President-Elect Barack Obama and wife Michelle are sitting down for an interview with Barbara Walters, the Hollywood Reporter says. The interview will air Wednesday on ABC as a one-hour special, with parts of it also airing during “Good Morning America,”…
TV viewing has hit a record high even as content consumption online and through mobile devices continues to grow, a new Nielsen Co. report finds, TelevisionWeek reports. The average U.S. home watched TV 8 hours and 18 minutes per day…
Reveille is producing the upcoming NBC reality project with Tony Robbins, TelevisionWeek reports, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation. The project was first announced earlier this week though Reveille’s attachment remained unknown at the time. Howard T. Owens, Mark…
NBC’s new Tony Robbins reality project is being produced by Reveille, people familiar with the matter said Monday. The network has been keeping a tight lid on details surrounding the potential series, which was first reported by TVWeek Sunday. Its…
Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg said he felt that the union had no choice but to call for a strike authorization vote because the AMPTP “have not moved one iota in our direction,” KTLA reports. Rosenberg, who appeared on…
A National Labor Relations Board Judge ruled that CNN America violated the rights of more than 250 employees at CNN’s Washington, D.C., and New York bureaus. Arthur Amchan, the board’s administrative law judge, found that CNN violated the National Labor…
The average American’s usage of TV, Internet and mobile continues to increase, with TV use hitting a record high, according to the Nielsen Co.’s second “A2/M2 Three Screen Report.” The average time a U.S. home used a TV set during…
The honeymoon seems to be over for reality shows on broadcast television, Media Life Magazine reports. No new unscripted series are hits, and the only ones succeeding these days are aging favorites like Fox’s “American Idol,” ABC’s “Dancing With the…
President-elect Barack Obama announced his picks for key members of his communications team, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Robert Gibbs, a media strategist during Obama’s campaign, was picked for press secretary. EMILY’s List’s Ellen Moran was named director of communications and…
Minneapolis’ KARE-TV issued a memo to staffers last week offering buyouts to employees over the age of 55, MinnPost reports. “If the voluntary offer does not result in a sufficient number of volunteers, or if business conditions worsen, it may…