HBO orderered 12 episodes of “John From Cincinnati,” a surf-noir series from David Milch, creator of “Deadwood.”The network on Monday said it plans a summer, 2007, debut for the surf drama. The cast includes Rebecca De Mornay, Bruce Greenwood, Luis…
Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams said Monday he has learned his lesson about taking paid government public relations and advertising jobs while also engaging in media commentary about government actions.As he settled the remaining legal battle over a $240,000 Education Department…
Broadcasters on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to recognize how competition has changed over the past 30 years and ease media ownership rules, while consumer groups said changes aren’t warranted.In an outpouring of filings on the last date the…
NBC Universal, one of the companies that is seeking commercial ratings for its broadcast networks, said Monday its cable networks will opt out of the first batches of data from Nielsen Media Research.“A lot of issues were raised about how…
Fortunes of New Series Seem to Portend Success
GOP Buys First National Spots
Fox enjoyed a rare Sunday night television ratings victory thanks to Game 2 of the World Series, which bested the ABC lineup that has dominated the night so far this season.The Detroit-St. Louis match, which the Tigers won to pull…
CBSNews.com and Answers Corp. launched AnswerTips, a new search engine, on the network news Web site Monday. The announcement, also made Monday, said the search engine utilizes the first Web-based version of the mechanism usually available only via downloadable software.When…
AOL’s video service will add Paramount Pictures movies to the Web site’s collection of films available for download.AOL is beefing up its service to compete in the burgeoning download-to-own market against competitors such as Amazon and iTunes. AOL already has…
Fortunes of New Series Seem to Portend Success