CBS has decided to push back indefinitely the premiere of Mark Burnett’s new reality show “Jingles.” The series was supposed to bow Sunday, July 27, at 9 p.m. But a CBS spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the network has decided to…
Public broadcasting programming led the list of nominees for the 29th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Public broadcasting shows received 38 nominations, followed by ABC and CBS with…
Your secret YouTube fetishes are safe. The district court in New York hearing Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google ruled Monday that Google-owned YouTube does not have to turn over “personally identifiable” user data to Viacom. That ruling…
Oak Hill Capital Partners has completed its buy of eight Fox owned-and-operated stations for approximately $1.1 billion, TVNewsday reports. The stations will be managed by Local TV, which also manages nine stations purchased by Oak Hill from the New York…
Kristoffer Polaha, Autumn Reeser and Robert Baker have joined the cast of The CW’s “Valentine, Inc.,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The dramedy is being developed by Media Rights Capital for The CW’s leased-out Sunday night programming block. Meanwhile, Kristin Dattilo…
Former talk show host Les Crane died of natural causes Sunday at Marin General Hospital in Marin County, Calif., Daily Variety reports. Crane hosted a number of talk shows on ABC, including “The Les Crane Show” from 1964-65, during which…
Online viewing for ABC’s Internet video player grew 50% in May compared with the previous month, Media Daily News reports. Buoyed by the season finales of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost, “Desperate Housewives” and “Ugly Betty,” 815 million minutes of full-length episodes…
Verizon will shut off its analog signals in Maryland and northern Virginia beginning July 21, Multichannel News reports. The company already has eliminated analog service in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, the newspaper notes, as part of a deal…
Todd A. Porch has been named Nexstar Broadcasting Group’s senior vice president of eMedia, TVNewsday reports. He will oversee new-media operations for 28 local community Web portals and Nexstar’s eMedia teams for content, products, services and sales, the Web site…
J.J. Abrams is putting his musical stamp on another series. The prolific writer-producer told TelevisionWeek on Monday that, yes, he has penned the theme song for “Fringe,” the new Fox drama he created with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. By…