Larkin, Janoff and Ewing on Production Team for IFL

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The International Fight League has named the production team for its upcoming TV ventures, including MyNetworkTV's March 12 launch of its Monday night fight.

Jay Larkin, formerly a boxing and big event dealmaker at Showtime (including the 2002 heavyweight title bout between Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis) has joined as executive producer of the IFL's mixed martial arts league programming.

Craig Janoff, whose credits inclue Monday Night Football, NCAA baseketball and football, the Triple Crown and the Olympics.

Reality vet Darren Ewing, whose credits include the Osbournes and Manhunt--as well as Fox dramas 24 and House--joins as executive producer of IFL Battleground, the 22, two-hour shows that will air on MyNetworkTV.

The IFL is also airing 22 one-hour shows on FSN  Friday nights at 11 p.m.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.