Michele Ganeless was named president of Comedy Central. Ms. Ganeless had been executive VP and general manger of the Viacom-owned channel. She reports to Doug Herzog, president of the MTV Networks Entertainment Group. Comedy Central said Ganeless’ mandate in her…
Longtime tennis announcer Bud Collins has signed a multiyear on-air deal with the Tennis Channel. Mr. Collins, who spent years with NBC Sports, also recently signed to cover major tournaments on ESPN. Under his new deal, Mr. Collins will appear…
Rah-rah for reality. CMT, which this week launched a reality show on the making of this season’s Dallas Cowboys cheerleader squad, said it plans to air a new makeover show called “I Want to Look Like a High School Cheerleader…
As “Entourage” wrapped its fourth season Sunday with episode “The Cannes Kids,” creator and executive producer Doug Ellin said this season was the most complicated to write. “People kind of want the so-simple plot of ‘The goal is to get…
“The Martha Stewart Show” is going prime-time under a new arrangement that will put encore telecasts of the syndicated daytime show on Scripps-owned Fine Living at 8 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. PT the day after its initial broadcast. The…
TBS ordered a second season of its family sitcom “The Bill Engvall Show.” “The Bill Engvall Show” launched in July. Its premiere was one of the top-rated sitcoms of all time on ad-supported cable. Year-to-date, it ranks as cable’s No….
John Ford is rejoining Discovery Communications after leaving his position as head programmer at rival National Geographic Channel. Mr. Ford had been planning to start his own production company, but was lured back to Discovery by Discovery’s relatively new CEO…
Natural Disasters, Corporate Initiatives and Growing Awareness of Climate Change Combine to Raise the Profile of Environmental Journalism
Suddenly Lifetime Television appears to be back on track. Last weekend, network President and CEO Andrea Wong celebrated the highest-rated series in Lifetime’s history at the “Army Wives” wrap party. But when Ms. Wong arrived at Lifetime in April, the…
Bearing Witness: Anchor Returns to Front Lines to Explore Climate Change