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Glick, Limerick to Co-Head WBTV Business Affairs

Warner Bros. Television has appointed Adam Glick and Dan Limerick as co-heads of the company’s business affairs department. Mr. Glick and Mr. Limerick both currently serve as senior VP of business affairs for WBTV. They will be responsible for the…

Paley Center Previews Fall Series

The Paley Center for Media is teaming up with TV Guide for a weeklong series of screenings featuring new and returning TV series for the fall 2008 season. The festivities will take place Sept. 5-10 at the Paley’s Beverly Hills…

WPMT Loses Riggle, Gains Delia

John A. Riggle will retire Sept. 1 as general manager at WPMT-TV, the Tribune-owned Fox affiliate in Harrisburg, Pa. Larry Delia, who has been VP and general manager of Tribune’s ABC-affiliated WGNO-TV and CW-affiliated Fox WNOL-TV in New Orleans since…

ABCNews.com Names Dube VP

Jonathan Dube was named Vice President and Deirdre Michalopoulos was named Managing Editor of ABCNews.com today. For Mr. Dube, today’s announcement marks a return to the news site. He previously worked as a national producer for ABCNews.com in 1999, covering…

MGM Options Digital Graphic Novel ‘Jonas Moore’ for TV

MGM Domestic Television Distribution has optioned Factory Publishing’s online graphic novel “The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore” for a possible television series. The graphic novels, which are designed for iPod and PC download, are set in a time where the…

Fouts Picked for ‘NFL on CBS’

“The NFL on CBS” has drafted a Hall of Famer for its lineup of analysts. Dan Fouts, former All-Pro quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, will be calling selected games throughout the 2008 “NFL on CBS” schedule. Mr. Fouts also…

Kotch Joins ‘Today’ as Senior Producer

Noah Kotch, an alumnus of “Good Morning America,” has been named a senior producer on NBC’s “Today.” He started Monday, while his new colleagues were at the midpoint of their stay in Beijing. The hire, first reported Tuesday on TVNewser.com,…

Sapp to Play for ‘Inside the NFL’

Warren Sapp has joined “Inside the NFL,” which premieres on Showtime Sept. 10 at 9 p.m. The former NFL All-Pro defensive lineman and Super Bowl champion joins analysts Phil Simms and Cris Collinsworth and host James Brown. “With his defensive…

Generate Votes for ‘Republicrats’

Indie Web studio Generate is launching its new scripted online series “Republicrats” on Tuesday through MSN. The 24-episode series will debut two new episodes per week leading up to this fall’s presidential elections. The program itself is a political satire…

CBS Dubs Jennifer Bresnan Reality Chief

CW reality executive Jennifer Bresnan is shifting to sister network CBS, replacing Ghen Maynard as head of the Eye network’s alternative programming division. The appointment represents a meteoric rise for Ms. Bresnan, who was named to her current position as…