ESPN’s coverage of the Master’s golf tournament showed an unusual level of decorum, the New York Times reports. From its choice of anchors to its syrupy promos, the sports network showed little of the excess or inanity it is often…
Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” will cover Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary next week in its first remote broadcast, Multichannel News reports. The show will have guest appearances from Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, musician John Legend and the Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders, Multichannel…
BET and MTV were blasted in a report by watchdog group Parents Television Council because it said the networks’ music videos weren’t suitable for children, Multichannel News reports. The group said children who watched MTV’s “Sucker Free on MTV” and…
Turner Broadcasting unit Tru TV, formerly Court TV, promoted Darren Campo to senior VP of programming, production and development, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Campo had worked at CBS before joining Court TV in 1999, the newspaper says. — Danny King
Stanley Kamel, who played Adrian Monk’s psychiatrist on “Monk,” died of a heart attack this week in his Hollywood Hills home at age 65, the Associated Press reports. Mr. Kamel had recurring roles in “Days of Our Lives” and “Beverly…
Verizon sued Time Warner Cable, saying the No. 2 cable operator’s advertisements are false because they claim that FiOS requires its customers to get a satellite dish, and that FiOS is an inferior product to Time Warner Cable service, Reuters…
HBO, looking to regain its position as a hot programming network, named Sue Naegle as president of HBO Entertainment. Ms. Naegle has been co-head of the television department at United Talent Agency. She was responsible for packaging TV series including…
Disney and ESPN Media Networks Latin America will launch a Latin American version of preschool program channel Playhouse Disney Channel. As of June 1, the network will be available to 3 million paid TV subscribers in Argentina. “The launch of…
Maybe we haven’t seen enough of Pamela Anderson on TV. E! Entertainment said it will launch a reality series going inside the life of Ms. Anderson, the former Playboy model and “Baywatch” star and breast augmentation surgery exemplar. “Pamela Anderson…
“Jericho,” the fan favorite axed by CBS in March, may see new life on Comcast, reports the New York Times. On the heels of a similar deal between NBC and DirecTV on the Peacock’s drama “Friday Night Lights,” CBS has…