Hall of Fame college basketball coach Bob Knight’s analyst role on ESPN just got bigger, the Associated Press reports. Knight will work ESPN’s Thursday night telecasts, appear on “SportsCenter” and provide postseason studio analysis for the network. Knight also will…
The Boston Globe hands out report cards to foreign actors who don American accents on TV. Among the best are Hugh Laurie of Fox’s “House,” Anna Paquin of HBO’s “True Blood’ and Jason Isaacs of Showtime’s “Brotherhood.” The worst of…
A recent report from Magna Global notes that young adult viewers time-shift their prime-time viewing much more than older viewers. So far this season, the audience for the average prime-time series viewed live was composed of about 18% adults age…
G4 on Wednesday is launching its new series “Human Wrecking Balls,” featuring the Pumphrey Brothers, who combine strength and science to crush, demolish and destroy whatever is put in their path. Craig and Paul Pumphrey are big. Their combined weight…
Not all clients think they want communications planning. Not all clients think they need communications planning. In his new job as executive VP and head of communications planning at Carat, Doug Ray will try to identify clients that need the…
Cable operators have been talking a lot about the kind of advance advertising their digital systems can make possible. Earlier this year they banded together to form Canoe Ventures, a joint effort to create a national unified platform for interactive…
he news of Brooke Smith’s firing on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” just won’t go away. ABC News tries to get to the bottom of Smith’s abrupt termination. “What’s odd about this is the timing. Usually you see these things percolating,” said…
Acclaimed Broadway actress Bernadette Peters will make a guest appearance on ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Peters will play magazine mogul Jodie Papadakis. Apparently Papadakis is eyeing assistants Betty, played by America Ferrera, and Marc, played by…
The NCAA has created a postgraduate scholarship in the name of the late sportscaster Jim McKay. The Jim McKay Scholarship program will select one male and one female student athlete annually to receive a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship. The scholarship recognizes…