Drama Series Directing Team:“General Hospital” (ABC):Owen Renfroe, director; William Ludel, director; Joseph Behar, director; Scott McKinsey, director; Matthew Diamond, director; Christine Magarian, associate director; Ronald Cates, associate director; Penny Pengra, associate director; Peter Fillmore, associate director; R.C. Cates, associate director;…
MSN Teams With Reality Producer Silverman
By Lee Alan HillSpecial to TelevisionWeek Name any prime-time show, news show, sports show, performer or technician. None has won more Emmy Awards than one of television’s most famous children’s shows, “Sesame Street.” With the eight statuettes it received at…
Cable Net Snags Viral Shorts for ‘Cybersmack’
A handful of ABC affiliates are taking part in a test that lets visitors to station Web sites access ABC’s site to watch shows free on-demand.For the five stations, the test may demonstrate whether they can benefit from the network’s…
Syndicated programming has joined the broadband revolution.As part of the off-network syndication rollout of its sitcom “Two and a Half Men” for fall 2007, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution will allow local stations to stream entire episodes of the series…
The number of videos submitted to the most popular viral video Web sites has grown dramatically in recent months. The sites make the video available by various means. A look at some of the bigger viral video players:AddictingClips.comVideos posted daily:…
TelevisionWeek is trawling video-sharing Web sites to find the hottest clips spreading on the Internet. The setup: The driver in this clip must have been really, really good at Frogger as a kid-so good, in fact, that he or she…
The turf war among video-sharing sites is on, with companies including YouTube.com competing with heavyweights such as Microsoft’s MSN service for visitors and advertising revenue.Becoming the first stop for the fickle hordes of Web video grazers could lead to a…
Dick Askin, president and CEO of Tribune Entertainment is leaving the company effective May 17, Tribune announced Friday. Following Mr. Askin’s departure, John Reardon, president and CEO of Tribune Broadcasting, will oversee Tribune Entertainment. Mr. Askin, who also serves as…