Telemundo is becoming the fastest-growing major broadcast network in prime time, according to Nielsen Media Research data for 2008. The Spanish-language network saw its total viewers grow by 13% from 2007, putting it ahead of NBC’s 10% increase. Fox and…
NBC News has appointed Chuck Todd as its chief White House correspondent and Savannah Guthrie as White House correspondent. Mr. Todd will remain NBC News’ political director, in addition to serving as a contributing editor to “Meet the Press.” Ms….
NBC will air “The Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony: TV Event of the Year” on Dec. 27 at 8 p.m. The two-hour special, hosted by Bob Costas and Matt Lauer, will highlight the Opening Ceremony and the greatest moments of the…
Speed and motor sports broadcaster Dave Despain have signed a new two-year deal. Mr. Despain will stay on as host of the channel’s “Wind Tunnel” through 2010. The program returns Feb. 15. The “Wind Tunnel” site on Speedtv.com will be…
HBO’s “Big Love” and “Flight of the Conchords” return to Sunday nights on Jan. 18. “Big Love” will kick off the night at 9 p.m., launching its 10-episode third season. “Flight of the Concords,” which also is returning for 10…
A broad coalition of public-interest groups is joining Pearl Jam, R.E.M. and a major union in urging President-elect Barack Obama to put the public interest first in appointing new members of the Federal Communications Commission and a new White House…
The roughly 570 attendees at the Screen Actors Guild’s Hollywood meeting Wednesday were more supportive of the union’s leadership and the January strike vote than the group’s New York members, the Hollywood Reporter says. Rob Schneider and former guild president…
A contestant on CBS’ “The Price Is Right” guessed the exact cost of the game show’s showcase prize, something that hasn’t happened on the program since 1970, the New York Post says. The guess of $23,743 won a male contestant…
Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly’s Sony-based television production company, Timberman/Beverly Productions, has set up most of its eight projects at cable networks, the Hollywood Reporter says. Timberman said working on cable allows them to think of projects they wouldn’t have…
Actor James Badge Dale (“24”) has been hired as the lead in an untitled AMC thriller, the Hollywood Reporter says. Dale will play an analyst at a think tank who discovers his bosses have secrets, the paper says. Separately, Christina…