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Jeff Shell on Friday stepped down after two years as CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International, a move that is likely to add to speculation that he is poised to join cable giant Comcast in a top programming position. Rich Battista,…
New Line Television announced Thursday the company has promoted Jon Kroll to executive VP, hired Sydney Levin as VP of alternative programming and promoted Jaret Keller to manager of East Coast TV development. Additionally, the company has hired development executive…
Mark Kranz has been promoted from VP of finance to chief financial officer of Fox News. The move fills the opening left by the promotion of Jack Abernethy to CEO of Fox Television Stations. Mr. Kranz will report to Fox…
Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington will narrate a special “NFL Films Presents” on the NFL Network that features the Harlem Hellfighters. The special will premiere Dec. 15. The Hellfighters is a high school football team made up of students…
A host of syndicated shows saw their household ratings hit new season highs the week ended Nov.28, proving that Turkey Day football pre-emptions and day-after Thanksgiving sales don’t necessarily mean lower numbers.King World’s “Dr. Phil,” for example, was up 7…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, NBC Universal and reality-television king Mark Burnett on Wednesday said they have struck a deal under which lifestyle guru Martha Stewart will host an hour-long syndicated show to begin production next fall.The series, whose name is…
Television legend Dick Clark, 75, is recuperating from what is being described as a mild stroke.“The doctors tell me I should be back in the swing of things before too long, so I’m hopeful to be able to make it…
ABC announced Wednesday it is switching the time periods of its Thursday night shows “life as we know it” and “Extreme Makeover.” Beginning Thursday, Jan. 6, original episodes of the teen drama “life as we know it” will air at…
Joan and Melissa Rivers will make their TV Guide Channel debut on the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards Jan. 16, the network announced Wednesday. As originally reported in TelevisionWeek (Nov. 15), the red carpet queens will face off…
Kevin Walsh has been promoted to VP, broadcast sales, Northeastern region, for Twentieth Television. The announcement was made Wednesday by Paul Franklin, Twentieth Television’s executive VP and general sales manager for broadcast.Most recently VP, Southeastern region, in the company’s Atlanta…