Veteran sales executive Paula Peden has been promoted to senior VP for the Central region for Univision and TeleFutura national sales. The announcement was made Wednesday by the network. Ms. Peden previously served as VP of national sales for Univision…
HBO has renewed its polygamy drama “Big Love” for a second season, the network confirmed. The March 12 debut of the Sunday night drama was seen by about 4.6 million viewers, losing 47 percent of its “Sopranos” lead-in. The second…
BBC World Limited on Wednesday said it hired ad agency BBDO for the launch of the 24-hour BBC World News Channel in the U.S. BBC World News is expected to be carried by Cablevision in New York on its digital…
Don Fitzpatrick, a TV news talent agent who started the well-read newsletter ShopTalk and the Web site TVSpy, died Monday at his home in Alexandria, La. He was 56.George Donald Fitzpatrick Jr. was born in Pittsburgh. From 1982 to 2000…
Viacom-owned gay-themed network Logo has ordered six half-hour episodes of its previously announced Rosie O’Donnell sketch comedy project.The new series, tentatively titled “The Big Gay Show,” will feature sketches, musical numbers and pop culture parodies. Ms. O’Donnell, Dan MacDonald and…
NBC’s new week-long reality series “Celebrity Cooking Showdown” disappointed in its 9 p.m. (ET) debut Monday, dropping from its lead-in and underperforming the most recent previous time period occupant.“Cooking” scored a 2.9 preliminary national rating in adults 18 to 49,…
NBC Universal said Tuesday that it has formed a new business unit within the media giant to focus on new business opportunities in digital media, and tapped Darren Feher, the company’s chief technology officer, to run the group.Called the technology…
Fox once again was the top network in the adults 18 to 49 demographic for the week, while CBS was victorious in total viewers.For the week ended April 16, Fox’s Tuesday edition of “American Idol” was the No. 1 show…
Brian Lewis has been promoted to executive VP of corporate communications for Fox Television Stations, which includes Twentieth Television and MyNetworkTV-the new network that will launch Sept. 5-as well as Fox News. The announcement was made Tuesday by Roger Ailes,…
VH1 plans to air three episodes of its scripted comedy “So NoTORIous” on April 23 beginning at 10 p.m., the network said Tuesday. Two of the episodes will be new and the third will be a rerun. Tori Spelling stars…