YouTube make-up star Michelle Phan kicked off Endemol Beyond USA’s NewFront presentation at The Monarch on Friday to announce that she and her women’s MCN FAWN (For All Women Network) will collaborate with Endemol to co-create new originals and mentor new talent for the young digital platform. “Michelle’s global following and her outstanding onscreen and […]
Welcome to draft week for the NFL. As sports channels gear up with coverage throughout the week, the league announced the NFL Network will offer a record-high 51 live hours of coverage starting Thursday. Programming will include reports from at least 15 War Rooms with draft expert Mike Mayock and host Rich Eisen headlining talent. […]
Friday saw ESPN detail more plans for next month’s World Cup in Brazil, announcing TV reporters Julie Foudy, Jeremy Schaap, John Sutcliff, Bob Woodruff and Rubens Pozzi for its coverage. The reporters will appear on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC during pre-match, halftime and post-match shows, SportsCenter, ESPN FC, and FIFA World Cup-themed news and information […]
CBS scored the most Daytime Emmy nominations Thursday with 60, followed by 51 for syndicated shows, 44 for PBS, 37 for Nickelodeon, 30 for ABC and 24 for Hub. CBS soap The Young and the Restless grabbed 26 noms; The Ellen DeGeneres Show was tops in talkers, with nine nods. Competing against Ellen for entertainment […]
TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland has been renewed for a 24-episode sixth season, announced net president Larry W. Jones during a rehearsal for the comedy’s 100th episode. The cast celebrated, of course, with selfie. Season five airs Wednesdays at 10p.
Fresh from its announcement of signing on with Google Preferred, DigitasLBi presented its NewFront yesterday at the Skylight Modern. The theme of the afternoon was “fearlessness” (see Digital Spotlight below) and how to lead a brand to greatness. Plenty of people were on hand to support the message, including LinkedIn‘s Dan Roth, Puma‘s Remi Carlioz, […]
YouTube’s top dance network DanceOn announced new shows from So You Think You Can Dance executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. Dance School Diaries will premiere in June as a docu-series following four teens and their families who participate in the prestigious ballet competition Youth America Grand Prix. Every Single Step (also out in June) is a […]
ESPN laid out early college football plans for the SEC Network, which will carry a game featuring every football team in the Southeastern Conference within the first four weeks of the 2014 season. The first 16 games include a home game from all 14 SEC football stadiums with eight SEC schools opening their 2014 seasons […]
NBC Sports Group goes neck-deep in its annual Kentucky Derby blitz today, leading in to the 140th running of the famed race on NBC on Saturday starting at 4p. As part of its ‘Big Event Strategy,’ focusing on the food, fashion, celebrity and entertainment from the event, programming is set to include: TODAY’s Al Roker […]
CBS CEO Les Moonves didn’t mince words at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference yesterday when asked what he thought about streamer-of-broadcast signals Aereo. “Aereo takes our content and doesn’t pay for it,” said Moonves. “That’s theft.” But as the Supreme Court broadcasters versus Aereo case moves along, Moonves insisted he’s not worried. “It’s nothing we […]