Comedy Central’s fake news show, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” next week will feature a series of actual reports from Iraq. The reports will be delivered by “Daily Show” senior war correspondent Rob Riggle, who will really be in…
TV Land is looking for a supermodel who might be comfortable with the network’s baby-boomer demographic. Working with Wilhelmina Models, TV Land’s “The Next Great Supermodel” will be searching for a woman over 35 years old who exudes sophistication, beauty…
National Ratings for Week of Aug. 6-12, 2007 Event Outlet Household Rating Men 18-49 Rating Thursday, Aug. 9 NFL Football (Indianapolis vs. Dallas) Fox 4.9 3.3 PGA Golf (PGA Championship, 1st Rd.) TNT 1.0 0.4 Friday,…
Food Network said it is picking up 13 more episodes of its new daytime series, “Simply Delicioso,” hosted by Ingrid Hoffman. The series premiered on July 14 and airs Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. as part of Food Network’s “In the…
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Title: Senior VP, international, A&E Television Networks Date of birth: Oct. 3, 1974 Place of birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Big break: Getting into Harvard, which put him “around very smart people from so early on, folks with a real clear idea…
CLOSE-UP Roger Strong was named VP of research and strategy by iN DEMAND Networks. Mr. Strong joins iN DEMAND from HBO, where he was VP of market research and analysis. In his new position, Mr. Strong will oversee research for…
Title: Director of business news, Fox Business Channel Date of birth: Aug. 7, 1972 Place of birth: Manhattan Big break: While running operations for Morgan Stanley, Ms. Glick appeared regularly on various television shows. After an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk…
HD Net co-founder Mark Cuban, who has owned the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks since January 2000, confirmed to the Chicago Tribune last week that he submitted his application to Major League Baseball to purchase the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field from…