Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari are likely to have different ideas about how to resolve the debt problems at the family holding company, National Amusements, which owns controlling interests in CBS and Viacom, the Wall Street Journal says. Mr….
The broadcast networks plan to expand their evening newscasts to an hour on Monday, the eve of an election that has captured the nation’s attention, TelevisionWeek says. The move is likely to draw higher ratings by capitalizing on viewer interest…
CBS, the oldest-skewing network, is attracting more younger viewers this year with some of its newest shows including “The Mentalist,” the New York Times says. The bad economy appears to be good for CBS’ comfort-food brand of programming. “It’s kind…
Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb, two of the original writers/executive producers on “Heroes,” have been axed in a shakeup of the staff on the struggling NBC show, Daily Variety says. The network is frustrated by the show’s creative direction and…
Presidential candidate John McCain shared the spotlight with Tina Fey as she impersonated his running mate, Sarah Palin, in the opening sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” the Associated Press reports. Days after Barack Obama ran an infomercial on several major…
Daytime talk shows and late night comedy shows have shown more interest in politics and that’s been good for Democrat Barack Obama, the Washington Post says. “Anyone can watch the shows and see how Barack Obama and John McCain were…
CBS has ordered seven episodes of a new reality-competition program from Mike Fleiss, who also produces “The Bachelor,” TelevisionWeek says. The series will feature families from the same neighborhood who compete for cash prizes. — Jon Lafayette
Fox’s NFL studio show stopped talking football while one of the network’s NASCAR announcers, Jeff Hammond, checked in to pitch a new Ford truck on the broadcast, USA Today reports. Football analysts Michael Strahan and Terry Bradshaw jumped in to…
The South Carolina real estate broker who brought the idea for “Flip This House” to A&E Television is getting his day in court, the Los Angeles Times reports. Richard C. Davis claims A&E agreed to give him half the show’s…
“Meet the Parents” co-writer Jim Herzfeld is developing a comedy project “Changing Positions” for NBC, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project, from Universal Media Studios and Dutch Oven, follows a man and his family as they move in with his…