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ABC veteran Geoff Wells has joined Fox Television Stations as VP and chief information officer. Mr. Wells most recently was VP of information technology for the ABC-owned television stations group. Mr. Wells will report to Betsy Swanson, executive VP and…
Pop star Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline are doing a six-episode reality series for UPN that will include footage of home videos they shot themselves during their courtship, engagement and wedding. In addition, the show will have a second…
Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons’ total remuneration increased 11 percent in 2004 to $13.25 million from $11.9 million the year before, thanks to increased restricted stock awards.Though neither Mr. Parsons’ base salary of $1.5 million nor his cash bonus of…
Kevin Martin, in his first public appearance before a cable TV audience since being named chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, urged the industry Tuesday to self-regulate and provide consumers and parents with as many ways as possible to control…
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Tuesday announced that former NBC newsman Ken Bode and former Reader’s Digest executive editor William Schulz have been appointed to newly created positions as CPB ombudsmen. “Congress has asked the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to…
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution’s syndicated political roundtable weekly “The Chris Matthews Show” has been renewed in more than 90 percent of the country for the 2005-06 season. The announcement was made Monday by NBC Universal Television Distribution president Barry…
CBS and Paramount Network Television jointly announced Monday that the military drama “JAG,” which has run 10 seasons for a total of 227 episodes, will have its final original broadcast Friday, April 29, at 9 p.m. (ET).After one season on…
NBC Universal and World Wrestling Entertainment have signed a three-year deal that will put WWE’s “Raw” back on USA Network in October. WWE wrestling ran on USA from 1993 to 2000, when it moved to Spike TV, then known as…
History Channel said it plans a special programming event titled “10 Days That Changed America,” which is scheduled to air in the first half of 2006. Each of the 10 days will be examined by an award-winning documentary filmmaker. The…
“ABC World News Tonight” anchor Peter Jennings has revealed that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will begin chemotherapy next week as an outpatient. In an e-mail Monday afternoon to senior “World News” staffers about “a change in…