Animal Planet said it is planning a show on the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which uses radical methods to stop Japanese whaling operations in the Antarctic Ocean. On Thursday, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson claimed he was shot by someone…
ESPN and Smithsonian Networks are among the channels celebrating National Women’s History Month in March, Multichannel News reports. ESPN will premiere a documentary examining the past and future of women’s college hoops, Multichannel News reports. Smithsonian will air documentaries on…
As Friday’s deadline approaches for bids on the Weather Channel, people involved in the talks say a long list of media companies and private equity firms have expressed interest, the New York Times reports. Landmark Communications put the cable channel…
Executive Producer Tom Hanks said an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning book on John Adams needed to be in the form of a miniseries because a two-hour film wouldn’t have done the story of the former U.S. president justice,…
The Paley Center for Media’s Los Angeles branch will host a comedy series this year that will feature “The Sarah Silverman Program,” George Carlin and the cast of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Ms Silverman and her cast members will…
The National Geographic Channel will boost programming by 20 hours to 356 hours during the 2008-09 season, marking the most annual content in the network’s history, the Hollywood Reporter says. New episodes will feature a preserved wooly mammoth and a…
The NFL Network only had to look down the street to find its new director of communications, tapping the Game Show Network’s Dennis Johnson for the post. Effective March 24, he will be responsible for developing and implementing communication and…
VH1 is gearing up more celebrity-driven shows, featuring comedienne Margaret Cho, rap impresario Luther Campbell and Hulk Hogan’s daughter, Brooke. The network’s “celeb-reality” programming strategy has pushed the network into the top ranks among cable networks during the first quarter,…
National Geographic Channel is creating new programming franchises that marketers can sponsor across media. The channel, which bills itself as the third highest rated nonfiction network behind Discovery Channel and History Channel, is expecting another strong upfront after registering a…
Charles “Chic” Eglee, a former producer of “The Shield,” will replace Daniel Cerone as executive producer of Showtime’s “Dexter,” Daily Variety reports. The show will also be developed into a video game for Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360…