“American Idol” is coming to syndication in fall 2006, with Tribune Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment tweaking the first season of the Fox network reality hit as a one-hour weekly off-network series. Called “American Idol Rewind,” the syndicated…
Showtime announced it has greenlighted four new series at the Television Critics Association press tour Thursday, including a sketch comedy show starring Damon Wayans. Described as “‘In Living Color’ on steroids,’” “Damon Wayans’ The Underground” is a 10-episode half-hour series…
NBC’s “The Book of Daniel” has taken another pre-emptive hit from a Nexstar Broadcasting-owned affiliate refusing to carry the midseason series about a pill-popping priest (Aidan Quinn) whose Episcopal flock includes a surfeit of black sheep. The show, which debuted…
UPN has ordered the seventh and eighth installments of its reality series “America’s Next Top Model” for the 2006-07 season, a core piece of programming designed for the network’s target audience of young women, and is also likely to bring…
The second episode of this season’s edition of “American Idol” was the top show for Wednesday in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, propelling Fox to the No. 1 spot for the night.“Idol” scored a 13.0 preliminary national rating in…
E!’s high-profile debut of host Ryan Seacrest didn’t much sway the network’s Golden Globes red carpet ratings. The entertainment channel’s pre-show was down 4 percent among total viewers and up 3 percent among 18 to 49, compared with last year’s…
CBS and DIC Entertainment are partnering to launch a Saturday morning branded kids programming block called “CBS’s Secret Saturday Morning Slumber Party” beginning this fall. Nancy Tellem, president of CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group, and Andy Heyward, chairman and…
Financier Carl Icahn, continuing to pressure Time Warner management to alter its business plan, is likely to press the media giant soon to completely spin off its cable and publishing businesses and enfold the remaining assets with an Internet portal.The…
Several major players in the TV industry on Thursday unveiled a new commitment to fund public service announcements promoting TV ratings and existing technology that enables parents to control what television programming gets into their homes. The move comes amid…
Former Fox marketing executive Susan Kantor has been named senior VP of marketing for both Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Telepictures Productions. The announcement was made Thursday by Jim Paratore, executive VP of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and…