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…
Late newscasts on local stations took less of a ratings hit than the network primetime shows that preceded them, TelevisionWeek reports, citing Katz Television Group’s Bill Carroll. CBS and its affiliates’ news broadcast ratings fell the most while news broadcasts…
The charity that oversaw funding from the “American Idol” charity initiative Idol Gives Back last season declined to release its fund-raising figures, saying it would meet a May deadline to do so, the New York Times reports. “Idol” host Ryan…
Tribune Co.’s Sam Zell has hired radio executives to spur sales and cut losses at the company’s television stations and newspaper outlets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Mr. Zell, who took over Tribune in December, has hired a handful of…
Cablevision sports network MSG will start showing movies, including “Requiem for a Heavyweight” and the Tom Cruise-staring “All the Right Moves,” Daily Variety reports. MSG, which lost the New York Yankees in 2002 and the New York Mets four years…
Online video content management company Brightcove has inked distribution deals with social networking sites Bebo and Slide, Web video sites Meebo and Veoh and widget creator and distributor RockYou. Through the deal, Brightcove’s customers will have access to the new…
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s positions on media issues include concerns about consolidation, encouragement of an improved ratings system and criticism of advertisements encouraging unhealthy foods for children, TelevisionWeek reports. Republican candidate John McCain led a senate committee that oversaw the…