ABC Sports on Tuesday said it has hired Hubie Brown, who recently retired as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, as lead analyst on the network’s lead NBA broadcast team. Mr. Brown will work with Al Michaels on a select…
Speed Channel on Tuesday said it has bought 10 episodes of a new reality series called “Build or Bust,” which will debut in February. The hour-long show gives motorcycle enthusiasts a chance to build the bike of their dreams from…
Fox Entertainment President Gail Berman will receive the Executive of the Year Award from the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers & Directors, the caucus announced Monday.Ms. Berman oversees Fox program development and scheduling, as well as marketing, business affairs and…
Nielsen Media Research President Susan Whiting on Monday announced a series of changes, effective Jan. 1, to the TV ratings company’s senior national management. Sara Erichson will become general manager of national services, responsible for all national sales and operations…
NBC said that NBC Universal Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol and his son Charlie were discharged today from St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., and are continuing to recuperate. The two were in a private plane crash Nov. 28 that…
National Lampoon Inc. and Atlas Worldwide Syndications & Distributions announced Monday their co-produced reality courtroom television series “Eye for an Eye” has signed Kato Kaelin as host. Mr. Kaelin, who became a household name during O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, comes…
Fox News will be the primary national news source for more than 100 of Clear Channel Radio’s news/talk stations under a five-year deal that was announced Monday and that will start in 2005. The deal gives Fox News Radio a…
Bravo is beefing up its production and development group, adding two more of Lauren Zalaznick’s former Trio colleagues to the Bravo staff. Andrew Cohen was named VP of production and programming. He will continue his responsibilities at Trio as VP…
Brett Bouttier has been named VP new business and sales strategy Telepictures Productions, Executive VP and General Manager Hilary Estey McLoughlin announced Monday.In the newly created position, Mr. Bouttier will focus on formulating a business plan and strategy to expand…
Discovery Communications on Monday announced a deal with PepsiCo that promotes Pepsi’s new Smart Spot symbol on six of Discovery’s U.S. Networks, plus Discovery.com. The deal marks the largest advertising commitment to date on Discovery’s FitTV. Terms were not disclosed….