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Celebrities will be programming Turner Classic Movies during the month of November. The stars, ranging fromDanny DeVito, Matt Groening and Brian Dennehy to Donald Trump, Martha Stewart and Maria Menounos, will co-host their lineup with TCM’s Robert Osborne. For example,…
The season finale of Lifetime’s “Army Wives” was the most-watched series episode in the network’s 23-year history. Sunday’s episode drew 4.1 million total viewers and finished the year as the network’s highest rated original scripted drama in households, women 18…
Going the next step in the controversy over food advertising targeting children, the producer of NBC and Telemundo’s three-hour Qubo block of kids shows is pledging to limit any food ads running during the programs to more nutritious products. Ion…
NBC Universal is more than doubling its international cable stable with an agreement to acquire Sparrowhawk Holdings and its portfolio of 18 non-U.S. Hallmark pay TV channels — channels that reach 60 million subscribers in 152 territories in the United…
“Hell’s Kitchen” star Gordon Ramsay broke his silence on a lawsuit accusing the perfectionist chef of faking scenes in a New York eatery for his upcoming Fox reality show. “I would never-ever-ever dream of setting anything up,” Mr. Ramsay said…
Chip Reid, an 11-year veteran of NBC News, is moving to CBS News as its Capitol Hill correspondent. Mr. Reid’s hire, effective Sept. 4, means Sharyl Attkisson becomes a Washington, D.C.-based investigative correspondent after a year and a half covering…
“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone extended their deal with Comedy Central for three years in an agreement that calls for the pair to form a digital development studio. It’s one of the highest-profile deals to make a…
Carlos Mencia of Comedy Central’s “Mind of Mencia” has been named host of the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, to be presented Sept. 8 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Creative Arts Emmys cover 75 awards, including…
Technical difficulties forced the trimming of a scene from this week’s “Entourage” episode, “No Cannes Do.” Talking with TelevisionWeek managing editor Melissa Grego, creator Doug Ellin said Anna Faris’ firing of Eric was not supposed to happen off-screen. The scene…
Turner Broadcasting has hired leading media agency researcher Susan Nathan to a post with a unique title: vice president of media currency. In the upcoming season ads are mostly being bought based on a new currency, namely commercial ratings. In…