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Jana Bennett, the former History president and BBC television chief, has revealed that she is receiving treatment for a fast-growing brain tumor. Bennett discussed her glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) diagnosis in an interview with London newspaper The Evening Standard, during which she announced that she has become a…

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks is planning to put on HistoryCon, a three-day live event revolving around its History brand, next April as the network marks its 25th anniversary. Slated to be held at the Pasadena Convention Center, HistoryCon will bring together personalities from network shows like American Pickers, Ancient A…

Two senior programming executives at A+E Networks’ History and A&E are trading places. Amy Savitsky, SVP, Development and Programming for A&E, will transition to the same role at sibling network History. In a corresponding move, Senior Executive of Development and Production for History, Dolores Gavin, will shift to A…

EXCLUSIVE: The Village alum Jerod Haynes is set for a recurring role opposite Aidan Gillen and Michael Malarkey on the second season of History's hit UFO drama series Project Blue Book, from A+E Studios and executive producer Robert Zemeckis. Project Blue Book is based on the true, top-secret investigations into…

History has named former Reel One Entertainment executive Adam Fratto VP Scripted Programming for the network. In his new role, Fratto will oversee development and production of History’s scripted slate, as well as develop projects for A+E Studios. Based in Los Angeles, he will report into Eli Lehrer, EVP and General…

Stunt rider Axell Hodges will not participate in Sunday’s Evel Live 2 on History after severely injuring both ankles in a crash during training days before the event. The cable network said it has now revamped the format of the live show, which was to feature Hodges attempting to break a pair of world records. Evel Liv…

PR veteran Susan Ievoli has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Public Relations for History, from her previous role as Vice President, Publicity. In her new role, Ievoli will be responsible for History's trade and consumer communications strategies with oversight of the network's bi-coastal press team, program…

William Shatner’s latest television enterprise is for History as the host and executive producer of the new Friday night series The UnXplained, which will seek out extra-terrestrial mysteries but won’t require a Galaxy-class starship to accomplish its small-screen mission. This weekend the Emmy-winning actor and Star T…

History has given a green light to The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (working title), a nonfiction series from Ancient Aliens and The Curse of Oak Island executive producer Kevin Burns. Gaining full and unprecedented access to one of the most infamous and secretive hotspots of paranormal and UFO-related activities on…

President George W. Bush opened the A+E Networks upfront in New York with an elaborate plug for upper-case History (the network) and lower-case history (the discipline). The 43rd U.S. president never mentioned President Donald Trump by name. But he critiqued “America first policies” and treatment of immigrants. He…

As part of A+E Networks’ suite of upfront announcements, History said it is teaming with Sylvester Stallone to develop the drama series The Tenderloin (working title). The show comes from A+E Studios in association with Balboa Productions. Stallone, who has seen a career resurgence in recent years thanks to the Creed…

History has green-lit nonfiction series The UnXplained (working title), which is hosted and executive produced by William Shatner. It has also slated new docudramas about George Washington and food, and brought back In Search Of and Evel Live for second go-rounds. The announcements were made during the A+E Networks…