CNN Worldwide has named BET executive Janet Rolle to replace Scot Safon as its exec VP-chief marketing officer, Advertising Age reports. The appointment fills the vacancy created last fall when Safon was assigned to run CNN sibling HLN. Rolle, who…
Traffic figures provided for AOL’s major media brands in a recent report reveal the real reason behind AOL’s recent takeover of The Huffington Post, according to an analysis on Bloomberg’s Businessweek page. Mathew Ingram writes in the piece: “When AOL…
Larry King’s next gig will apparently be another cable television job, the New York Post’s Page Six reports. The former CNN host is in talks to become a regular contributor to Comedy Central’s "Daily Show with Jon Stewart," according to…
Joe Uva, the president and CEO of Univision, is leaving the company, Univision has announced. According to the announcement, Uva "has informed the Board of Directors that he has chosen not to renew his employment agreement in order to be…
The most famous player of CBS’s "Survivor" is back in trouble with the law and will be returning to prison, reports The Hollywood Reporter. It’s Richard Hatch, whose trouble still stems from failing to pay taxes when he won a million dollars…
Major advertisers are known for shying away from controversy, something "The Kennedys" miniseries is finding out first-hand,reports The Hollywood Reporter. With three weeks left before the show’s April 3 premiere, ReelzChannel has failed to line up any major sponsors, the…
ABC’s comedy pilot "Suburgatory" has cast a Curb Your Enthusiasm " star in a starring role,reports EW.com’s InsideTV blog. Cheryl Hines will be in the pilot, which focuses on a New York City woman who moves to a suburban development, only to…
The English period drama "Upstairs, Downstairs," which set the reputation of PBS’ "Masterpiece Theater" and before going off the air in 1977, is set to return with three new episodes, reports the Los Angeles Times. The series will pick up…
If it seems that the pledge drive on your local PBS station never ends, that might be because PBS member stations are devoting more on-air time to raising money, reports our good friend Elizabeth Jensen in the New York Times….
Blaming ambitious visual effects, Fox is pushing back its prehistoric drama "Terra Nova" from a May debut until the fall, reports TVLine.com. The show was originally scheduled to premiere with a two-night sneak peak in May, the story notes. It’s…