“Weeds” creator Jenji Kohan hopes to make a spinoff of the series featuring the recently cut characters Conrad and Heylia, E! Online reports. The pot-club set series would be done in fake reality-show style, the Web site says. —Vlada Gelman
A day after closing its acquisition of Sundance Channel, Cablevision Systems’ Rainbow Media Holdings subsidiary has moved Larry Aidem, CEO of Sundance, to a new job at Rainbow. Mr. Aidem was named president of Rainbow Ventures, effective immediately, the company…
Lifetime’s top programmer, Susanne Daniels, is leaving the network, Lifetime Networks president and CEO Andrea Wong announced. Ms. Wong said Ms. Daniels will remain with Lifetime in a consulting role as she spends more time with her family. Ms. Daniels…
Comcast is preparing to launch HD simulcasts for Versus, Golf Channel and E! this December, MediaWeek reports. The company created a hybrid high-definition service two years ago that featured content from Versus and Golf Channel, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Ending months of speculation, Robin Schwartz, president of Regency Television, was named president of the new cable network being planned by Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications. Ms. Schwartz, who starts her new job July 14, will lead all business functions…
RHI Entertainment, which has produced about half the television miniseries made in the last seven years, priced its initial public offering at $14 a share, below the $16 to $18 it was seeking, the Los Angeles Times reports. RHI, run…
Monday night’s season four premiere episode of Showtime’s “Weeds” was the most viewed original-series episode for the network in the last four years, reaching 1.35 million viewers, Daily Variety says. “Weeds’” lead-in also helped “Diary of a Call Girl” becomes…
AOL struck a deal with Scripps Networks to distribute some of the cable-channel outfit’s video content from HGTV, Food Network , DIY Network and Fine Living Network, the Hollywood Reporter says. Scripps content is expected to appear on AOL later…
A hearing on the NBC Universal and the Weinstein Company suit over “Project Runway” has been moved to July 17, Multichannel reports. NBC is suing Weinstein for its deal that will take the show from Bravo to Lifetime for the…
Nickelodeon will launch two gaming groups to provide more user interaction on the network’s online properties, Daily Variety says. The Games unit will be in charge of paid and subscription-based content while a Virtual Worlds division will oversee Nick’s online…