Lifetime Entertainment Services has named former WB Network executive Susanne Daniels as president of entertainment for Lifetime, effective Sept. 12, the network announced Thursday. Ms. Daniels will be based in Los Angeles and will be responsible for all programming on…
The number of TV homes in the United States has increased 0.5 percent in the past year to an estimated 110.2 million, according to Nielsen Media Research, which announced its 2005-06 season estimates Thursday.The number of African American TV homes…
Dick Askin, president and CEO of Tribune Entertainment, was re-elected to a second term as chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a board meeting held Wednesday night. “I am grateful to the board of governors for…
With her electronic monitoring bracelet hidden underneath her right pants leg and her microphone pack strapped under here left pants leg, Martha Stewart invited the press to her country-in-the-city kitchen-studio in Manhattan Thursday morning and gave away tidbits of information…
Style network has acquired Twentieth Television’s syndicated series “Ambush Makeover,” the network announced Thursday. A daily strip of the series, which is produced by Banyan Productions, will begin airing Sept. 12. “‘Ambush Makeover’ is the perfect program for the Style…
Digital video recorder company TiVo got another boost from the cable sector Wednesday after multiple system operator Cablevision Systems agreed to test market TiVo’s DVR product as part of the cable operator’s triple-play package of video, voice and data services.Separately,…
News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch saw his total compensation surge more than 37 percent in the 2005 fiscal year, while the compensation of his No. 2, President and Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin, soared more than 64 percent,…
The Writers Guild of America West said it has joined a class-action lawsuit on behalf of reality TV storytellers who are suing former employers for unpaid compensation. At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the WGA-W announced it…
John O’Hurley will host the 29th annual Mrs. America competition, which will be broadcast on WE: Women’s Entertainment on Sept. 14, the network announced Wednesday. Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, who was a Mrs. District of Columbia before going on to “Apprentice” notoriety,…
Paul Faulhaber was named executive producer of NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution’s syndicated talk strip “Maury.” Mr. Faulhaber’s appointment was made Wednesday by Linda Finnell, senior VP of programming and development for NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution.Mr. Faulhaber was co-executive…