SíTV, the English-language network for Latino audiences, has named former DISH Network marketing and programming executive Michael Schwimmer its CEO, effective Sept. 6. “Michael has been a member of the board of directors since the inception of our network and…
Entravision Communications Corp. announced Monday that Robert Moutal has been promoted from production manager to general manager of XHAS-TV, the Telemundo affiliate serving the San Diego, Calif., and Tijuana, Mexico, markets, effective immediately. Mr. Moutal will be based in San…
Martha Stewart has selected her daughter and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia consultant, Alexis, and her chairman of the board, Charles Koppelman, as advisers who will join her in the TV boardroom to decide which wannabes will leave the Stewart edition…
FX has ordered a third season of its firefighter drama “Rescue Me,” the network announced Tuesday. The renewal of the Denis Leary-starring drama will include 13 new episodes for debut next year.Season to date the show has matched its first-season…
Buena Vista Television’s talk strip “The Tony Danza Show” has been cleared in Salt Lake City for its second season and upgraded to daytime clearances in Seattle, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Portland, Ore.Starting the week of Sept. 12 “Danza” will air…
Emmis Communications has agreed to sell nine of its 16 TV stations to LIN TV, Journal Communications and Grey Television for a total of $681 million.Emmis Chairman and CEO Jeff Smulyan said in announcing the deals Monday morning that talks…
SoapNet said Monday it plans to air a third season of its original series “I Wanna Be a Soap Star.” Casting for the series’ 10 episodes is scheduled to begin this fall and production is set to start in January….
The catchphrase “It’s not TV. It’s HBO” has been so persuasive it was a shock to discover that on rare occasions HBO is at least a little like TV. It turns out that the premium cable channel takes its cues…
TelevisionWeek Senior Reporter James Hibberd wrote this account after he tagged along on a couple of tapings for the second-season finale of Sci Fi’s “Ghost Hunters.” Winchester Mystery House San Jose, Calif. It’s tough to be truly scared when you’re…
Shopping for a television set has gone from simply choosing a size and brand to having to calculate several technology options against an ever-shifting marketplace. Here are some starting points.Flat-Panel or Big-Box?It may seem as though television prices have skyrocketed,…