Logo

Author Page

1,778 Entries
TVWeek Contributor

Tribune Petitions FCC for Waiver

The Tribune Employee Stock Ownership Plan is asking the Federal Communications Commission to let it keep the Chicago Tribune, Newsday and the Los Angeles Times, as well as WGN-TV, WPIX-TV and KTLA-TV and several of its other newspapers and TV…

Turner Names Snyder Animation Executive VP, COO

Turner Broadcasting named Stuart Snyder as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media, assuming many of the responsibilities of Jim Samples, the former head of Cartoon Network, who left the company earlier this…

Time Warner Reports Q1 Profit Results

Time Warner’s first quarter profits were slightly lower as gains in cable operations and AOL were offset by a decline at its filmed entertainment unit. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the world’s biggest media company reported net…

Dolan Family to Regain Ownership of Cablevision

Cablevision Systems Corp. said it agreed to be acquired by members of the Dolan family, which founded the cable company and has made several attempts to take it private in the past year. Outstanding shares of Cablevision that the Dolan…

’24’ Producer Cites Lack of Planning for Show’s Ratings Decline

Treading water amid a sea of unhappy fans, “24” is not a sunken ship yet, and according to co-executive producer David Fury, those “disillusioned” viewers will be back next season. In this week’s exclusive “24” Backlot Talk podcast, Mr. Fury…

Don Ohlmeyer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

NATAS Honors His Long, Varied Career

Spanish Channels Have Lower Commercial Loads

Clutter Still a Problem

McOwen’s New Tune

MPG TV Maven Adds Print to Duties

Food Network Looking for ‘Iron Chef’ Who Can Cut It

Not just anyone can be an Iron Chef. The Food Network is searching for someone who can go cleaver to cleaver with Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Masaharu Morimoto and Cat Cora for its show “Search for the Next Iron Chef…

Discovery, BCC Plot More ‘Planet Earth’

Discovery Channel and the BBC are in talks to produce a sequel to their blockbuster high-definition nature series “Planet Earth,” said Jane Root, executive VP and general manager of Discovery Channel. The plans include the production of another mammoth, globetrotting…