Jeff Margolis Productions will produce the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for the 11th consecutive year. Executive producer Jeff Margolis will be joined by the entire team of producers and artists behind the past two SAG Awards ceremonies. Kathy…
One of the advertising industry’s most experienced forecasters, Bob Coen of Magna, sees spending declines ahead for most forms of media in the U.S. There will be no Summer Olympics or major political campaign spending in 2009, Mr. Coen said…
Bear Grylls, star of Discovery Channel’s “Man vs. Wild” was injured during a expedition in Antarctica, the Associated Press reports. Grylls was not filming for Discovery when he fell, injuring his shoulder. He’s returning to England to assess the severity…
Comedy Central programming executive Lou Wallach is leaving the network, one of the hundreds cut by parent company Viacom last week, Daily Variety says. Wallach had helped create some of the cable network’s most popular shows, including “Chappelle’s Show” and…
Ted Turner’s new book “Call Me Ted” is a folksy account of the moguls successes and setbacks, USA Today says. “Psychologists could have a field day analyzing Turner’s psyche, and perhaps biographers will join in eventually,” the paper says. “A…
The new head of the United State Olympic Committee Larry Probst is putting together a television channel that will feature live events, archival footage and features on athletes and news about the games, the New York Times reports. The former…
Seven years after launching its “We Know Drama” slogan, TNT is launching a new promotional campaign that builds on the slogan, TelevisionWeek reports. The cable network is also launching a new on-air look that emphasizes the circle around its logo…
Sci Fi is looking at its future following the end of “Battlestar Gallactica,” long its flagship program, the Los Angeles Times says. The cable network has a “Battlestar” prequel in the works, but its big challenge is to create a…
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Experimenting with a different kind of programming rollout, A&E Network later this month plans to air the pilot of a series about a former undercover New York City detective who searches for runaway kids. It is unusual for A&E to…