NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold its syndicated strip “The Megan Mullally Show” to additional broadcast stations for its fall 2006 launch. “Megan” has been sold to “several dozen” more stations, according to NBC Universal, including Belo’s KTVK-TV in…
Fox will keep its top-rated music reality series “American Idol” on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, bucking rumors that had the network moving the show to Wednesdays and Thursdays. “Idol’s” fifth season begins with a two-hour premiere Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 8…
Fox News Channel will pick up in January what is leaving the Public Broadcasting Service this Friday: The Wall Street Journal’s “Journal Editorial Report.” A weekend window is expected for the half-hour show, on which host and WSJ Editorial Page…
UPN has announced the January premiere dates for its new soap drama “South Beach” and new reality series “Get This Party Started.”“Beach,” which stars Vanessa Williams and Giancarlo Esposito, will debut with a two-hour series premiere Wednesday, Jan. 11, at…
AOL has signed on as the December sponsor of AMC’s documentary series “Movies That Shook the World,” the network announced Wednesday. As part of the sponsorship, AOL receives clips of an interview with actress Mary Steenburgen on the impact of…
Gary Zenkel, executive VP of NBC Olympics since 2001, has been promoted to president of NBC Olympics, the network said Wednesday.Mr. Zenkel will oversee all aspects of the NBC Olympics business unit, including new media initiatives, strategic business alliances, marketing…
Popular New York Giants running back Tiki Barber has been named a weekly contributor to Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” the news network’s morning show. Mr. Barber, who has guest-hosted with the “Friends” crew on a number of…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Tuesday criticized an agency report last year that claimed that forcing cable TV operators to offer programming a la carte would result in increased prices for consumers.“It [a la carte] could end up…
CBS won the third full week of November sweeps in total viewers while ABC took the title in the adults 18 to 49 demographic. ABC’s Sunday hour “Desperate Housewives” took the top spot in both categories.“Housewives” was the No. 1…
Less than a month after Sean McManus became president of CBS News as well as CBS Sports, he named Rome Hartman, a 22-year veteran of the news division and producer for 14 years on “60 Minutes,” the executive producer of…