Comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting ABC’s live telecast of the American Music Awards for the second straight year, Daily Variety reports. Dick Clark Productions’ president, Orly Adelson, called Kimmel “a masterful host with incredible spontaneity…
NBC Universal’s female-skewed online hub iVillage will now prominently feature the media company’s syndicated “Access Hollywood,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The Web site’s entertainment section will now display an “Access Hollywood” module that feeds news links that lead back to…
Based on the first 10 days of the new season, where the network has been down 15% in viewers and down 16% in the coveted 18-49 demographic, NBC’s fall lineup is “off to a rocky start,” MediaWeek reports. And if…
It sucked to be you this past weekend if you were a Packers or Bills or Colts fan living in Green Bay, Wisc., Buffalo, N.Y., or Indianapolis, Multichannel News reports. Time Warner Cable and LIN TV left many a football…
The broadband channel Barely Political is on track to deliver more than 13 million views this month, a record for the political parody network and the latest evidence of consumers’ appetite for all things political this election season. Barely Political…
Advertising technology firm BlackArrow landed $20 million in venture funding from investors Cisco Systems Inc., Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, Mayfield Fund and Polaris Venture Partners, the company announced today. In total BlackArrow has raised $38 million in funding. The…
The debut Cartoon Network’s “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” was the most-watched series premiere in the cable channel’s history. The Friday premiere was the top-rated children’s show in its timeslot among kids 6 to 11, kids 2 to 11, tweens…
This weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” opened with a parody of Thursday’s vice presidential candidates debate, the Associated Press reports.. The skit featured Tina Fey in her third appearance as Republican nominee Sarah Palin, regular cast member Jason Sudeikis…
With Digital Video Recorders helping viewers skip over commercials, many advertisers are finding product integration as a sure way of getting a brand’s name to viewers, New York Magazine reports. Some writers and producers, however, now are being overwhelmed by…
ABC Studios is hoping to act as an incubator for musical talent by signing rising musicians and songwriters for overall deals for music used on the studio’s shows, TelevisionWeek says. One of the first artists signed was Shawn Klookoff, whose…