Piers Morgan, “America’s Got Talent” judge and winner of last season’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” is in early talks with NBC for a prime-time talk show, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Morgan is aiming for an hourlong one-on-one show where he would talk…
Don LaFontaine, who provided the voice to more than 350,000 commercials and 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday due to complications relating to a collapsed lung, TV Guide reports. LaFontaine, who was 68, worked for all the major broadcast networks as…
Erin Sullivan has been named vice president of West Coast advertising sales for the Gospel Music Channel, a new position. She will be responsible for expanding the channel’s ad sales efforts on the West Coast. Ms. Sullivan previously was VP…
NBC will debut on Hulu the season premieres of new show “Knight Rider” and returning programs “Lipstick Jungle,” “Chuck,” “Life” and “30 Rock” a week before those episodes air on broadcast TV, according to Hulu’s blog. NBC confirmed that the…
Integrated Media Measurement Inc. and Nielsen Co. have began a new service that electronically measures national television viewing outside the home, in locations such as offices, fitness clubs, hotels and bars. The companies released figures for July that showed that…
Hurricane Hannah, expected by Meteorologists to hit North Carolina sometime Friday or Saturday, may affect Wilmington’s DTV switch, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Should the hurricane hit the city, the FCC says stations will be allowed to continue analog transmission, the…
Tribune is making changes to many of its broadcast stations’ call letters, de-emphasizing those stations’ connections with The CW, Daily Variety reports. The media company has made the change in most of its 13 stations in some of the country’s…
Some insiders at NBC may be expecting executive changes affecting Ben Silverman and Teri Weinberg during the fall, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports, citing unnamed sources. As the broadcast network prepares to begin its fall season and fight to reclaim its…
“The Shield,” which opened cable-television programming to gritty, high-quality original shows, debuts its final season tonight, TelevisionWeek notes. After being labeled a show that sponsors would shun, FX persuaded leery advertisers to take a chance and the last season is…