The success of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” is what makers of family friendly television should strive to emulate, Proctor & Gamble’s Lance McAlindon said during a presentation at the Family Friendly Programming Forum’s annual symposium Tuesday at the Four Seasons Hotel…
The Walt Disney Co. said late Friday that it would book a one-time after tax charge of $68 million related to an investment the media giant made in the Delta airline, which filed for federal bankruptcy protection earlier this month.Disney…
“Inside Edition” will move in New York to Fox-owned WNYW-TV from WPIX-TV, effective Sept. 26, distributor King World said Thursday. The show will air at noon, an upgrade from the 4:30 a.m. time period it has previously.
On the fourth night of the 2005-06 season, UPN’s “Everybody Hates Chris” slipped past NBC’s “Joey” in total viewers and the 18 to 49 demographic to finish second for the half-hour to “Survivor: Guatemala.” It was just the start of…
Shares in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia continued falling Friday, a day after they took a hit amid weaker-than-expected ratings for the premiere of the Martha Stewart version of NBC’s “The Apprentice.”By midday Friday, shares in MSLO fell another 4 percent…
Sony Corp., facing a loss of about $90 million in the current fiscal year, announced a major restructuring that will cut 10,000 jobs by March 2008, result in the closing of 11 of its 65 factories and impact 15 unprofitable…
NBC’s heavily promoted premiere of “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart” got stranded up against the “Lost”-driven lineup that gave ABC its strongest opening Wednesday night in 10 years among total viewers and in nine years in the 18 to 49 demographic….
“Head Cases” became the first cancellation of the 2005-06 prime-time season Thursday, when Fox canceled it after only two episodes. The 9 p.m. (ET) show, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, co-starred Chris O’Donnell and Adam Goldberg as mismatched lawyers…
Discovery Networks U.S. has centralized its program production operations under Clark Bunting, the company said Thursday. Instead of each of Discovery’s networks having its own production department, production teams will be organized by key content genres. Mr. Bunting, one of…
When “60 Minutes” opens its 38th season Sunday on CBS, Ed Bradley will be the first correspondent introducing himself to viewers, not Mike Wallace, who had occupied the first position in the opening since the show debuted in 1968. After…