This year’s Friars Club annual celebrity roast luncheon will honor NBC’s “Today” show co-host Matt Lauer, the New York Times reports. Among those scheduled to poke fun at Lauer are former “Today” show co-host Katie Couric, current co-host Meredith Vieira,…
Three people were detained Sunday after police found an aerosol rifle in a trunk of a car at a checkpoint near downtown Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater, site of last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards show, says the Hollywood Reporter. The incident…
Fox News Channel’s marathon of online politics show “The Strategy Room” kicks off tomorrow morning with anchor Shepard Smith, TVNewser reports. The show, which offers a less formal look at politics, will stream live every weekday until the Nov. 4…
The Big Three networks have agreed to phase out integration fees, MediaWeek reports. The fees, long considered archaic by advertisers and ad agencies, were used by the broadcast networks to cover the cost of inserting ads into programming. Since the…
The Federal Communications Commission is figuring out ways to get the public involved and have their voices heard on the cable industry’s “quiet period,” a ban on TV stations pulling their signals from cable systems during the period surrounding the…
Ion Television and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution have inked a multiyear film acquisition deal. From this fall through summer 2010, the network will broadcast selected films made by the Warner Bros. studio. “Our deal with Warner Bros. is part…
Lifetime Television will premiere its first original prime-time comedy, “Rita Rocks,” with five episodes airing in one week. A new episode will air every day at 8:30 p.m. from Oct. 20-25 before the show debuts in its regular Tuesday at…
BBC Worldwide confirmed today that Jane Tranter will be joining the company as its executive VP of programming and production to help drive forward its U.S. scripted and reality business. Ms. Tranter will execute her duties from the network’s Los…
Rita Mullin was named VP of development at TLC, the cable network announced today. Ms. Mullin, along with Brent Zacky, will oversee the strategic direction of TLC’s new and original content out of Discovery Communications’ headquarters in Silver Spring, Md….
After a six-week tryout, Erica Hill has won the co-anchor chair next to Chris Wragge on the Saturday edition of “The Early Show” on CBS, effective immediately. Ms. Hill follows in the footsteps of Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta, who…