ESPN is pulling out the stops for David Beckham’s first game for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer on July 21. Coverage starts with an expanded edition of “SportsCenter” at 6 p.m. (ET); a special titled “David Beckham:…
National Geographic Channel named Discovery Communications veteran Steve Burns as executive VP for content as the channel remakes its top management. Mr. Burns replaces John Ford, who left Nat Geo in March for a production company and to pursue other…
If “Entourage” creator-executive producer Doug Ellin could shoot anywhere in the world, he’d choose New York. In this week’s exclusive Backlot Talk podcast, Mr. Ellin says his dream is to shoot an entire season in New York. He had plans…
The NFL today said it was closing down NFL Europa, its 16-year-old European league. All 31 of the league’s games were televised live in overnight time periods last season on NFL Network, where they drew relatively low ratings. To replace…
Yabba Dabba Do! Boomerang, the commercial free sister network of Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network,’ is planning a marathon of “The Flintstones” that will show every episode of the first animated primetime series in chronological order. The three-and-a-half day stunt begins…
A new lineup of voices will be heard during a majority of ESPN and ABC college football broadcasts this season. “Saturday Night Football” on ABC will bring in Kirk Herbstreit as an analyst for all games this season, along with…
After 13 years, Lynn Picard has left her position as executive VP and general manager of Lifetime Television. Ms. Picard is leaving two months after Andrea Wong was appointed CEO of the company. “This was such a difficult decision for…
David Madden has renewed his contract as executive VP of scripted programming at Fox Television Studios. Mr. Madden is responsible for helping Fox Studios land three series on major cable networks this year – “The Riches” on FX, “Burn Notice”…
The NBA reached new eight-year deals with ESPN/ABC and Turner Sports. ESPN said its new deal allow it to program NBA content on 17 platforms, including international, radio, Spanish-language, mobile, digital and podcasting. The deal also covers new platforms created…