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BET CEO Debra Lee said in an interview with Multichannel News that President Barack Obama has been “very open to doing things with us because he wants to connect with our audience.” The President appeared on “106 and Park” through…
Employees at MSNBC are panicked and concerned about their jobs after the network secretively hired Ed Schultz, bumping David Shuster’s “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” to an earlier time slot at 3 p.m. and forcing “MSNBC Live” from its position at that…
NBC has picked up Farrah Fawcett’s documentary tracking her battle with cancer, which is tentatively named “A Wing and a Prayer,” the New York Post reports. The film tracks 62-year old Fawcett as she receives an experimental treatment in Germany…
“The Bachelor” second runner-up Jillian Harris is taping her quest for love on the next season of “Bachelorette,” the New York Post reports. The ending of “The Bachelor,” when Jason Mesnick dumped the winner for another runner-up, made Harris more…
“In Treatment” star Gabriel Byrne tells the New York Daily News he’s never watched an episode of the HBO drama, which returns Sunday for its second season. Byrne said he invests everything in the filming of the show, the newspaper…
If there were a “Profiles in Courage” for network executives, it would probably be a pretty thin tome. After all, the folks who run TV outlets, broadcast and cable alike, usually aren’t inclined to go out on a limb when…
Steve Burke, chief operating officer of Comcast, said the top cable operator plans a national test of a system to authenticate that consumers are cable subscribers before allowing them to view cable programming online or on mobile devices. Authentication emerged…
Brandon Brown has been appointed chief executive officer of Zodiac Interactive, a developer of software for interactive television. Mr. Brown replaces Michael Rivkin, who will move into the position of chief technology officer. Mr. Brown has served at Sigaba and…
Disney Channel will debut the new Jonas Brothers series “Jonas” on May 2. Full-episode previews of “Jonas” will be available April 25 on Disney Channel on Demand through Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Verizon, RCN, Blueridge, Wide Open West, Comspan, Knology/Prairiewave…
The 67th annual Golden Globe Awards, airing Jan. 17 on NBC, will be broadcast live on the West Coast for the first time. The awards will air from 5-8 p.m. PST and 8-11 p.m. EST live from the Beverly Hilton….