Chris Berman, Tom Jackson and John Saunders are back hosting together on ESPN, Multichannel News reports. The trio will host the 7 p.m. ET “SportsCenter” edition every Sunday throughout the NFL football season. Berman, Jackson and Saunders were the original…
TNT’s new series, Steven Bochco’s “Raising the Bar,” set a record for cable by attracting 7.7 million viewers for its premiere. The premiere outpaced the previous mark set by USA Network’s “The 4400,” which drew 7.4 million viewers in 2004….
The upcoming second season of HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords” may be its last, TV Guide reports. The comic singing-songwriting duo is considering putting a stop to future seasons because of problems with the creative process, which helps explains why…
Erin Sullivan has been named vice president of West Coast advertising sales for the Gospel Music Channel, a new position. She will be responsible for expanding the channel’s ad sales efforts on the West Coast. Ms. Sullivan previously was VP…
“The Shield,” which opened cable-television programming to gritty, high-quality original shows, debuts its final season tonight, TelevisionWeek notes. After being labeled a show that sponsors would shun, FX persuaded leery advertisers to take a chance and the last season is…
The TV Land cable network plans to change its programming strategy to appeal to younger viewers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Viacom Inc. network will present to advertisers an initiative to more than triple the number of original shows…
MTV will release its international high-def channel, MTV Networks HD, on Sept. 15, Daily Variety reports. The new HD channel will debut in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden with 24 hours of English-language programming. Service will extend to…
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