Sen. Barack Obama has decided not to buy ABC airtime as part of his multinetwork prime-time special, Daily Variety reports. ABC will instead air a new episode of “Pushing Daisies,” joining The CW as the only two broadcast networks not…
In the 11 states with the closest Senate races this year, record amounts of money are being spent on TV commercials, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the North Carolina contest alone, more than $34 million was spent on TV…
The NFL is starting to feel the effects of the economic downturn, with fourth-quarter television advertising sales down about 10%, according to ad buyers and network ad executives cited by Sports Business Journal. Buyers and sellers told the journal they’ve…
MSNBC beat CNN in the cable news prime-time rankings for the month of October, The Hollywood Reporter says. Although Fox News continues to lead the cable news channels, MSNBC edged out CNN for second place for the month during the…
CBS has pulled its freshman series “The Ex List” from this Friday’s schedule after the show ran its first episodes to lackluster ratings, TelevisionWeek reports. A&E has ordered a second season of “The Cleaner,” the network’s first original scripted series…
HBO Sports is in advanced talks to broadcast an early March tennis special at Madison Square Garden featuring what the channel hopes will be the previous four female Grand Slam winners, tennis and media sources told Sports Business Journal. HBO,…
Jennifer Lopez, under her Nuyorican Productions company, has signed a first-look deal with Universal Media Studios, Daily Variety reports. As part of the two-year agreement, the company will create different TV projects for the studio. Lopez’s company has already sold…
Actress Megan Dodds has signed a talent holding deal with Fox and 20th Century Fox TV, The Hollywood Reporter says. As part of the deal, Dodd will star in an upcoming hour-long project. Dodd starred in the courtroom drama-comedy pilot…
ABC and Fox have each acquired comedies from writer-director Luke Greenfield, Daily Variety reports. ABC has its eye on “My Mom Is Hot,” about a man who’s recently divorced mother begins dating again. Meanwhile Fox has landed “Broke Friends,” about…
AMC’s second-season finale of “Mad Men” averaged 1.75 million viewers Sunday night, TelevisionWeek reports. The finale episode was up 20% over the season’s average, and up 75% over the first season. The episode accumulated 2.9 million viewers over its three…