The premiere of part one of Sci Fi Channel’s miniseries “The Triangle” was seen by 4.3 million viewers during its Monday debut, according to numbers released by the network. The program was Sci Fi’s highest-rated event since 2003’s “Battlestar Galactica”…
Time Warner Director Robert Clark resigned Tuesday from the board of Lazard Ltd., an investment bank that is advising financier Carl Icahn in his proxy fight against the media giant.Mr. Clark’s participation on both Lazard’s and Time Warner’s boards had…
ABC won the week that straddled the end of November sweeps and the first days of December in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, while CBS won the week in total viewers.ABC’s Sunday night one-hour “Desperate Housewives” was the top-rated…
Noggin has ordered 13 episodes of a live-action series developed by Sesame Workshop, the commercial-free education network announced Tuesday. “The Upside Down Show” will be produced in Australia and will star the comedy duo The Umbilical Brothers (David Collins and…
Time Warner’s America Online unit may be just weeks away from announcing an advertising and Web search alliance with software giant Microsoft, though the deal could end up being far less reaching than Wall Street had expected.According to an article…
Games from the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament will be offered on the Web for free beginning March 16, CBS said Tuesday.CBS Sports, CBS SportsLine.com and CSTV are working with the NCAA on NCAA March Madness on Demand, which will…
If broadcasters and cable TV operators don’t voluntarily agree to put a damper on the marketing of junk food and high-calorie beverages on children’s TV programming, Congress should approve legislation forcing the industry to clean up its act. That was…
In a move that has been widely anticipated, another broadcast network has struck an alliance with Apple Computer’s iTunes Music Store service. NBC Universal is making available a raft of television series from its flagship broadcast network as well as…
NBC has promoted Scott Williams to VP of program research for NBC Entertainment. The announcement was made Monday by Sumi Barry, senior VP of NBC West Coast program research for NBC Entertainment, to whom Mr. Williams will report.Mr. Williams will…
ESPN’s top executive said Monday that the sports programming powerhouse would consider striking a deal to distribute content to iPods, though no talks have been held yet with iPod maker Apple Computer.Speaking at an investor conference sponsored by UBS Securities,…