More than 1 million consumers have requested $40-off coupons for DTV converters in the first week the government offered the coupons. The Department of Commerce said today that consumers have requested 1.9 million coupons. Each household without satellite or cable…
Leno Asked, Received Guild Permission Over Monologue A controversy over Jay Leno’s penned monologue has ruffled Writers Guild of America feathers, but NBC is claiming the guild gave permission to Mr. Leno to write his own material, Deadline Hollywood Daily…
Viewing remained largely higher than season-to-date averages but subsided to more normal patterns for the networks’ late-night shows on Thursday, their second night back after eight weeks of writers strike-induced reruns. NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” was still…
Food Network signed a new three-year agreement with host Alton Brown. The channel recently re-signed celebrity cook Rachael Ray, but has a less-certain relationship with its biggest star Emeril Lagasse. Production of long-running “Emeril Live” was halted late last year….