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Doug Herzog Wednesday was named president of Spike TV by Herb Scannell, president of MTV Networks Group, replacing Albie Hecht, who resigned over the weekend. Spike will continue to report to Mr. Scannell, while. Mr. Herzog, who is also president…
Reality king Mark Burnett, billionaire Donald Trump–who will share executive producer duties–and NBC Universal Television Group Jeffrey Zucker made it official Wednesday: “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart” is a go for prime time on NBC. The thousands already lining up to…
The WB 100+ Station Group has acquired rights to the second syndication cycle of the Carsey-Werner sitcom “That ’70s Show” in the 100+ markets. “That ’70s Show,” which has been renewed for an eighth season by Fox, first appeared in…
A month after he signed off at CNN’s “Crossfire,” Tucker Carlson has come to an agreement with MSNBC to host a 9 o’clock weeknights show. The hour-long slot was vacated recently by Deborah Norville after nearly a year of trying…
Bob Schieffer, the chief Washington correspondent and “Face the Nation” moderator for CBS News, has been designated the interim anchor of “CBS Evening News” after Dan Rather steps down March 9, while the network continues to weigh its long-term anchor…
Rainbow Media Holding said that it was able during the second half of last year to negotiate extensions of carriage agreements with operators representing more than half of the distribution of its networks. In 2004, Rainbow faced the expiration of…
EchoStar Communications on Wednesday launched an interactive home shopping channel as part of a partnership with high-end retailer The Sharper Image, stepping up the race between cable and satellite for the deployment of interactive services.The Sharper Image channel is available…
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday said he might consider selling an asset as a way to buy back shares purchased last year by Liberty Media and reduce Liberty’s stake in News Corp.“We are very confident we can come…
TMC Entertainment announced Tuesday the launch of a comedy division with a slate of scripted and unscripted projects in development.The company has completed a pilot for its hidden-camera series “Clipped” and a sketch comedy pilot for its series “Unreal TV.”…
NBC Universal Television Studio has promoted Craig Kurland to VP of business affairs and Philip Matthys to director of business affairs. The announcement was made Tuesday by Rick Olshansky, executive VP of business affairs, to whom they will report. Mr….