Talent at Comedy Central will continue to go through JoAnn Grigioni. She’s been promoted to vice president of talent at the cable network, reporting to senior vice president of specials and talent Elizabeth Porter. Grigioni first joined Comedy Central in 1997 as an assistant in affiliate marketing.

Elizabeth Chmurak has joined CNN, becoming an associate producer. She was previously an associate producer for documentary series at A&E.

Those who missed the first season of “What Would Brian Boitano Make?,” don’t worry. Food Network has picked up a second season. Production on the 10-episode season is set to begin next month, with the premiere coming in March.

Stu Courtney is heading to a rival. Courtney has been named editor of ChicagoBreakingSports.com, which is run by the Chicago Tribune. He had been sports editor at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Electus, the content creation company led by former NBC top programmer Ben Silverman, has added Jordan Hoffner to its staff in an unspecified role. Hoffner joins from YouTube, where he was director of content partnerships.

Brian Kroski has been named president and chief executive officer at Artinfo, a web site that covers news about art and culture. Kroski had been online general manager at Observer Media Group.

Marie Claire magazine has upped the responsibilities of Abigail Pesta. She’s been promoted to editor at large of the title, where she’ll now do more writing and traveling. Pesta was previously deputy editor.

If anything, the 82nd Academy Awards telecast ought to be a funny one. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has signed on Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the March 7 Oscars, which air on ABC. This will be the first hosting appearance for Baldwin, while Martin hosted solo in 2001 and 2003.

Adrienne Gary is going solo. The head of human resources at Fox Networks Group is leaving the company to launch her own HR consultancy. Gary has been with Fox for more than six years.

Earl Huntoon, a longtime TV property master, died last month at age 85, with no cause give. Huntoon worked on a number of TV shows, including “Gunsmoke,” “The Rockford Files,” “CHiPs” and “Hogan’s Heroes.”

Mitch Levy has been named executive creative director at Digitas, working with the digital agency’s Procter & Gamble business out of its Boston office. Levy joins from The Spark Factory, and before that he was with Everythingville.

Matt Dowshen has joined Ogilvy, becoming the agency’s head of account management. Dowshen had been senior vice president and group account director at Deutsch NY.

Analyze this: J. Mark Wirthlin has been named president and chief operating officer at The Modellers, a market research and analytics firm. Wirthlin was previously senior vice president and a senior consultant at Harris Interactive.