MyDamnChannel will premiere the mockumentary “Pilot Season” on April 20. The 30-episode series stars Sarah Silverman, Isla Fisher, David Cross and Andy Dick as desperate actors, agents and studio execs trying to survive Hollywood’s television pilot season. The first two…
Interactive sales for broadcast TV stations surpassed the billion-dollar mark for the first time in 2008, according to Television Bureau of Advertising’s “Benchmarking: TV Web Sites Surpass $1 Billion” report. Revenues grew 36% to $1.03 billion in 2008 for interactive…
CMT will premiere eight episodes of “Runnin’ Wild … From Ted Nugent” in August. The competition series teaches people how to survive in the wild through endurance challenges created by Mr. Nugent and his son Rocco. The contestants then must…
Disney CEO Bob Iger said he’s “open to exploring” running entire cable networks online if it was possible to authenticate that users were subscribers. Speaking at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show in Washington Thursday morning, Mr. Iger…
TV Guide Channel, recently acquired by Lionsgate, is planning to remake itself into a general entertainment network from one that covers entertainment. The transformation will begin when the network starts airing movies from the Lionsgate library in June. Eventually the…
Documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein (“American Teen”) is pushing further into television, signing a multiproject deal with independent studio RDF USA. Ms. Burstein has already begun developing a slate of projects with RDF’s executive team. She follows filmmakers such as R.J….
MSNBC is dumping David Shuster’s “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” and replacing it with a new hour hosted by left-leaning radio talkshow host Ed Schultz. Mr. Schultz’s program, dubbed “The Ed Show,” will premiere Monday and will air weekdays from 6 to…
The long legal battle over “Project Runway” came to a surprising end as producer Harvey Weinstein agreed to pay NBC Universal to move the award-winning show to Lifetime. The agreement clears the way for the sixth season of the show,…
MillerCoors has formed an advertising partnership with ZillionTV, a personalized TV platform that allows viewers to choose how they want to watch programs. ZillionTV allows viewers to select advertising categories based on their preferences, which will determine which ads are…
Ronald Gordon has been appointed president of Telemundo Television Station Group. Mr. Gordon will oversee operation of all Telemundo local stations in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico. He will report to Telemundo Communications Group President Don Browne. Mr. Gordon…