Lynn Marie Latham has been named executive producer of CBS’s “The Young and the Restless.” She joined daytime’s most popular drama in February as head writer after having been an executive consultant to the soap. She’ll continue to function as…
Syndicator CBS Paramount Domestic Television is releasing digitally remastered episodes of the original “Star Trek” series, with all new special effects and music, to celebrate the billion-dollar sci-fi franchise’s 40th anniversary.This marks the first time in 16 years that the…
The CW will make the premiere episodes of three of its prime-time series available on MSN for a week leading up to their respective debuts on the new network. The season premieres of returning series “Everybody Hates Chris” and “Veronica…
Two days after Kyra Phillips was overhead dissing her “control freak” sister-in-law during coverage of a speech by President Bush, she will make an appearance on tonight’s “Late Show With David Letterman” to do the “Top Ten List” at 11:35…
CBS’s CSTV on Thursday introduced a broadband service, CSTV XXL, that will provide individual channels for hundreds of colleges, including Notre Dame and USC.Participating schools will provide programming that includes live sporting events, archived games and coaches’ shows. Some programs…
TiVo, which on Wednesday reported a wider second-quarter net loss, also announced a deal that will deliver clients of some Omnicom Media Group agencies second-by-second advertising and audience measurement data.Clients of Omnicom’s OMD and PHD agencies will buy the research…
The CW is joining forces with social networking Web site MySpace.com to create an online hub that will coincide with the network’s launch in September.The CW “Free to Be” Community Hub will allow users to view video content, including show…
Fox has begun production on a new quiz show with British studio 12 Yard Productions that is scheduled to air during the 2006-07 season.On “The Rich List,” strangers paired at random are thrown together to form teams that must outwit…
Online video is the fastest-growing segment of the $16.7 billion Internet advertising market and will increase more than 71 percent this year, research firm eMarketer reported Wednesday. By 2010, video ads will account for 8 percent of the $29.4 billion…
The nipping and tucking of incoming “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric in a publicity picture was “done unilaterally in the photo department” of the network, CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus said Wednesday. Among the photos accompanying an…