Hilton H. Howell Jr. will take over as CEO at Gray TV, replacing J. Mack Robinson, TelevisionWeek reports. Robinson, 85, has been associated with the 36 station-strong company since 1993, and said he looks forward to continuing to help building…
After regulators told Comcast Corp. to change how it manages Web traffic on its system, the company announced planes to slow service to its heaviest users during peak use times, the New York Times reports. Top Web-access speeds for the…
SoapNet is planning on airing a 24-hour “Beverly Hills, 90210” marathon on Sept. 1, the day before The CW’s series spinoff premieres, TelevisionWeek reports. The CW says it is not working with SoapNet on the promotion, nor has it purchased…
CBS’ “The Early Show” has added Anthony Batson as a senior producer, effective Sept. 22, TelevisionWeek reports. Batson was with the network’s “48 Hours Mystery.” In his new role he will manage the show’s taped segments and special projects, the…
Sci Fi Channel is wrapping up “Stargate Atlantis” after the series’ current fifth season ends its run in January, Multichannel News says. The network, however, will extend the life of the show with a two-hour movie that will air sometime…
While the 2008 Summer Olympics have been huge ratings hits for NBC, NBCOlympics.com has also been drawing record audiences online, the Hollywood Reporter says. The site has been drawing an average 6 million users per day for an average of…
Comcast is looking to bring viewers interactive widgets on their TV screens, Multichannel News reports. The Widget Channel, developed by Intel and Yahoo, will allow developers to create customized widgets, computer programs that would let consumers access stock quotes or…
Joel Silver has optioned “Fortune’s Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt” to HBO for a possible series, Daily Variety reports. The hour-long project is currently in the script-development stage under writer Jim Solomon, who will executive produce along…
ABC Studios has purchased a script from Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, the writing duo behind “Legally Blonde” and the upcoming “The House Bunny,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The script, inspired by an L.A. Times column and based on…
Endemol has sold the breakout summer competition series “Wipeout” to 17 international territories, Daily Variety reports. Among the countries that have purchased the format are Spain, the Netherlands, Israel and the U.K., with different production companies debuting their versions later…