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The NAB Show will present Kelsey Grammer with the Television Chairman’s Award. Mr. Grammer will receive the award at the NAB Show Television Luncheon on April 20. The new award recognizes individuals for a significant breakthrough in one or more…
The CW is finally getting into the summer programming game. After taking the warm weather months off during its first two years, the network has decided to debut two new reality shows this year. The RDF USA/Mike Fleiss-produced “Hitched or…
The 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Jan. 23. The awards will be handed out at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles at 5 p.m. local time, but will air at…
Denise Garcia has joined Next New Networks as senior vice president of sales. Ms. Garcia will oversee the online TV company’s sales, advertising solutions and ad operations teams, while advancing its integrated advertising offerings. She comes to Next New Networks…
It might not be obvious on the surface, but the new limited-run drama “Harper’s Island” has a lot in common with another CBS island-based show: “Survivor.” Like Mark Burnett’s groundbreaking reality series, “Harper’s”—an “I Know What You Did Last Summer”-style…
NBC is toning down the hype—and trying to turn up the emotion—to promote the April 9 premiere of “Southland,” the network’s first new 10 p.m. Thursday drama in 15 years. The last time the network made a big push for…
Even with the economy in recession, even with television distribution models in upheaval, even with the advertising business suffering, business was surprisingly good at the Cable Show ’09. Beating predictions of a serious attendance drop, the National Cable & Telecommunications…
The cable industry’s push to add value to its advertising by making it addressable may go public in as little as six weeks. Canoe Ventures, owned by the big cable operators, will allow marketers to buy a national ad and…
Executives at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show ’09 last week were relatively upbeat about their prospects. “We’re an industry that is still growing customers,” said Pat Esser, CEO of Cox Communications. Consumers see their broadband connection and…