We were heartened to hear last week’s announcement that the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers have both agreed to meet with federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez in an effort to resolve their longstanding…
I am partly surprised at the vicious attack against the Parents Television Council by Josef Adalian in his recent column (“PTC Uses Kids as Human Shields,” TelevisionWeek, Oct. 13). Television industry advocates often do not appreciate the views of an…
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What Party People Focus on in Viewing
According to Nielsen ratings, the last of the three presidential debates between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama on Oct. 15 was watched by 56.5 million viewers. That was down from the previous week’s 63.2 million viewers but up from…
Longtime Fox Broadcasting spokesman Scott Grogin has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate communications for the Fox Networks Group. FNG encompasses the Fox Network, FX, Fox Sports and Fox Cable Networks. Mr. Grogin will report directly to FNG…
NBC is shaking up its lineup, with “Life” trading slots with “Lipstick Jungle,” while the premiere of the Ryan Seacrest-produced “Momma’s Boys” gets pushed back until December. “Life,” which had solid showings behind “Heroes” on Monday but hasn’t done much…
CNN political correspondent John King admits that some of the criticism of the media’s coverage of the election is valid, Editor & Publisher reports. “We did invest our thinking too much at the beginning in the Clinton juggernaut,” King said…
Maya Rudolph will make a return to her old “Saturday Night Live” stomping grounds this weekend, TV Guide reports. Rudolph will play Michelle Obama, wife of Sen. Barack Obama, and also likely will reunite with Amy Poehler in a “Bronx…
Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance Friday at the Friars Club roast of “Today” co-host Matt Lauer, People reports. Cruise’s one-liners to the newsman were largely culled from a heated exchange between the two about psychiatry and post-partum depression live…