While the stock market has been suffering, viewership for cable business news network CNBC has been reaching new highs, the New York Times reports. More than half a million viewers watched the network during the workday Monday through Wednesday, doubling…
Sci Fi Channel has given the drama series “Warehouse 13” the green light, ordering 11 episodes of the series following the show’s two-hour pilot, Daily Variety reports. The show follows a duo of secret service agents and a facility that…
Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is joining TBS’s roster of on-air personalities for the network’s Major League Baseball playoffs coverage, USAToday reports. Although he is considering broadcasting after he retires from the sport, the 41-year-old Smoltz says he will “treat…
A moderate faction has won control of the Screen Actors Guild’s national board, a development that appears to make the possibility of an actors strike even less likely. The slate of candidates, known as Unite for Strength, won six of…
After jump starting ratings for “ABC World News” last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made the rounds to Fox News’ “Hannity and Colmes” on Wednesday, pushing the talk show to its second-highest total viewership in 2008. Part one of Sean…
Starz is partnering with cable and satellite providers to offer sneak previews before the launch of its first original series “Crash” on Oct. 17. The first two episodes of the show will be available via free on-demand through Comcast, Cox,…
Nancy O’Dell of “Access Hollywood” and Victoria Recano of “The Insider” were named co-hosts of the Sept. 27 telecast of the 12th annual Prism Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says. O’Dell and Recano will preside over a telecast of highlights from…
Discovery Communications Wednesday morning began trading as a publicly owned company. Founder and Chairman John Hendricks and President and CEO David Zaslav rang the opening bell for NASDAQ trading to commemorate the occasion. Also on hand were performers from the…
Ratings at CNBC, home of the most popular business-news shows, are soaring this week amid financial train wrecks like the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros. and the bailout of insurance giant AIG, the Wall Street Journal reports. The cable channel’s top…
“Sex and the City” author Candace Bushnell has signed on to write two new novels for young adults based on “City’s” Carrie Bradshaw during her high school years, Daily Variety reports. The books follow the recent popularity of young adult…