CBS hired former Yahoo! executive Jennifer Vescio to help lead business-development efforts at its rapidly growing CBS Interactive division. Vescio, who will be vice president of business development of CBS Interactive’s global business, will try to grow sales from CBS…
Viacom units Comedy Central and Paramount Vantage acquired the rights to develop the Trey Hamburger book “Ghosts/Aliens” into a television pilot and film script, respectively. Comedy Central has brought in Phil Johnston, whose screenplays include “A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle,” to…
Al Michaels will host the weekend and weekday daytime coverage of NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver. Mr. Michaels, who moved to NBC in 2006 as one of the announcers for “Sunday Night Football,” has not worked…
NBC Universal Sports and Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol said he thinks bidding for TV broadcast rights on the 2014 and 2016 Olympics might not take place until the second half of the year. “I’ve gotten the clear impression over the…
“According to Jim” is getting one last shot on ABC’s primetime schedule. The network has slotted back-to-back episodes of the Jim Belushi sitcom for Tuesday nights from 8 to 9 p.m. starting March 24, according to a listings grid posted…
“Wife Swap” producer RDF USA continues to expand, hiring British showrunner Claire O’Donohoe to help lead development. Ms. O’Donohoe has produced more than a dozen reality shows in the U.K., including “Big Brother,” “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Fame Academy.” She will…
Fox is giving its one-hour musical comedy “Glee” a post-”American Idol” premiere, but it will hold back the show’s regular airings until the fall. In what the network is calling a broadcast first, the Ryan Murphy-created series will air its…
For the first time, YouTube has surpassed 100 million U.S. monthly viewers, according to new comScore information. The Web video giant logged 100.9 million U.S. viewers during the month of January. Viewers averaged 62.6 clips each, bringing the site’s total…
The CBS Diversity Institute Writers Mentoring Program is now accepting applications. The program welcomes aspiring writers, with a focus on candidates of color, to apply for the six-month session that will include mentorship opportunities with senior-level writers and producers and…