NBC’s “Meet the Press” has launched an online feature offering a behind-the-scenes look at the show’s road trips during the election, TVNewser reports. Three vignettes from stops in Denver, Waterloo, Iowa, and Columbia, S.C., contain interviews with Sens. John McCain…
According to data from Nielsen Media Research, CBS is the most-watched network midway through the November sweeps, Mediaweek reports. The network is ahead of its closest competitor, ABC, by 470,000 total viewers. Among younger adults, however, ABC comes out on…
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., plans to propose a bill in January that would prohibit Internet providers from blocking Web content, Reuters reports. Sen. Dorgan believes the law would be essential in preventing telephone and cable companies from discriminating against Internet…
TV-veteran Pamela Anderson will make a cameo appearance as herself on an upcoming episode of NBC’s “Kath & Kim,” TV Guide reports. TV Guide writes there’s no actress who better personifies the celebrity culture in which the show’s mother-and-daughter protagonists,…
News Corp. President-Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin is contemplating leaving the company, the Los Angeles Times reports. Those close to the executive hint that if Chernin does extend his contract, which expires in June, it’ll be for two or three…
Boston’s TV stations have scheduled a five-minute DTV test for Dec. 9, the Boston Globe reports. The soft shutdown is designed to let viewers know whether their TV sets are compatible with digital broadcasts in preparation for the national switch…
Actress-singer Hilary Duff, who gained fame on Disney Channel’s “Lizzie McGuire,” has signed an exclusive, one-year talent and development deal with NBC. Ms. Duff will star in her own series under the partnership, which also allows her to guest star…
David Letterman’s “Late Show” on CBS joined the trend of “live” commercials Thursday night with one of Dave’s sidekicks providing a tour of a new Mazda 6. Just before the nightly “Top 10 List,” Letterman presented a “special message from…
Sammy Gang, a Hearst Entertainment executive who spent four decades in the international TV business, died of heart failure Nov. 1 at the age of 89, the Hollywood Reporter says. Gang started selling for National Telefilm Associates in 1953. From…
When NBC canceled “My Own Worst Enemy,” it also ended a product integration ballyhooed by the network and General Motors, the New York Times reports. On the series, Christian Slater’s character had two personalities. One drove a flashy Camaro convertible,…