HBO is partnering with Heidi Fleiss for a documentary chronicling her efforts to open Heidi’s Stud Farm-Nevada’s first male brothel catering to women, the network announced Tuesday. The as-yet-untitled documentary will begin filming in December. The project will be the…
Fox has reached an agreement with cranky “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell that will ensure his continued on-air participation through at least five more seasons of the network’s top-rated reality music competition.Mr. Cowell, whose contract with Fox was set to…
Trish Frohman was named executive VP of Turner Broadcasting System, the company said Tuesday. In her new position Ms. Frohman, who was senior VP, will continue as head of Turner sports ad sales and the event marketing group and will…
ABC is not ordering additional episodes of its first-season Friday night comedy “Hot Properties,” which has already completed its initial production order of 13 episodes.“Properties” will run as scheduled through December, but it is unclear whether all 13 episodes will…
E! has acquired the former Fox reality series “The Simple Life” and ordered a 10-episode season, the network announced Monday.The show’s de facto fourth season will be called “The Simple Life: Til Death Do Us Part” and will feature Paris…
HBO has acquired a Latin American police series for its Signature channel, the network announced Monday.Filmed in Argentina, the 13-part drama”Epitafios” will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles on HBO Signature. The drama follows a police officer hunting a…
Gray Television has agreed to pay $85 million to acquire NBC affiliate WNDU-TV in South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., from the University of Notre Dame’s Michiana Telecasting Corp.Gray President Bob Prather said in the announcement Monday, “The acquisition of WNDU-TV is consistent…
Cox Communications has agreed to carry PBS Kids Sprout, a 24-hour preschool network and VOD service, the company said.The deal gives PBS Kids Sprout 18 million subscribers. Sprout is a partnership among Comcast Corp., PBS, HIT Entertainment and Sesame Workshop.
Discovery Networks U.S. has reorganized its advertising sales force, putting teams in charge of specific groups of networks, the company said Monday. The new network sales teams will be headed by John Barry, responsible for TLC and Discovery Home Channel;…
UPN will televise a new reality series that follows a group of party planners as they organize special events for unsuspecting guests of honor. The series, “Get This Party Started,” will be hosted by former “Laguna Beach” reality series cast…