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New Line Television announced Tuesday that the second season of “The Twilight Zone” has been renewed by Tribune stations in New York (WPIX-TV), Dallas (KDAF-TV) and Houston (KHWB-TV). In addition, the Forest Whitaker-hosted anthology has been cleared in Minneapolis/St. Paul…
Twentieth Television and Verizon Wireless will bring two direct-to-mobile filmed series to Verizon’s cellular phone customers. The Jan. 24 announcement was from Bob Cook, president and chief operating officer of Twentieth Television; Lucy Hood, senior VP of content and marketing…
President Bush on Wednesday said a controversial decision by the Department of Education to give Armstrong Williams $241,000 to promote the No Child Left Behind Act with advertisements and commentaries on TV was a mistake, one the president said he…
Gannett reported Wednesday that its broadcast group, which includes 21 network-affiliated television stations, posted a 19 percent rise in fourth-quarter revenue to $233.4 million, driven largely by robust political advertising spending in the period.For the year, the broadcast unit reported…
Buena Vista’s rookie talk strip “The Tony Danza Show” has received a second season on Post-Newsweek’s NBC affiliate WDIV-TV in Detroit and LIN Television’s CBS affiliate WISH-TV in Indianapolis. The show will remain in its 11 a.m. and 10 a.m….
Officially getting the anti-indecency ball rolling in the new Congress, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., introduced legislation Tuesday night that would raise the cap on fines for off-color broadcasts from $32,500 to $500,000.The congressman’s bill includes a three-strikes-and-you’re-out provision that would…
The Fox Television Stations Group on Tuesday agreed to run “Farscape,” the top-rated show on the Sci Fi Channel from 2000 to 2004. The show is distributed by Debmar Studios and Mercury Entertainment. Fox Stations will begin to air “Farscape”…
Jake Haselkorn has been named chief of CBS News’ Asia bureau. Mr. Haselkorn has been a freelance producer in Asia since 2000, handling assignments for NBC News, National Geographic Television, Granada TV-New York Times Television and Discovery Channel Asia, among…
CNN founder Ted Turner on Tuesday morning called Fox News Channel a “propaganda voice” for the current presidential administration.Speaking during the opening session of NATPE 2005 in Las Vegas, he also said media concentration is among the “top five biggest…
Hoping to get some clarification about what material is permitted to air on TV, the National Association of Television Program Executives is planning a symposium this spring to address “issues surrounding government censorship of television content.” In his opening remarks…