The public trust in mass media has perked up a little since last year, according to the annual Gallup Poll governance survey, but only 50 percent of Americans are confident that the mass media can be trusted to report the…
DreamWorks SKG announced late Monday that it has pulled the plug on its merger discussions with NBC Universal’s film unit just as the window for the two companies to be able to hold exclusive negotiations is set to close.The two…
The season premiere of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” was the highest-rated show in adults 18 to 49 on the first Sunday of the 2005-06 season, improving over its debut last year.“Housewives” scored a 12.1 preliminary national rating in the demo, according…
Expanding its partnership with cyclist Lance Armstrong, Discovery Networks plans a week-long exploration of survival on Discovery Health Channel called Survivors Week. The week, beginning Oct. 9, will feature real-life stories of medical survival against high odds. Survivors Week kicks…
CBS’s new drama “Ghost Whisperer” was the most watched show of the first Friday of the season, while tying the season premiere of CBS’s procedural one-hour “Numb3rs” for the top spot in the adults 18 to 49 demographic.“Ghost” had 11.3…
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Republican-dominated board elected Cheryl Halpern, a longtime Republican activist, to succeed Ken Tomlinson as the board’s chairman. At the same time the board elected Gay Hart Gaines, a former chair of the GOPAC Republican fund-raising…
In a first for both Google and UPN, Internet site Google will screen the series premiere of the UPN comedy “Everybody Hates Chris” for four days on Google Video beginning Monday. Google users will be able to play the entire…
Discovery Networks U.S. President Billy Campbell announced Monday the promotions of 15-year Discovery veteran Eileen O’Neill to executive VP and general manager of the Discovery Health Channel and Vivian Schiller to executive VP and general manager of the Discovery Times…
Susan Haspel, the executive producer of NBC’s public service campaign “The More You Know,” has been named VP of corporate community affairs for NBC Universal. The announcement was made Monday by Anna Perez, executive VP of communications, to whom she…
Elden Hale Jr. has been promoted to senior VP of the Meredith Broadcasting group and general manager of WSMV-TV, the NBC affiliate in Nashville. In addition, Meredith Broadcasting Group President Paul Karpowicz announced Monday that Klarn DePalma will succeed Mr….