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ABC will replace “NFL Monday Night Football,” which is in its last season on the network, with one new comedy, a sophomore half-hour and a veteran reality franchise.Starting Jan. 9, ABC will run the debuting comedy “Emily’s Reasons Why Not”…
Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of DreamWorks Television’s “American Lives,” the network announced Wednesday. The half-hour documentary-style improvised series is about a group of fake local newscasters who interact with real people while on “assignment.” The pilot was originally…
The three top entertainment newsmagazines hit season highs in households for the first week of syndicated ratings that included the November sweeps. The three new nationally rated first-run strips saw declines or stayed even.Paramount’s “Entertainment Tonight” scored a 5.3 national…
Network executives say recent research suggests that the use of digital video recorders is resulting in an increase in program viewing and advertising impressions, rather than threatening the business model for commercial broadcasting.At an unusual multinetwork press conference Wednesday conducted…
Lisa Hsia has been named senior VP for new media and special projects at Bravo, the network said Wednesday. Ms. Hsia previously was VP of news at NBC News. In her new role she will be responsible for identifying programming…
Christina Wayne has been named VP of scripted series and movies at AMC, the network said Wednesday. Ms. Wayne, a screenwriter and director, has been serving as a programming consultant to AMC for the past six months and helped ramp…
The watchdog Parents Television Council said Tuesday that it has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission alleging that an Oct. 25 episode of CBS’s “NCIS” violated the commission’s indecency prohibitions. In a statement, PTC said the episode included…
A week after CBS Sports President Sean McManus also assumed control of CBS News from Andrew Heyward, Marcy McGinnis, the chief of news gathering for eight years, announced to staffers that she will be leaving at the end of this…
Starting Dec. 19, CNBC will revamp its morning lineup around an extended “Squawk Box.” Carl Quintanilla will return as a member of the reconfigured anchor team that will preside over the 6-9 a.m. portion of “Squawk,” joined by Joe Kernen…
Discovery Health Channel has greenlighted a new series that debunks medical and health myths, the channel announced Tuesday. Like Discovery’s Channel’s “MythBusters,” each episode of Discovery Health’s “Dr. Know” will tackle two myths with tests and expert interviews. The series…