politico reports. Betsy Goldman, a former booker and producer for CNN and MSNBC, claims that…
Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke told an audience at the Cable-Tec Expo 2008 on Wednesday that he sees the DTV transition as a way to grow Comcast’s basic-video subscriber base, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Burke believes that unused converter…
Former Adelphia executives John and Timothy Rigas, who were convicted on 18 counts of fraud and conspiracy in 2004, had their sentences reduced yesterday to 12 years and 17 years, respectively, Multichannel News reports. The sentences are down from 15…