Katie Couric will anchor a special hour-long edition of the “CBS Evening News” on Nov. 3, the night before the election, TVNewser reports. The hour will feature extended reporting and analysis from CBS News’ contributors. An election retrospective will also…
The second season of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab” kicks off tonight and, to ring in the newest edition of the substance-abuse rehabilitation reality show featuring C- and D-list celebrities, the Associated Press interviews the show’s Dr. Drew Pinsky and rehab patient…
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” will be going on the campaign trail in Florida with Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, the Los Angeles Times reports. Hasselbeck made the announcement on today’s show, saying, “I am more…
A visit from vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lifted the Oct. 18 edition of “Saturday Night Live” to several new ratings highs, including its biggest viewership since 1994. Drawing 15 million viewers, the Oct. 18 episode of “SNL”…
Memorial Day 2009 is no longer the end of this year’s television season, as Nielsen announced today a revision to the 2008-09 television calendar that will end May sweeps a week earlier. May sweeps for next year are now set…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is being named “Porker of the Month” by a government watchdog group thanks to the FCC’s $355,000 sponsorship of a NASCAR car to promote the digital TV transition. Citizens Against Government Waste today suggested…
The Federal Communications Commission will hold a pre-hearing conference on the program carriage complaint filed by Wealth TV against Time Warner, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The conference is scheduled for Oct. 27 at 9:30 a.m. before Administrative Law Judge Arthur…
The New York Times looks at audience viewing trends now and throughout history whenever economic times got tough and, alas, the insanely wealthy have been our characters of choice to watch. “Dallas” and “Dynasty” fulfilled the money void for us…
Sports networks are pretty much resigned to the fact that the FCC will allow unlicensed devices to operate in the broadcast spectrum’s unused frequencies known as “white spaces” when it votes on the issue Nov. 4, Broadcasting & Cable reports….
Chief executives from the Big Four broadcast networks wrote Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin today over concerns they have about the reliability of “white space” devices relying solely on spectrum-sensing technology as well as the commission’s plan to set…