The National Football League, which has been unsuccessful in getting major cable operators to carry its NFL Network, is talking to Walt Disney Co. and its ESPN unit about forming a partnership, sources familiar with the talks said, confirming an…
MSNBC will temporarily replace “The Tim Russert Show” with documentaries in the program’s Saturday timeslots, Multichannel News reports. Live news will replace the Sunday at 11 a.m. encore, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Motley Crue is trying to get out of a deal made in 2006 with MTV Films/Paramount to produce a biopic based on their best-selling autobiography “The Dirt,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The band is looking for new producing partners, claiming…
BET News will premiere “Hip Hop vs. America II: Where Did the Love Go?” on June 25, Multichannel News reports. The town hall series will continue on June 26 at 8 p.m., while part III will air exclusive on the…
Steve Bornstein, chief executive of NFL Network, is talks with Walt Disney Co. executives to form a partnership with Disney’s ESPN, the Wall Street Journal reports. The NFL Network could possibly combine with ESPN Classic network, which would allow ESPN…
HBO renewed its critically acclaimed drama series “In Treatment,” despite relatively low ratings in its first season. The show will return with stars Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. Mr. Byrne plays a therapist and Ms. Wiest is his former mentor…
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nataliacigliutiraisingthebar,0,2906020.storyNatalia Cigliuti has been added to the cast of TNT’s “Raising the Bar,” Zap2it reports. Cigliuti will play a married member of the New York public defender’s office who strikes up a flirtatious relationship with Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s character, the Web…
There is talk of a “The Dead Zone” movie being made to wrap up the USA Network series, according to star Anthony Michael Hall, Sci Fi Wire reports. However, Hall is not optimistic about the possibility of a movie, the…
ESPN unveiled its new morning-shift lineup of anchors on “SportsCenter.” The sports cable network said additional coffee will be ordered for Steve Berthiaume, Linda Cohn, Josh Elliott, Robert Flores and Chris McKendry, who have been working other editions of “SportsCenter.”…
Brooke Elliott will play the lead role in Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva” pilot, Daily Variety reports. The drama stars Elliot as a vapid model who dies and finds her soul transplanted into the body of a brilliant, overweight attorney, the…