TV One announced that it has appointed a new executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Effective Oct. 10, Kenetta Bailey will take the post. Bailey will “lead and manage all phases of marketing and advertising outreach efforts for TV…
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” continues to see a drop-off in viewers after its big premiere, but CBS still claimed a solid win in Monday’s prime-time ratings, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Men” was off a hefty 18% in viewers 18-49 with…
A former Fox News Channel and ABC News foreign correspondent has made the jump to CBS News, where she will continue to focus on international coverage and will work across multiple platforms for the network, including "60 Minutes," reports B&C….
NBC News has filled the position of Senior Vice President and CFO for NBC News, reports TVNewser.com. The organization promoted MSNBC Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dave Pietrycha to the post, the story says. In his new role, Pietrycha…
One of the most desirable of several television station groups that have been on the market has been sold for $212 million in cash, B&C reports. The McGraw-Hill group was sold to Scripps, the story reports. “The group includes ABC…
Ken Burns’ new documentary for PBS, "Prohibition," averaged 3.9 million viewers on Sunday, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. PBS believes at least 7.6 million viewers watched at least six minutes of the first episode on Sunday, a…
AT&T U-verse and NHL Network failed to reach an agreement, leaving fans of the National Hockey League disappointed when the service dropped the channel at midnight on Oct. 1, reports TheWrap.com. In a statement to subscribers last Friday, AT&T U-Verse…
With CBS’s football overrun offsetting its schedule for the night and NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” awaiting adjustments to the live broadcast numbers, the ratings picture from Sunday night remains a bit cloudy, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. But this much is clear: NBC…
As the new broadcast season gets up to speed the pressure is on all top programming executives, but one network chief, NBC’s new top programmer Bob Greenblatt, appears to be under more pressure than the rest, reports the New York…
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Hathaway, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Meg Ryan, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts all have something in common, and it involves internet giant Amazon. Audible.com, owned by Amazon, has hired all of these major actors — and others–see…