TV production and distribution company Debmar-Mercury has promoted Lonnie Burstein to executive VP of programming and production, TVNewsday reports. Burstein is responsible for projects including “The Wendy Williams Show,” which returns nationally next year, and new syndicated game show “Trivial…
Showtime’s “Weeds” walked away a winner from High Times magazine’s eighth annual Stony Awards, TV Guide reports. The series, about a suburban marijuana-dealing mom, took home the trophy for best TV show. Danneel Harris of The CW’s “One Tree Hill”…
Nonprofit organization MoveOn.org is requesting an apology from NBC News’ Tom Brokaw, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The organization is encouraging its members to e-mail Brokaw for citing an old poll during Sunday’s “Meet the Press” during a debate between strategists…
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama drew the most favorable responses from a test group watching his Sept. 26 debate with rival John McCain, with Sen. Obama’s comments on oil independence and healthcare scoring best among the subjects assembled by Nielsen…
Cablevision and the Lustgarten Foundation are partnering for “curePC,” a public awareness campaign to cure pancreatic cancer. Cablevision will underwrite all of Lustgarten’s expenses, ensuring that 100% of the money donated will go toward researching a cure. The company also…
GSN and Imagination Entertainment are launching GSNshop.com. The online store will feature over 1,000 games from GSN’s array of shows, including a new Bingo America DVD. The DVD game will be released in tandem with the second season premiere of…
Turner Classic Movies is honoring acting legend Paul Newman by devoting 24 hours of its schedule on Oct. 12 to a collection of the Academy Award-winning actor’s films. Among the movies airing that Sunday include Mr. Newman’s breakthrough performance in…
Broadband video health information and lifestyle network HealthiNation landed $7.5 million in a series B round of venture funding, led by Intel Capital. The cash infusion will support additional growth in programming, ad sales and operations for HealthiNation, the company…
News coverage of Monday’s House vote on the federal bailout in Washington and the day’s wild trading on Wall Street made for some dramatic TV, as many watched the 228 to 205 defeat of the rescue plan lead to a…
Studio and network owners rejected the Screen Actors Guild’s request to reopen contract negotiations, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. After SAG’s Doug Allen and Alan Rosenberg sent a letter to Nick Counter, president of studio negotiating group, the Alliance of Motion…