Comcast has announced that National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow will join the company next month as president, Comcast/NBCU, Washington, Broadcasting & Cable reported. "Mr. McSlarrow will have dual responsibilities in business operations and public policy in Washington,…
“Grey’s Anatomy” executive producers Tony Phelan and Joan Rater have a new deal at ABC Studios and have been elevated to No. 2 on the show behind creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes, reports Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva. The pair will…
CBS has announced that it is ordering two more editions of “Survivor”–the 23rd and 24th installments of the show, which are scheduled for the 2011-12 season, Entertainment Weekly reported. Additionally, host and executive producer Jeff Probst remains on board for…
A strong performance by “Glee” helped bring Fox a ratings win Tuesday night, as the network averaged a 3.4 rating in adults 18-49 for the night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. That was better than NBC (2.3 average), CBS (2.1), Univision (1.5) and…
Vivian Schiller, the chief executive of NPR, resigned from her post Wednesday, one day after another NPR exec was caught on video bashing the Tea Party and making other remarks that could embarrass NPR, The Washington Post reported. Schiller’s resignation…
A former television executive at Universal and MCA who helped develop hits such as "The A-Team," has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Edward Masket was 88 and the cause was complications from renal failure. Masket joined Universal/MCA in 1982…
While MTV’s "Skins" has just two episodes remaining, the show continues to be avoided by advertisers, notes The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. Nearly all of the show’s paying advertisers for its eighth episode promoted video games, DVDs or…
NBC has set the season finale dates for its 2010-11 season, with a one-hour season finale for "The Office" scheduled on May 19, reports TVLine.com. The network also noted that "30 Rock" will celebrate its 100th episode on April 21…
"NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" won the February sweeps among the three broadcast networks’ evening newscasts, drawing an average of 9.71 million total viewers during the period, reports TVNewser.com. The program beat the second-place finisher, "ABC World News With…
ESPN isn’t concerned about a potential NFL shutdown if owners and players can’t reach a deal, with Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo saying at a conference Tuesday that the network will swap football coverage for other sports, according to…