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HBO’s The Last of Us from creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann was named program of the year at the Rockie Awards gala at the Banff World Media Festival on Tuesday night.

The first season of the post-apocalyptic hit was shot in Alberta. Jason Loftus’ Canadian documentary Eternal Spring picked up the Grand Jury Prize for the highest-scoring project in the Rockies program.

“This is a culmination of a lot of work we’ve done related to human rights in China,” Loftus said as he accepted a trophy for the animated documentary about Falun Gong practitioners in China persecuted for their activism.

The Buffalo Rock Award went to the Star Trek franchise for its endurance with global fans.

In other prize-giving, The Office star Craig Robinson received the Peter Ustinov Comedy Award. Robinson, who is also executive producer and star of Peacock’s Killing It, hosted the Rockie Awards at the Banff festival.

Buoyed by the global success of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise, World of Wonder co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato are headed to the Banff World Media Festival for an “In Conversation With…” appearance.

Banff will also host Jennifer Mullin, CEO of Fremantle, as a keynote speaker as part of the Summit Series lineup, and another “In Conversation With…” session is set with Canadian entertainer, actress, producer, writer and creator Lilly Singh.

Nekesa Mumbi Moody, editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter, will lead the keynote conversation with Bailey and Barbato, whose reality TV and other content credits over three decades include Party Monster, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Pam: Girl on the Loose, Being Chaz, Tori & Dean: Inn Love, #CandidlyNicole, I Am Britney Jean and Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes.

Their appearance in Banff, certain to touch on their long collaboration with RuPaul, the face of the Drag Race franchise,...

United Talent Agency is suing its client, World of Wonder Productions, claiming it was cheated out of profits for the Oxygen television show “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.” In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Friday, UTA accused World of Wonder of breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty, among other charges. Read the full filing here. World of Wonder’s “misconduct is evidenced by, among other things, its blatant attempt to cover up its accounting practices by refusing to provide UTA with full access to its...

Aaron Meyerson, who helped develop such shows as “Paris Hilton: My New Bff,” and “Tori and Dean," has been named president of programming and development at CBS Television Distribution. He'll replace Terry Wood, who helped launch shows including "Dr. Phi" and "Rachael Ray." Meyerson will be responsible for all first-run development and will oversee such shows as "Entertainment Tonight," "Judge Judy," and "Rachael Ray." “Having developed hit shows for Oxygen and MTV, Aaron brings a new sensibility to the syndication marketplace. He comes to us with a fresh set of eyes, knowledge of...

"Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" had a sweet Season 5 premiere in the ratings Monday night.

Oxygen's reality series -- the current season of which is following Tori Spelling, husband Dean McDermott and their two children on a cross-country road trip -- scored its best season premiere among total viewers (816,000) as well as the network’s target demos of adults 18-34 (273,000), women 18-34 (216,000), adults 18-49 (554,000) and women 18-49 (436,000).

Compared with the show's fourth-season debut, Monday's 10 p.m. premiere was up 3% among adults 18-49, 3% among women 18-49, 6% among women 18-34, 10% among adults 18-34 and 7% among total viewers.

Bravo's Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List and Oxygen's Tori & Dean: Inn Love have been picked up for an additional season.

Bravo and Oxygen -- now corporate siblings after NBC Universal's acquisition of Oxygen in November -- made the announcements separately Tuesday. The news of "Tori & Dean's" renewal marks the first major programming green light since the NBC Uni acquisition, Oxygen said.

D-List is coming back for a fourth season this year. Returning are Griffin's assistant, Jessica; her assistant's assistant, Tiffany; her "manager," Tom; and her mother, Maggie. This season could see Griffin have her staff adorn uniforms "to finally show a little respect for the company," Bravo said.

D-List, from Picture This Television, is executive produced by Marcia Mule, Bryan Scott, Lisa M. Tucker and Griffin.

Meanwhile, the Oxygen series is working under the title "Tori & Dean: Still Inn Love" for its third season, targeted to premiere in the summer with eight hourlong episodes. The new season will follow husband-and-wife stars Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott as they leave their bed and breakfast behind, move back to Hollywood, buy a new house and search for preschools for their baby, Liam.

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott have abandoned the bed & breakfast hotel they ran for reality show Tori & Dean: Inn Love. The couple has shot two seasons of the show for the Oxygen network - but locals in Fallbrook, California claim they have left for good and the guest house they were leasing has been put up for sale. A neighbor tells the National Enquirer, "Tori and Dean split town for good about a month ago, but it's not like they were ever real neighbors in Fallbrook's sleepy community. They were only ever at the inn when the cameras were rolling for their show."...

