Granada America, the U.S. production division of the United Kingdom’s ITV, has promoted Sam Zoda from executive VP to chief operating officer. Mr. Zoda joined Granada America in 2004 as senior VP of production, developing and producing such series as…
Imaginary friends, talking animals and war are some of the topics behind the juried Emmy Award winners announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Character designer Ben Balistreri from Cartoon Network’s “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” and…
Ellen Stone has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing at Bravo Media. She will oversee development of brand strategy and consumer marketing for Bravo, in addition to consumer advertising, ad sales and digital marketing. Ms. Stone previously was…
News networks, which are suffering from flat ratings among young viewers, are trying to attract new, youthful voters to their election coverage after the primary-season ballots showed a rise in participation by people under the age of 30, the New…
ABC News, CNN, and NBC’s MSNBC.com are retooling their presence on Facebook in an attempt to attract more of social network’s young users, Broadcasting & Cable reports. ABC News and Facebook have removed the U.S. Politics application they partnered on…
The final season of FX’s “The Shield,” which set edgy programming trends on basic cable and had difficulty garnering advertisers early on, will be sponsored by Budweiser, TelevisionWeek reports. The Anheuser-Busch brewing company will present the first three episodes of…
Food Network is looking to enter the competitive eating programming game with its tentatively titled series, “Eat the Clock,” the Hollywood Reporter says. In “Clock” contestants must race through various Los Angeles restaurants and stuff their faces with several gastro-intestinal…
CNN is hoping this November’s presidential election “feels like the first time” for many viewers, and has tapped the band Daughtry to remake the Foreigner’s 1977 song for the network’s “League of First Time Voters” segments, Daily Variety reports. The…
It’s politics-palooza time as the Democrats and Republicans prepare to descend on Denver and St. Paul, Minn., for back-to-back nominating conventions at which the media outnumbers delegates. In the spirit of public service, TelevisionWeek breaks down, in alphabetical order, the…
The final season of “The Shield”—a show almost no major advertiser would touch when it debuted on FX in 2002—is being sponsored by Anheuser-Busch. THE THIN BREW LINE Anheuser-Busch is sponsoring the final season of FX’s “The Shield,” starring Michael…