Showtime has given a pilot commitment to Matthew Perry’s new show “The End of Steve,” from Sony Picture Television, the Hollywood Reporter says. Perry will write and executive produce the half-hour show about an egomaniacal local talk show host on…
MTV and retailer Sears are partnering for the cable network’s musical TV movie “The American Mall,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. Sears will carry the soundtrack and an exclusive special-edition DVD of the film, which premieres Aug. 11, the publication says….
David Carradine and Daryl Hannah will star in “Kung Fu Killer” for Spike in HD, Coming Soon reports. The two-part original miniseries is set to premiere in August, the Web site notes. —Vlada Gelman
HGTV will premiere a TV show version of the “Rate My Space” Web site tonight, the New York Times reports. The Web site, which asks strangers to judge user-submitted photos of home renovations, has had more than 150 million page…
Rainbow Media today reorganized the management structure of its newly acquired Sundance Channel, putting it under Evan Shapiro, who had been running Rainbow’s independent film channel IFC tv. Mr. Shapiro, currently executive VP and general manager of IFC, was named…
After long, often acrimonious negotiations, Big Ten Network reached a long-term carriage agreement with Comcast that puts the channel on the expanded basic tier during the upcoming football and basketball seasons in the eight states where the conference’s 11 colleges…
History has added Paul Cabana, Julian Hobbs and Russ McCarroll to its programming roster of executive producers. All three will work on developing and producing new content for the cable network. “By attracting the best talent in the business, we…
Singer Janet Jackson is developing a music competition series with 25/7 productions for MTV, Daily Variety reports. Jackson will serve as a mentor to the competitors on the show, which has already begun casting, Variety says. —Sergio Ibarra
FX will begin showing five-minute “minisodes” of “Rescue Me” for fans waiting for the series to return from its break, made longer by the Writers Guild of America strike, USA Today says. The clips, which will begin airing next week…
Tom Brokaw got it right. As the first of 10 speakers at the memorial service Wednesday for Tim Russert, Mr. Brokaw promised the afternoon would be an “Irish-style” celebration with some tears, some laughs and “the occasional truth.” Then he…