The presidential election and Washington’s fascination with what it can see in the rear-view mirror and the crystal ball added up to good ratings news, including double-digit increases, in the November sweeps for the Sunday morning newsmaker shows. First-place “Meet…
CBS’ “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” edged out NBC’s “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” in total viewers and tied for first among adults 25-54 for the week ending Nov. 21. “Ferguson” averaged 1.9 million viewers for that week,…
Elaine Bedell, controller of entertainment commissioning at BBC, is leaving her position to replace Paul Jackson as ITV’s director of entertainment and comedy, the U.K.’s The Stage reports. Bedell was BBC’s commissioning editor for features and factual entertainment before serving…
Studio chiefs ran an advertisement in the Los Angeles Times today that included an “open letter” to the Screen Actors Guild calling its negotiating strategy “failed” and saying its demands would undo the work achieved in studio negotiations with other…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is supporting a plan for free, pornography-free wireless Internet across the country as part of a larger proposal to auction off much of the U.S. airwaves, the Wall Street Journal reports. Such a filtered…
“Glenn Beck” will premiere on Fox News Channel on Jan. 19 at 5 p.m. The hourlong show will feature Beck on political, entertainment and business news, as well as a variety of guests. “Fox & Friends’” Gresham Striegel will serve…
Barack Obama advisers Julius Genachowski and Larry Strickling are among about a half-dozen people being considered to replace Federal Communications Chairman Kevin Martin as soon as next month, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Don Gips and Blair Levin, who have FCC…
Oft-repeated television advertisements may reduce the chances of customers buying the product: Many TV watchers annoyed by repeat ads are able to use digital video recorders to skip them, Advertising Age reports. TV ads have a “wear-out” effect on watchers…
CBS News has appointed Nancy Cordes as its congressional correspondent. Ms. Cordes, who will be based in Washington, D.C., will contribute reports to CBS News broadcasts and digital platforms. She will continue to cover the transportation and consumer safety beats….