CBS News Layoffs Coming This Week
CBS News is expected to lay off a significant number of employees across all of its news programs this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some sources told the paper that as many as 100 people, or 7% of the…
Daily Archives : Feb 1, 2010
CW Board Members Talk About the Network’s Future in the Face of Steep Losses
The CW lost somewhere between $25 million and $50 million last year, according to Bernstein Research, but the network’s owners aren’t thinking of pulling the plug, B&C reports. Executives at CBS and Warner Bros. — which jointly own the network…
‘Jersey Shore’ Will Return, but Not From Jersey
MTV is bringing back a second season of “Jersey Shore” next summer, but it won’t be shot in New Jersey, Multichannel News reports. For the 12 new episodes the housemates will move outside the northeast, the network said; the location…
Candy Crowley Gets CNN Sunday Political Job
CNN is giving hosting duties to its plum Sunday morning political newsmaker show “State of the Union” to Candy Crowley, the network’s senior political correspondent. Crowley, who has been at the network since 1987, will replace John King, who is…
Former CBS Football Announcer Tom Brookshier Dead at 78
Tom Brookshier, a star of the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive lineup and later Pat Summerall’s partner on CBS’ pro football broadcast team, died Friday of cancer, The New York Times reports. He was 78. After retiring from football in 1961 due…
CBS Rejects Gay Dating Ad for Super Bowl
CBS turned down a $2.5 million Super Bowl ad that would have promoted the gay dating Website ManCrunch, saying it didn’t pass muster with the network’s Standards and Practices department, B&C reports. A network spokeswoman said CBS is always open…
Twisted Fairy Tales Head to Syfy
Syfy is creating a franchise of classic fairy tales with a contemporary twist to add to its Saturday night original TV movie lineup, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The five titles start with "Beauty and the Beast" on Feb. 27, and…
NBC Renews One of its Thursday Comedies
NBC renewed one of the four comedies in its Thursday lineup, reports The Hollywood Reporter. In giving "Parks and Recreation" an early jump on its third season, the network said it was merely doing so for production reasons, and that…
G4 Showing Success with Original Shows, Renews 4
Comcast-owned G4 has renewed four of its original series for second seasons, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The move is a positive sign for the network, which last year made a move away from reruns toward more original programming. The shows…