At a conference in London, NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker reiterated to a group of the U.K.’s broadcast executives and policy makers that General Electric’s commitment to the media company is “profound,” says the Hollywood Reporter. “NBC’s significance only increases if…
A bipartisan coalition of groups has asked both presidential candidates to pledge to hold more Internet-friendly debates, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The group wants media companies to release rights to video footage, which would include the candidates setting ground rules…
More and more, political campaigns are pressuring local stations to stop running certain ads they deem to be factually incorrect or gross distortions, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ads that their opponents try to take off the air usually…
Fox on Friday confirmed, with no reservations, that it has canceled “Do Not Disturb,” making the show the first casualty of the 5-day-old season. The network on Thursday had pulled the first-year comedy from its lineup but said it hadn’t…
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has decided to attend the first of three nationally televised presidential debates with Democratic candidate Barack Obama after earlier saying he wanted to delay the event to deal with the financial crisis facing the U.S. The…
A proposal sponsored by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin could require cable operators to carry hundreds of low-power TV stations for the first time, Multichannel News reports. The plans would allow 555 Class A TV stations to apply for…
Sen. John McCain has decided to attend tonight’s presidential debate in Oxford, Miss., the TelevisionWeek reports. “[Sen. McCain] is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to…
Fox has pulled next week’s new episode of its freshman comedy “Do Not Disturb,” suggesting the end could be near for the show, TelevisionWeek reports. The network will air a repeat episode of “‘Til Death” in its place. “Disturb” has…
TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Sarah Michelle Gellar, is set to star in a new pilot for HBO from writer Charles Randolph,
In her third major interview, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin managed “wobbly” responses to questions from CBS’s Katie Couric about how being near Russia gave her experience in foreign affairs, the New York Times reports. Palin also said she…