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Bernie Prazenica has been promoted from president and general manager of ABC-owned WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., to president and general manager of ABC-owned WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. The move, announced Tuesday by ABC Owned Television Stations Group President Walter Liss, is…
Online video shops from Break.com to Revision3 are launching marketing and promotional initiatives to expand their audiences during the television writers strike. Internet TV network Revision3, which produces the popular weekly Web show “Diggnation,” plans to increase the number of…
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John Edwards have issued statements of support for striking Hollywood writers. “I support the Writers Guild’s pursuit of a fair contract that pays them for their work in all mediums,” Sen. Clinton said. “I hope…
Writers may be in for a long wait to return to the negotiating table, if the latest verbal volley from Nick Counter is any indication. In a Q&A conducted on the first day of the writers strike, the president of…
Marg Helgenberger, actress on CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” is currently walking the WGA picket lines at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif. Mrs. Helgenberger is married to Alan Rosenberg, current president of the Screen Actors’ Guild. Click here for…
The first production victims of the Writers Guild strike, the late-night talk shows, have confirmed they are going into repeats, at least for today. CBS and Comedy Central have both released schedules showing repeats for the entire week for David…
Ed Hersh, executive VP of current programming and specials at Court TV, plans to leave the network later this month, before the network changes to its new name TruTV in January. In an e-mail to colleagues, Mr. Hersh said he…
Members of the Writers Guild of America, East, became tourist attractions on the first day of the strike over a new contract, because they were walking the picket line in one of the crossroads of the tourist world: Rockefeller Plaza…
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is standing strong on the side of the writers during the Writers Guild of America’s current strike. “I stand with the writers,” the senator said in a statement. “The guild’s demand is a test…