The morning after this week’s episode of Fox’s “24,” executive producer Howard Gordon was on the phone, insistently seeking ratings information on how the program fared.“I look at them obsessively,” Mr. Gordon said of the ratings in a Tuesday interview…
Sony Pictures Television daytime talk program “The Greg Behrendt Show” is officially the third casualty of the season for syndicators. Production crew and staff members were informed Tuesday that the series was ending production and would not return next fall…
The controversy over the role TV ads play in kids obesity is mounting again as Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin today unveiled plans for a Valentine’s Day forum to examine potential voluntary actions…
Twentieth Television’s new Monday-through-Friday program, “The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet,” scored a 1.6 average rating and a 5 share in its debut Monday on the 25 Fox-owned stations, marking a sluggish start for the rookie series.Those scores were…
Yahoo! Inc.’s profit fell 61 percent to $268.7 million partly because stock-option expenses trimmed fourth-quarter earnings.Revenue rose 13 percent to $1.702 billion. A year ago, the company had posted a one-time gain from the sale of its China business to…
Fox’s “24” faced off against NBC’s “Heroes” for the first time Monday night in an action-drama matchup that left one show a clear victor. “Heroes” returned from hiatus and bested the Fox drama by more than a full rating point,…
(Corrects Mr. Smith’s Name and Title)CBS Interactive appointed former CBSSportsLine.com Senior VP and General Manager Stephen E. Snyder chief operating officer. Mr. Snyder will oversee all operations of the newly created division’s Web sites (CBS.com, CBSNews.com, CBSSportsLine.com, among others), as…
Google plans to match videos from music labels Warner Music Group and Sony BMG Entertainment with Web ads using its AdSense network of sites, marking an expansion of its online syndication efforts. The company shared details of the plan yesterday…
Returning to its multi-media roots, the Oxygen cable network announced plans to launch a social networking site called Oomph.net and a broadband site called SheDidWhat.tv.The six-year-old company, which scaled back its original Web plans when the Internet bubble burst in…
Some top House Republicans seeking to put new teeth into the digital transition educational effort want to require government warning labels on remaining analog-only TV sets.Instead of warning about health dangers, these labels would warn “This TV has only an…