Sunday night’s premiere of the ABC Family original movie “Holiday in Handcuffs” was the network’s highest-rated telecast of all time in several key demos. The movie, starring Mario Lopez and Melissa Joan Hart, broke ABC Family records among total viewers…
TV Critics Association Press Tour Canceled The Television Critics Association officially canceled its winter critics’ event due to the writers strike, Daily Variety reports. The TCA said 130 TCA members had already signed up for the press tour, even knowing…
FX will launch a multimillion-dollar branding campaign to herald its new marketing tagline: “There Is No Box.” The News Corp.-owned cable network will roll out print and on-air ads showcasing the branding initiative starting next week. The ads include a…
PBS’ “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer” will start airing in high-definition on Monday. With the switch, PBS said it will air the program on non-HD sets in letterbox format. The switch doubles the number of PBS hours in HD, between…
Teri Everett has been named chief spokesperson for News Corp. She was based in Los Angeles for the last seven years as the senior VP of corporate affairs and communications and has now relocated to News Corp. headquarters in New…
Writers Talks Screech to a Stop Friday’s talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers collapsed completely, more than likely sending the strike into 2008, Daily Variety reports. Both sides exited Friday’s…
DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon are ordering 26 episodes of tentatively titled CG-animated series “The Penguins of Madagascar,” based on characters from the 2005 DreamWorks feature “Madagascar.” The show will revolve around Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private, four penguins performing secret…
Building a Blended TV Family
The New York Yankees fell short of the World Series last year, but fans stayed tuned in longer to games shown locally on satellite TV, thanks partly to interactive features provided by DirecTV. Ray Hopkins, chief operating officer of the…