Meredith Vieira joined the cast of NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday morning, saying that she felt like “it’s the first day of school and I’m sitting next to the cutest guy,” referring to co-host Matt Lauer.Despite bobbling her first try at…
Video-sharing Web site Revver, which made its mark as the host for the popular Diet Coke and Mentos video, said it finishes its test phase today and is adding a new features. Revver’s goal is to serve as a marketplace…
With critical acclaim for “The Wire” at a fever pitch, HBO has renewed—and canceled—the gritty Baltimore drama, a network spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. The network has ordered a fifth and final season of the show, the spokeswoman said. The renewal comes…
Warner Bros. Television Group has reached digital distribution agreements with ABC and NBC for one debuting 2006-07 series on each network, a first for a major studio and networks not aligned under the same media conglomerate.The deal, announced Tuesday, gives…
Leslie Moonves, the usually garrulous CBS Corp. President and CEO, was tight-lipped Tuesday at the Hollywood Radio & Television Society’s 2006-07 kickoff luncheon in Beverly Hills when PBS talk show host and the luncheon’s moderator Charlie Rose asked him a…
Capping the big opening weekend of the NFL season, ESPN claimed record ratings with its new “Monday Night Football.”The first game of Monday night’s double-header, the Minnesota Vikings beating the Washington Redskins, drew a 9.9 Nielsen Media Research household rating,…
The New York Times Co. today said it wants to sell off its TV stations to focus on newspapers and Web businesses.The stations being offered up include WHO-TV, Des Moines, Iowa, an NBC station; KFSM-TV, Ft. Smith, Ark. (CBS); WHNT-TV,…
Albert Cheng, ABC’s digital media chief, said revenue from ABC.com and the company’s iTunes deal with Apple Computer is exceeding internal predictions.“We’re a little overwhelmed” by iTunes sales, Cheng said during a conference Tuesday in New York sponsored by the…
Alexis Glick has joined Fox News Channel as director of business news. She’s also expected to be an important on- air figure for the business news channel Fox News is preparing to launch.Ms. Glick has been a correspondent for NBC…
The National Football League has made a deal with Apple that will make highlights from individual regular-season football games available at the iTunes store.Users will be able to download single-game highlights for $1.99 each or purchase a “Follow Your Team”…