Katie Couric’s final interview with Gov. Sarah Palin airs tonight on CBS’ “Evening News,” TVNewser reports. Couric asks Palin about the public’s reaction to her performance during the interview, including this past weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” parody of it featuring…
The financial crisis has made CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo more popular than ever, and she gets the Vanity Fair treatment in the magazine’s November issue. The “Barbara Walters of business news,” as Vanity Fair calls her, talks about Wall Street’s misfortunes,…
A study found Sen. John McCain backers tend to get their news and entertainment from television while supporters of Sen. Barack Obama use various platforms, MediaWeek reports. The study also found 65% of voters are paying more attention to this…
Fox has inked a deal with ProLink Solutions, officially venturing into the digital out-of-home business, MediaWeek reports. ProLink operates 30,000 GPS-equipped screens on golf carts found on more than 400 golf courses, the publication says. A TV program highlighting America’s…
Circuit City said today that a decline in cathode-ray tube and projection television sales more than offset a small increase in flat-panel TV revenue, causing U.S. comparable video department sales to drop almost 10% in the fiscal second quarter. The…
Comcast SportsNet is reuniting radio personalities Mike North and Dan Jiggetts to host its upcoming live weekday morning sports show “Monsters of the Morning.” The show will debut early next year and will air from 6 to 9 a.m. Mr….
Advertising Age released its annual 100 Leading Media Companies list today. With little change from last year’s list, with the same companies remaining in the top 10, as well as 19 of last year’s top 20 staying put, there was…
Former wrestler and Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura is putting on his investigative cap. Mr. Ventura will explore modern-day conspiracy theories in a pilot for truTV. The pilot, which begins production in October, will find Mr. Ventura traveling the country as…
“The World’s Greatest Sinner” will make its cable debut Oct. 24 on Turner Classic Movies. Timothy Carey’s 1962 counterculture cult film, which features a score by Frank Zappa, kicks off the cable network’s late-night movie series “TCM Underground.” “‘TCM Underground’…