Sara Alessi

LOS ANGELES: New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre is fronting a new scripted comedy series for Pop from Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy.

HOLLYWOOD: Nahnatchka Khan, creator of the ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat, has set up a production pod housed within Twentieth Century Fox Television.

LOS ANGELES: HBO has renewed the Dwayne Johnson-led comedy series Ballers for a third season, following the premiere of its sophomore run on July 17.

LOS ANGELES: Tori Socha has been promoted to VP of original series at Spike TV.

NEW YORK: Spike has greenlit a 30-episode fifth season of its original show Bar Rescue, as well as ten Back to the Bar specials and a late-night talk show pilot from series star Jon Taffer.

LOS ANGELES: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) has appointed Kevin Conroy, formerly of Univision, to the newly created position of president of digital and new platforms.

BURBANK: As part of its plans for digital programming services growth, Disney-ABC Television Group has tapped John Solaro to oversee user experience and innovation and Roger Tsai to manage strategy and operations.

LOS ANGELES: Mark Cuban is hosting a five-week summer concert series on AXS TV featuring The Monkees, Village People and more.

BEVERLY HILLS: Data science company Parrot Analytics has appointed industry veterans Bruce Tuchman and David Bishop to its board of directors.

LOS ANGELES: The Jackal Group has appointed Hend Baghdady, formerly of ADHD Studios, to the newly created post of senior VP of production and alternative programming.