Time Warner Cable and Granite Broadcasting have reached a retransmission agreement to continue providing broadcast programming in several New York state markets. The deal includes the broadcast of ABC programming in Buffalo and CBS programming in Syracuse and Binghamton. Additionally,…
CBS’ “The Mentalist” is this year’s top scripted show and top new show, Nielsen Media Research reports on its blog. “The Mentalist” ranked fifth in the data recording company’s year-end list of top 10 regularly scheduled programs, behind “American Idol”…
Fuse viewers have chosen Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” as the best music video of 2008. More than 14 million votes were cast for the honor, which was unveiled on Fuse’s “The Top 40 of 2008: The Good, the Bad and the…
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker admits that NBC has had a “disappointing fall,” but takes comfort in the critical acclaim some of the network’s shows have received, including recent Golden Globe nominations, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Zucker said in a…
“The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd said NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” needs more black cast members, the New York Daily News reports. Shepherd, who spoke with AOL for an interview posted late last week, recommended the show bring back Maya Rudolph…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is tapping a media and media association executive for a top staff post. David Krone, most recently senior VP at Comcast, will become senior adviser to the majority leader. He will oversee and coordinate…
Jack Black will be making a guest appearance on “The Office’s” post-Super Bowl episode, Entertainment Weekly reports. Details of his role on the show are yet to be revealed, though the actor will not be playing himself, the magazine reports….
Fox has confirmed some format changes for the upcoming season of “American Idol,” USA Today reports. Among the changes are an extra week of the Hollywood round, which will select 36 semifinalists instead of 24, and the return of the…
Gray Television has made basic retransmission-consent deals with 20 large cable operators, TVNewsday reports. The deals cover basic economic terms and will reach 2.4 million in-market cable subscribers within those companies, the site says. In addition, Gray has made deals…
BBC America has acquired the U.S. premiere rights for “Ashes to Ashes,” the sequel to the original British series “Life on Mars.” “Ashes to Ashes,” which premieres in March, follows Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) as he is…