Endemol USA is developing a dozen comedy and drama projects at cable and broadcast networks, including a Western at AMC and an animated show at Comedy Central, Daily Variety reports. The company wants to increase its scripted business from 10%…
With television networks and stations paring their staffs, talent development executives are busy making sure that the right people are on the air, the New York Observer reports. “There are fewer resources, and we want to make sure we have…
Stations in Boston are cutting back as the market faces the national trend of shrinking local advertising revenues, the Boston Globe reports. Comcast will firing more than 50 people at its CN8 operations in the Boston area. Other outlets have…
New York State, facing a $1.7 billion budget shortfall, may tax digital downloads of entertainment products such as television shows and music, as well as end a sales-tax exemption on cable TV, movie tickets and more, the Hollywood Reporter says….
The top 10 advertisers reduced their spending by 0.2% during the first nine months of 2008, compared with a year ago, TNS Media Intelligence reports. Among the top 50, spending dropped 2.1%. The following chart shows that among the top…
Before “American Idol” created singing sensations for the nation, NBC introduced America to the Monkees. The Monkees began life as a fictional band created by Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider for a television pilot. They figured they could capitalize on…
Kelly Clark is working on something new and different. After running GroupM’s Europe business, Mr. Clark has returned to the U.S. as worldwide CEO of Maxus, the WPP unit’s fourth media agency network. Maxus is designed to help the company…
As the digital video recorder becomes a more important force affecting television programming and advertising, understanding how consumers use the gadget is becoming a bigger priority for media companies and media buyers. A new piece of research into DVR behavior…
New York Magazine talks about Chuck Lorre, the man behind two of TV’s most successful sitcoms, CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men.” The story takes issue with Entertainment Weekly putting Lorre in 20th place on…
The New York Times returns from a visit to the set of “Damages” with notes on the FX drama’s second season. Behind the scenes, the show’s stars “crack bawdy jokes (that won’t be reproduced here), catch up on Henry James,…