Comedian Wyatt Cenac has joined Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with John Stewart” as a correspondent, Daily Variety reports. Cenac comes from the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe in Los Angeles and has served as a writer and voice talent…
MSNBC announced it will create a new company, MSNBC Films, which will focus on creating and funding feature-length documentary films, the Hollywood Reporter says. The new company will help filmmakers in a variety of ways, including development, funding and production,…
Game Show Network has announced hosts for its upcoming incarnations of classic relationship games shows, the Hollywood Reporter says. Kim Coles has been added as host for a “The Dating Game” pilot while Judy Gold will serve as pilot host…
It’s time to start the 2009 award show season. VH1 this week announced that the 14th annual “Critics’ Choice Awards” will appear live on Jan. 8, the first major awards telecast in the new year. The show, televised from the…
The Travel Channel will launch a beta version of free mobile application Travel GO, Multichannel News reports. The service, which can be downloaded to any Web-enabled mobile device, will provide more than 10 million points of interest and 2,000 Travel…
USA Network delivered an average 2.99 million viewers in prime time during the week ended June 22, MediaWeek reports. The network’s “WWE Raw” helped boost ratings, attracting an average 5.21 million viewers on June 16, the newspaper says. Sunday’s lineup…
Robert DeBitetto has been named president and general manager of A&E Network and Biography Channel, parent company A&E Television Networks announced Tuesday. Mr. DeBitetto, who had been executive VP and general manager, will continue to be responsible for content planning,…
Fox Business Network has re-signed anchor David Asman, TVNewser reports. The multiyear deal will keep Asman as a co-anchor on “Fox Business” and “Fox Business Bulls & Bears,” in addition to his hosting duties on “America’s Nightly Scoreboard” and “Forbes…
Multiplatform network Music Choice will launch Live Your Vote, a youth voter registration and social involvement campaign. Together with nonprofit, nonpartisan organization Rock the Vote, Music Choice’s on-demand network will broadcast PSAs featuring popular artists supporting voter registration and civic…
Presenters at the 16th annual 2008 ESPY Awards, to be handed out in July, range from Lance Armstrong to Zac Efron to Jet Li. Hosted by Justin Timberlake, the annual ceremony deals out awards to athletes using fan-based voting. The…