Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who resisted being interviewed on Fox News Channel during the primary campaign, had a private meeting with Fox execs led by FNC Chairman Roger Ailes and News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch that may have helped…
Sen. John McCain canceled his Tuesday night appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live” after a Monday night interview with his spokesman Tucker Bounds turned tense on the cable news network, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bounds was interviewed by Campbell…
Officials at the Republican National Convention are attacking the media for questioning the credentials of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the Los Angeles Times reports. While some criticism of the media has been overblown, some reports have been half baked,…
Three years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, TV stations in the region were better prepared for Hurricane Gustav’s arrival, TelevisionWeek reports. Some stations had more fuel on hand for generators, others had radio systems that…
Maybe television’s doomsday—a time when there’s a commercial-eating digital video recorder in every home—is a bit further off than recent headlines suggested. Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York reversed a ruling by a lower court that…
Nothing about life is real simple these days. Cable network TLC and the magazine Real Simple are teaming up for a new show that aims to help busy women with tips and strategies for making their lives easier. “Real Simple,…
When Matt Kain worked for an independent search company, he argued that dollars should move from traditional advertising to online, where they would result in higher sales. Now, as managing director of MindShare Search, he’s got a somewhat different point…
While questions about the quality of The CW’s highly anticipated “90210” were raised by the network’s decision not to send advance screeners to TV critics, the show’s premiere Tuesday night appeared to fare well in light of the low expectations,…
Integrated Media Measurement Inc. and the Nielsen Co. have launched a service that electronically measures out-of-home viewership of television shows. The system gives viewers in a pre-selected panel special cell phones that pick up the audio from programs (as well…
Ted Danson has been cast in a leading role in HBO’s comedy pilot “Bored to Death,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Danson, fresh from his Emmy-nominated role in FX’s “Damages,” will play a friend and mentor to star Jason Schwartzman’s character,…