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The T. Howard Foundation said Tuesday it is officially commencing a search for a new executive director to replace outgoing Curtis Symonds, who is leaving the organization to become chief operating officer of the WNBA Washington Mystics franchise. The foundation…
WE: Women’s Entertainment said Tuesday it renewed “Bridezillas” for a third season, which will premiere in March 2006. Twelve new episodes of the weekly reality show are planned. Casting for season three begins Oct. 2 in Dallas.
The Writers Guild of America-West has fired executive director John McLean and appointed David Young, the guild’s top campaign organizer, as interim executive director. The change comes in the wake of Patric Verrone’s election to president of the guild last…
“NFL Monday Night Football” helped propel ABC into the end zone among adults 18 to 49 Monday, winning the network the night in the advertiser-friendly demo.But CBS’s 10 p.m. (ET) procedural drama “CSI: Miami” was the top-rated program for the…
Twentieth Television’s new courtroom strip “Judge Alex” was the top debuting syndicated strip in households for the week ended Sept. 18, eclipsing the premiere week numbers of both new talk strips, NBC Universal’s “Martha” and Telepictures’ “The Tyra Banks Show.”“Alex,”…
Telephone giant Verizon Communications made two announcements Tuesday that go toward bolstering the company’s new video service, striking a content agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment and securing its first franchise license in New York.The franchise agreement means Verizon can begin…
For the first time in a decade, ABC won the opening week of a season in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, with help from the top-rated series in the demo, Sunday night’s “Desperate Housewives.” But CBS still maintained the…
The public trust in mass media has perked up a little since last year, according to the annual Gallup Poll governance survey, but only 50 percent of Americans are confident that the mass media can be trusted to report the…
DreamWorks SKG announced late Monday that it has pulled the plug on its merger discussions with NBC Universal’s film unit just as the window for the two companies to be able to hold exclusive negotiations is set to close.The two…
The season premiere of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” was the highest-rated show in adults 18 to 49 on the first Sunday of the 2005-06 season, improving over its debut last year.“Housewives” scored a 12.1 preliminary national rating in the demo, according…