In an effort to prioritize sports programming, Five Films has inked a co-production partnership with the independent studio Sneaky Big.

Cheryl Idell has been named executive VP and chief research officer of WarnerMedia Entertainment and direct-to-consumer.

London-based Raw, an All3Media company, has upped Oliver Calleja to the new role of senior VP of U.S. development.

Hulu has ordered a straight-to-series comedy from Steve Martin and Martin Short and has renewed its original series Wu-Tang: An American Saga and Dollface, the company revealed at its TCA presentation.

David Graber has been promoted to senior VP of cable, SVOD and emerging platform strategy at Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD).

HGTV and its parent company Discovery have invested in the online shopping platform Casaza.com, owned by Drew and Jonathan Scott of Property Brothers fame.

Howard Kurtzman, president of business operations for 20th Century Fox Television and head of business and legal affairs for over two decades, will step down in June, and Carolyn Cassidy will be named the company’s sole president.

MTV is slated to premiere a new season of Ridiculousness, starring Rob Dyrdek, later this month.

Showtime has slated a trio of feature films to bow on TV in the coming weeks, beginning with Five Feet Apart on Monday, December 30, at 10 p.m.

All3Media America has upped Emmy Award-winning producer Justin Medeiros to the role of executive VP of production.