So Notorious star Tori Spelling is amazed that not one person staying at her new guest house has asked for the cameras shooting her new reality TV show to be turned off. Spelling and new husband Dean McDermott spent the $200,000 inheritance her late media mogul father Aaron Spelling left her on a guest house, which the couple is running, with their exploits filmed for reality show Tori And Dean: Inn Love. And despite cameras being in every room of the California property, not one guest has refused to consent to being filmed. Spelling says, "If people don't want to be filmed, then we still want the business so we don't film them. (But) everyone wants to be on TV. We actually had our first couple who left in the middle of the night because they said they weren't filmed enough, which I thought was really strange."...

Tori Spelling insists her mother Candy won't be making a cameo appearance on her new reality TV show, because the pair don't want to put undue pressure on their relationship so soon after ending their long-running feud. So Notorious star Tori reportedly inherited a paltry $200,000 of her late millionaire father Aaron Spelling's $500 million fortune - a decision made my her then-estranged mother Candy Spelling. Tori spent the inheritance on a guest house for her and new husband Dean McDermott to run - all captured on reality show Tori And Dean: Inn Love. Candy and Tori have since reconciled, shortly before the birth of the actress' first child Liam in March, and both mother and daughter are in agreement for Candy not to appear on the TV show. Tori says, "I know that a lot of people want to see that (Candy on the show), but I don't want to be selling out by putting my family on TV. I'm taking time to cultivate that relationship and let it grow again."...

World of Wonder Prods., the film and TV production company whose credits include IFC's scripted series The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman and Oxygen's unscripted Tori and Dean: Inn Love, has expanded its executive ranks with four appointments.

Industry veteran Tom Campbell has been named head of development, Chris Skura has been tapped head of production, Fred Paccone has been appointed COO and Tom Wolf has been promoted to chief technology officer.

WOW said the appointments are part of an effort to "meet the demands of its expanded television production output and new-media ventures."

WOW said it plans to make a "deeper commitment" to scripted projects. The company is developing the script for the tentatively titled Pornopolis, a dramedy set in the adult entertainment industry, for IFC. On the unscripted side, WOW recently unveiled a development slate that includes Allison Margolin: The Dopest Attorney in Town, Jim J. Bullock: Beauty School Dropout and Jeffree Star.

The company's TV credits also include Bravo's Million Dollar Listings, Sundance Channel's One Punk Under God and VH1's upcoming What Perez Sez.

"Since we are creating new business models and expanding our brand, the time has come to put together a top-notch team to take WOW to the next level," co-founder Fenton Bailey said.

So Notorious star Tori Spelling has become a fully-fledged reverend, so she can marry couples at the bed & breakfast she is running for a TV reality show. Spelling spent the inheritance she received after her TV mogul father Aaron's death on a guest house for her and new husband Dean McDermott to run - all captured on reality show Tori & Dean: Inn Love. After becoming ordained over the internet, Spelling has conducted her first ever marriage. She writes on her blog, "I am now officially ordained. Yep, that's right..Reverend Tori Spelling! I did it last week online and my official certificate is in the mail. And, this weekend Chateau La Rue had its very first wedding. I was so honored when the couple asked me to officiate."...

Heavily pregnant actress Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott celebrated the opening of their newly-remodeled bed and breakfast in California on Saturday. The inn, named Chateau La Rue in honor of Spelling's pug Mimi La Rue, is located in Fallbrook, California - 100 miles south east of Los Angeles. The former Beverly Hills, 90210 star and her husband will run the inn as part of their new reality show, Tori & Dean: Inn Love - and Spelling loves the new place. She explains, "We wanted a modern, chic B&B for our generation. We can't wait to entertain our guests with fun theme nights and movie nights on the lawn." The inn officially opens to guests later this week, and Spelling insists she is going to be helping out, even though she is due to give birth to a boy at the end of the month. She adds, "Dean will be doing a lot of the day-to-day manual labor. Since I'm in my ninth month, I'm exhausted and it's hard for me to get around. "But I love to cook so I'll be preparing a lot of the food and conceptualizing theme nights."...

Variety reports that Tori Spelling has joined the cast of C. Jay Cox's independent romantic comedy Kiss the Bride. Here Films will exec produce and handle worldwide distribution for the Ty Lieberman-penned project, which centers on a guy trying to stop his former boyfriend from getting hitched to a girl. Joanna Cassidy, Tess Harper, Philipp Karner and James O'Shea round out the cast. Filming is currently underway in Los Angeles. Spelling is also in pre-production with a new reality series for Oxygen, which revolves aroung her and her husband's exploits as proprietors of a bed and breakfast in California's wine country.