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Calvert DeForest, who became best known as the cranky, absurdist character Larry “Bud” Melman for 11 years on “Late Night With David Letterman” on NBC, died Monday in a Long Island hospital after a long illness. He was 85.“It was…
Suggesting marketers and media companies haven’t yet acted sufficiently to halt the rise in childhood obesity, a Republican senator and three FCC commissioners demanded they join together to quickly develop a further action plan.At the first meeting of an ad…
CVS/pharmacy agreed to become sole commercial sponsor of ABC’s “World News With Charles Gibson” on April 23, the last of four successive single-sponsor Monday broadcasts starting April 2. The sponsor of the first three Monday nights insisted on not being…
ABC has announced the pickup of 11 series, including bubble shows “Boston Legal” and “Men in Trees.” The order included new season orders for veteran shows “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,”…
Don Ohlmeyer’s award-winning television career brings him a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th Annual Sports Emmy Awards hosted Monday, April 30, by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.Mr. Ohlmeyer left his marks on television as an award-winning…
(Corrects Larry Jones’ Job Title)TV Land president Larry Jones said he is developing a loosely scripted show featuring the real Laverne & Shirley, Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams. As themselves.He said a pilot, with the duo living together at Penny’s…
Major League Baseball called the cable industry’s offer to carry its Extra Innings out-of-market game package low and outside.“In spite of their public comments, the response falls short of nearly all of the material conditions,” Bob DuPuy, MLB president and…
Mark Halperin trades his job of 10 years, political director of ABC News, for a role as political analyst at least through the 2008 election. Mr. Halperin will be succeeded by David Chalian, who was named deputy political editor in…
The Tuesday night reign of “American Idol” continued with another dominating performance.“Idol” earned an 11.6 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to preliminary Nielsens, down just slightly from last week.CBS was a distant No. 2 with a new “NCIS”…
Fox Entertainment Group has formed a new unit, Fox One, that will try to sell integrated marketing programs that include parent company News Corp.’s broadcast, cable, digital, print and film assets.Jean Rossi, who was president of Fox Entertainment Group Integrated…