IFC renewed the comedy “The Whitest Kids U Know” for a third season while ordering 10 episodes of new rock-music semi-scripted comedy “Z Rock,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Dave Navarro, Joan Rivers and Blues Traveler’s John Popper are among guest…
Cartoon Network said the new George Lucas series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” will anchor a fantasy/adventure block on Fridays, part of a new schedule for Turner Broadcasting’s kids network. Sunday night will be movie night on the channel, which…
Cable networks including E!, National Geographic, Oxygen and Versus were given credit for higher ratings because of an error by Nielsen, MediaPost reports. Audience estimates were overstated for 21 cable networks since October 2007 because of problems measuring data from…
Presidential candidate Barack Obama will appear on the April 15 edition of HBO’s “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel,” Multichannel News reports. Mr. Gumbel will interview Mr. Obama about his experience as a high school basketball player and continued love for…
TV Land ordered reality show “High School Reunion” for a second season, while E! did the same for “Sunset Tan,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Additionally, TVG ordered horse-racing reality series “Lady Luck” for a third season, the newspaper reports. —…
Emmy-nominated “Grey’s Anatomy” actress Chandra Wilson will star in a Hallmark Channel movie about a homeless woman whose fortunes are reversed with the help of a policewoman, the Hollywood Reporter says. “Accidental Friendship” will start shooting next month and is…
HBO signed an 18-month development agreement that will extend Robert Wuhl’s association with the network, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr.Wuhl, who created and starred in “Arli$$” from 1996-2002, is developing a single-camera comedy, the newspaper reports. — Danny King
SoapNet will debut an original scripted series, “MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives,” about ice hockey players on the Canadian Mustangs team and their wives. The first 10 hourlong episodes of the series will begin airing June 19 at…
For some people, a round of golf is an adventure. In its new show, Golf Channel is creating an adventure for five teams of players. “Highway 18,” scheduled to premiere July 22, sends five two-man teams off on a golf…
Bravo upped executive Lisa Hsia to the new post of senior VP for new media and digital strategy, a role that now encompasses all of the cable network’s new media and online extensions. Ms. Hsia previously was senior VP of…