The Library of American Broadcasting will honor NBC’s “Today” show at its third annual “Celebration of Giants” luncheon, Sept. 15, in New York’s Grand Hyatt Hotel. A statement from the LAB reads in part: “‘Today’ has brought great favor upon…
Bruce Perlmutter is leaving MSNBC. He was executive producer of “Deborah Norville Tonight,” which left the MSNBC lineup in January just shy of a year after launch. MSNBC President Rick Kaplan, for whom Mr. Perlmutter had worked at CNN, deployed…
Halle Berry, Jon Cryer, Mariska Hargitay, Charlie Sheen, Jon Stewart and Kiefer Sutherland are among the presenters confirmed for the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The show will be broadcast from the Shrine Auditorium on CBS Sept. 18. A host…
Shares in TiVo fell more than 6 percent Thursday after DirecTV CEO Chase Carey reportedly said the satellite company would stop promoting TiVo digital video recorders in favor of a rival’s technology.TiVo’s stock price fell 37 cents, or 6.18 percent,…
HBO has ordered a de facto seventh season of “The Sopranos,” the network announced Thursday. The sixth season, which is currently being shot for a 2006 debut, will include 12 episodes. HBO has ordered eight additional episodes to be televised…
Granite Broadcasting posted mixed second-quarter results Thursday, as the broadcasting group fell deeper into the red but saw its revenue improve during the period.The company reported a second-quarter loss of $16 .2 million, compared with red ink of $15.7 million…
The debut of Showtime’s new comedy “Barbershop” will be simulcast on MSN, the network said Thursday. The show will appear online Sunday at 10 p.m. (ET) and will be available to viewers for eight days.
The second season of “The Contender” is scheduled to air on ESPN in April 2006, the network, Mark Burnett Productions and DreamWorks Television said Thursday. The first season of the reality show drew disappointing ratings on NBC. ESPN has options…
Nielsen Media Research said Thursday it is launching a study to determine which factors in product placement contribute to effective marketing results. Participating in the study are CBS and UPN, Discovery, Magna Global, Mediacom, OMD, PHD, Sprint, The Weather Channel…
CBS plans to launch an ad-supported quarterly celebrity magazine about the network’s entertainment, news and sports realms as well as its sister parks operations. Watch!, which the magazine will be titled, will be published by the CBS Communications Group in…