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It was a jam-packed ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria for the 68th annual Peabody Awards today. Host Brian Williams joked he was “in the tank” for three of the esteemed awards—for colleague Richard Engel, “Saturday Night Live” and NBC Sports. Winner…
Executives at Hulu think Nielsen is undercounting the number of people who visit the Web video site, the New York Times reports. While Nielsen says Hulu had 8.9 million visitors in March, comScore puts the figure at 42 million, the…
Fox still doesn’t have a deal to bring “Bones” back for a fifth season, even though its upfront presentation is on Monday, TelevisionWeek’s TVMoJoe reports. Despite the fact that “Bones” is produced by Fox’s sister studio, the show has been…
USA Today takes a turn at guessing which shows the broadcasters will pick up before their schedule announcements in New York next week. Also up in the air are some series renewals. Still on the bubble are CBS’ “Cold Case,”…
“Meet the Press” maintained a shrinking lead as the most-watched Sunday morning public affairs show, Politico reports. “Meet the Press” this past Sunday had its lowest ratings with David Gregory as its new moderator and is down compared to last…
Ashton Kutcher, who beat CNN to 1 million followers on Twitter, made good on his promise to “ding-dong-ditch” Ted Turner’s place by covering up the logo on the CNN Center in Atlanta with a big banner bearing Kutcher’s Twitter name,…
Sony CEO Howard Stringer is facing increased pressure as the company said it expects its annual loss to swell to $1.26 billion this year, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stringer has the company cutting costs while searching for cool networked…
The CW has given permission to start staffing “Melrose Place” and “Vampire Diaries,” an indication that both series will be picked up for the 2009-10 season, the Hollywood Reporter says. The “Gossip Girl” spinoff continues to be a potential pickup…
Jay Leno has invited Conan O’Brien to be a guest on the last episode of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on May 29, Television Week’s TVMoJoe reports. The decision is gracious and classy, and is in stark contrast to…
While Canoe Ventures says it’s on schedule to start its targeted-ad initiative later this month, sources tell MediaPost that the consortium is having trouble convincing television networks to sign up. A Canoe spokesperson tells the Web site that several national…