ABC has canceled its low-rated game show “Show Me the Money,” hosted by William Shatner, the network confirmed Friday, and has ordered two new prime-time series from Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. ABC announced just one week ago it was ordering…
The NFL Network late Thursday rejected proposals from Time Warner Cable to enable subscribers in the New York metropolitan area to see Rutgers University play Kansas State in the Texas Bowl on Dec. 28.TWC is among the cable operators that…
Episode 5: “The Real World” co-executive producer Jim Johnston discusses the fifth episode of “The Real World: Denver.”
Edwin Cooperstein, television director and station executive, died Wednesday at the age of 80.Mr. Cooperstein directed “Open End,” a talk show hosted by David Susskind, for WATV in New York, which later evolved into WNET-TV. In 1965 he founded WNJU-TV,…
Tyrie, one of the housemates on MTV’s “The Real World: Denver,” is getting involved with a local woman and their future is uncertain.The show’s creator-executive producer Jon Murray Thursday described how the romance will develop in his weekly “Producer Shop…
C-SPAN is asking incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow it to operate its own cameras during House of Representatives sessions rather than relying on the House feed.In a letter Thursday to Rep. Pelosi, C-SPAN chairman and CEO Brian Lamb…
The two-hour finale of “The Biggest Loser” gave NBC a rare Wednesday night victory, helping the network squeak past CBS to win the night in the coveted 18 to 49 demographic. “Loser” had a 4.8 rating, which along with a…
With an eye toward raising its leadership profile, LIN TV has added a corporate communications position and named Courtney Guertin public relations specialist. In the newly created position, Ms. Guertin will develop and implement corporate communications programs for the company,…
Broadcasters, making their final pleadings before a court hears their challenge of two indecency cases next week, are urging an appellate court to scrutinize the Federal Communications Commission’s motives and impact as well as its actual action. In papers filed…
Fueled by political advertising, local television advertising revenue rose 10.4 percent in the third quarter of 2006 compared with a year ago, according to an analysis of estimates from TNS Media Intelligence released by the Television Bureau of Advertising.The government…