Linda Yaccarino, one of Turner Broadcasting’s top advertising-sales executives, is adding new responsibilities to her portfolio, with the cable networks operation giving her control of program acquisitions. She will also oversee Peachtree TV, Turner’s broadcast station in Atlanta. Ms. Yaccarino’s…
Television reporters are turning to psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert when they need a quote about how people are feeling about the issue of the day, the New York Observer reports. “Most therapists sway they do not want to go on TV…
About a thousand people lined up at a hotel in Albuquerque hoping to land a job with ReelzChannel, which is relocating to New Mexico, KRQE-TV reports. Jobs available at the network range from sales to production. —Jon Lafayette
The Boston Globe interviews MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. The Oxford Ph.D. says she is not too smart for cable news, and that she still doesn’t have cable in her Massachusetts home. —Jon Lafayette
Rainbow Media’s president of national entertainment services Ed Carroll has been promoted to chief operating officer of Rainbow Entertainment Services, Daily Variety reports. Carroll has helped develop several shows for the cable conglomerate, including “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Dinner…
Sony is buying Embassy Row, the production company run by “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” executive producer Michael Davies. The move, confirmed by two people familiar with the agreement, cements an already strong relationship between Mr. Davies and Sony….
VH1’s finale of “Real Chance of Love” drew 4.2 million viewers Monday night and came in as the No. 1 non-sports program in all of cable. “Real Chance” averaged a 2.3 rating among viewers 18-49 for its 90-minute episode at…
TNT has greenlighted an hourlong drama from Ray Romano called “Men of a Certain Age,” placing an order for 10 episodes, Daily Variety reports. The show is about three friends in their 40s dealing with lives that aren’t what they…
CNN International will be joining the U.K.’s Freeview digital TV service, adding some 13.8 million households to the news network’s audience, TVNewser says, citing a report from the Guardian. The move is scheduled to begin Thursday, which will give U.K….
Major Garrett has been named senior White House correspondent for Fox News, TVNewser reports. Garrett followed President-elect Barack Obama on the campaign trail throughout the 2008 election, and his appointment marks the only Washington, D.C., change at the network as…