Warner Bros. executives quickly rebuked reports out of London on Friday that the company had shut down its international format unit nearly four years after it opened.“We are moving the division to Paris, other than that its business as usual,”…
CMT is giving Miss America the boot.The network said Thursday it will not exercise its option to televise the annual beauty pageant next year. The network’s contract gave it the right to broadcast Miss America through 2011.“We’re very proud of…
Nielsen processing delays for Wednesday night ratings frustrated networks, but when the ratings came in they were pretty much what everybody expected: “American Idol” once again ruled the night.Fox had three of the top four shows last night, with “Bones”…
The 13th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards was a celebration of variegation on Tuesday as it honored several shows for their efforts to increase diversity in original cable programming. MTV and Showtime championed the night, bringing home three awards a piece.MTV’s…
ABC has canceled “Great American Dream Vote” after only two episodes, the network confirmed Thursday.The new reality series hosted by Donny Osmond generated very low ratings during its two airings. A premiere preview episode following “Dancing With the Stars” on…
‘Sanjaya Watch’ continues after this week’s performances as “American Idol” cast mates said goodbye to Chris Sligh. In this week’s Backlot Talk, executive producer Ken Warwick gives his two cents on why Chris went out the door, and puts an…
Primetime TV usage by 18 to 24 year olds has increased by 12 percent since college students living away from home were added to Nielsen Media Research’s audience sample in January. During late night, viewing in that younger demo is…
The Promax/BDA marketing organization has tapped film writer/director John Waters and fashion designer Kenneth Cole to join former President Bill Clinton as speakers at its 52nd annual North American conference in June. “At every Promax/BDA Conference, we look to secure…
CBS Television Distribution today named Bruce Pottash and Jon Birkhahn to the posts of executive vice presidents of legal and business affairs, respectively, at the company. Mr. Pottash will be based in Los Angeles and assume primary responsibility for legal…
Michael Eisner struck a deal with MySpace to distribute his new online series “Prom Queen” that debuts next week. Under the deal MySpace will debut each of the 80 episodes about 12 hours before any other Web site. The first…