Animal Planet’s “Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation” is “lighter and funnier,” with music that is “younger and hipper,” the producer of the series tells the Los Angeles Times. The show’s third season finished as a tear jerker when meerkat matriarch…
John Stamos and Robin Tunney will star in a Lifetime movie that will also include Gretchen Egolf and Anson Mount, the Hollywood Reporter says. “Killing Mr. Kissel,” which will be produced by Mr. Stamos, is scheduled to air in November….
Hulk Hogan’s 17-year-old son, who appeared on VH1’s reality show “Hogan Knows Best,” was moved from solitary confinement at a Florida jail into a communal cell, the Associated Press reports. Nick Bollea, who had been segregated for being a minor,…
Turner Broadcasting has begun completing upfront deals. With the major broadcast networks nearly done with their upfront sales, Turner’s pacts with buying agencies including Magna Global signal that the cable market should be hitting full steam by the weekend. A…
DirecTV will launch Azteca Mexico, a 24-hour Hispanic network that will air on DirecTV Mas in the U.S., Mediaweek reports. TV Azteca’s three Mexican networks will provide exclusive programming including Mexican telenovelas, news program “Hechos,” morning show “Venga la Alegria”…
TLC will premiere “The Singing Office” on June 29 at 9 p.m., Broadcasting & Cable reports. The reality competition series features hosts Mel B. and Joey Fatone ambushing offices and holding impromptu singing contests, the newspaper says. —Vlada Gelman
Cablevision Systems Corp. came to an agreement with 16 defendants in a lawsuit over improper stock-option backdating from 1997 to 2002, Reuters reports. The cable operator made a pact worth $34.4 million and agreed to adopt corporate governance reforms for…
FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed a development deal with Prime Licensing, the Hollywood Reporter says. FME will have the global rights to produce a TV documentary about soccer star Pele under the agreement, the newspaper says. The company also will retain…
TBS has appointed Dennis Adamovich to senior vice president and general manager of its comedy festivals. Mr. Adamovich comes to the newly created position from Turner-owned Cartoon Network, which he joined in 2000. Before that, he was employed by the…
Jimmy Smits has joined the cast of Showtime’s serial killer series “Dexter.” Beginning this fall, Mr. Smits will play an assistant district attorney who joins forces with the title character, played by Michael C. Hall, to bring local Miami murderers…