CMT ordered eight episodes of “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Hogan and ex-World Championship Wrestling President Eric Bischoff will be judges on the show as 10 celebrities compete in elimination matches, the newspaper reports. —…
Showtime ordered a second season of Tracey Ullman’s “State of the Union” and may order comedy pilots starring Edie Falco and Toni Collette, Daily Variety reports. The network also ordered a series from U.K. comedian Marc Wootton, who Showtime Entertainment…
Discovery Channel parent Discovery Communications and Discover Magazine have had talks about partnering on some programming, MediaPost says. Both Discover, which had management changes last year, and Discovery, which has partnered with other print publications, denied the talks involved a…
Renee Zellweger will executive produce Lifetime movie “Living Proof,” which is based on the true story breast cancer drug developer Denny Slamon, the Hollywood Reporter says. The movie will feature Harry Connick Jr. as Mr. Slamon. Ms. Zellweger will not…
Cox Communications and National Lampoon have partnered to provide original classic content and new films on a pay-per-view basis to more than 80,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas, Multichannel News reports. National Lampoon’s feature film library will provide the programming…
Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” drew its second-largest audience for its fourth season premiere on April 29, Multichannel News reports. The program pulled in more than 3.5 million viewers and a 2.53 rating, the newspaper says. Discovery Channel said the current…
“Project Runway” will split its time between New York and Los Angeles for the sixth season on Lifetime, Entertainment Weekly reports, citing unnamed sources. The change comes in a move to accommodate host Heidi Klum’s schedule and home life, the…
ABC Family is touting two things most advertisers crave: original programming year-round and viewers who pay attention to commercials. With the Writers Guild of America strike cutting into its development time, ABC Family will have three new original series airing…
The BBC’s iPlayer will be available to 3.5 million Virgin Media cable TV customers today, Daily Variety reports. The BBC iPlayer provides viewers with access to more than 350 hours of BBC programming from the past seven days, the newspaper…
Comcast’s first-quarter earnings beat analysts’ estimates as the largest U.S. cable television operator boosted revenue with more high-speed Internet and telephone subscribers. Cable subscriber numbers were little changed amid increased competition from satellite and fiber-optic television operators. Net income fell…