Jimmy Hall, recently named host of this year’s “Shark Week” on Discovery Channel, was killed Wednesday filming a documentary north of the Arctic Circle. Mr. Hall, 41, died while base jumping from mountains in a remote area near Sam Fjord…
The Massachusetts Attorney General will not proceed with criminal charges against the two men charged with putting light boxes featuring characters from an Adult Swim show in public places in Boston, causing a public safety scare. The devices, part of…
NBC has renewed drama “Friday Night Lights” for the fall season and picked up four pilots for series, sources said. The network has picked up “Bionic Woman” (NBC Universal Television Studio), “Chuck” (Warner. Bros.), “Journeyman” (20th Century Fox) and “Life”…
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The NFL Network is expected to appeal today’s ruling that cable operator Comcast can put the channel on its sports tier rather than a more broadly distributed tier. The NFL Network sued Comcast charging that the operator’s plan to move…
NBC Universal is signaling its commitment to “measurable progress” on a broad range of diversity fronts by assigning NBC veteran Paula Madison to devote all her work energies to the role of executive VP for diversity. Ms. Madison, who will…
Prime time used to be “appointment television” time. Problem is that these days many viewers, especially the younger generation, are skipping their appointments. Sure, Fox continues to break records with “American Idol,” logging 70 million votes for its contestants in…
Get ready for Upfront Week! Ad Age’s MediaWorks has put together a map, with help from Google Maps, of the five broadcast networks presentations and after-parties. Just click on one of the placemarks and get information on each network’s presentation….