Landmark Communications President-COO Decker Anstrom was re-elected chairman of the board of directors of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. Mr. Anstrom will serve a second one-year term alongside Vice Chairman Tom Rutledge, chief operating officer of Cablevision Systems. Advance/Newhouse…
“Ghost Hunters International,” “Scare Tactics,” “Stargate Atlantis” and “Eureka” will return to the Sci Fi Channel’s schedule this summer. New episodes of “Ghost Hunters International” and “Scare Tactics,” the latter featuring new host Tracy Morgan, will premiere on July 9…
MTV is launching a summer music show called “F’N MTV Premieres…,” hosted by Pete Wentz of the band Fall Out Boy. The Friday night show, launching June 13 at 8 p.m., will show first-run music videos and feature live performances….
Ray Winstone and Jonah Lotan have joined the cast of David Milch’s HBO pilot “Last of the Ninth,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The drama centers around the New York Police Department in 1972, the newspaper says. Winstone will play a…
Jane Clark, a 12-year veteran at Fox News Channel, filed a lawuit claiming she’s been diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome because of a bedbug infestation at Fox News headquarters in New York, TVNewser says. The suit names the companies…
MTV has green-lit a slate of new shows, including one fronted by rapper 50 Cent that will search for the nation’s next street-savvy mogul, Daily Variety reports. Other series include “Making the Rock Band” with Sean “Diddy” Combs and “Busted,”…
TNT had May’s highest ratings among basic-cable networks as the NBA playoffs helped boost ratings by 12% from a year earlier, Daily Variety reports. USA, which had the best ratings for every month since September, placed second, led by reruns…
Tribune Co. has re-branded its Superstation WGN as WGN America, the Chicago Tribune reports. Using the new slogan “TV You Can’t Ignore,” WGN plans to add an original program to its lineup by the end of the summer.
Comedy Central paid $4 million for exclusive rights to show “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” starting in October 2010, Daily Variety reports. The sequel to “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” grossed more than $36 million in…
Viacom Chief Executive Office Philippe Dauman said the company won’t bid on the Weather Channel and will focus on growing its own units, Multichannel News reports. Time Warner and NBC Universal were among bidders that may have bid as much…