A team of documentary filmmakers will make Pamela Anderson their latest subject for a new reality series on E!. “Pamela,” slated to start airing this summer, plans to focus on Ms. Anderson “as an individual” and will not feature her…
The USC Annenberg School for Communication plans to use two new grants to expand the entertainment-education programs of Health, Hollywood and Society, a health communication program working with the television and film community. Health, Hollywood and Society is part of…
Randy Michaels, CEO of Interactive and Broadcasting at Tribune Co., has been named to the National Association of Broadcasters’ Television Board by Alan Frank, president-CEO of Post-Newsweek Stations and the board’s chairman. Mr. Michaels is assuming the “at large” board…
The Nielsen Co. agreed to acquire IAG Research for $225 million, the companies announced Monday. IAG measures consumer engagement with television programs, commercials and product placements, factors that supplement Nielsen’s measurements of how many people are watching TV shows and…
The legacy of Viacom and CBS owner Sumner Redstone may be defined by his complicated relationships with family members and business associates, the New York Times reports. At this point it appears unclear who will succeed the mogul, who turns…
Viacom’s Spike TV paid Sony Pictures Television about $12 million for the exclusive five-year rights to all 257 episodes of “Married…With Children,” Daily Variety reports. The network also said Dennis Farina will be the host of re-edited versions of “Unsolved…
About one in five television viewers of the NCAA Basketball tournament broadcast on CBS were in bars or other out-of-home locations, TelevisionWeek reports, citing Nielsen Media Research. Additionally, more men from ages 18-34 watched March Madness games in public places…
CBS signed James Burrows to direct the Fred Savage-starting comedy pilot “Single White Millionaire,” while getting Rosie Perez to play Geena Davis’s police partner in “Exit 19,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Additionally, ABC is in talks to hire Gary Felder…
“Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus and Oprah Winfrey are television celebrities on Time magazine’s online ballot for the world’s most influential people. “Project Runway” host Heidi Klum also made the list. — Danny King
The Weinstein Co. is launching an international television unit, which will produce an adaptation of the W.E.B. Griffin bestseller “By Order of the President,” Daily Variety reports. The series, which will include as many as four 90-minute episodes, will cost…