ABC will air a two-hour special, “Peter Jennings: Reporter,” from 8-10 p.m. (ET) Wednesday as a tribute to its longtime “World News Tonight” anchor, who died Sunday of cancer at age 67.Executive producer is Tom Yellin, who also executive produced…
Oxygen scored hefty ratings with the premiere of “Mo’Nique’s FAT Chance,” its full-figured beauty competition, the network said Tuesday. The debut Aug. 6 was Oxygen’s highest-rated original telecast ever with a 1.1 household rating, up 176 percent from the Aug….
Recording artists Shakira and Ludacris will perform at the “2005 MTV Video Music Awards,” the network said Tuesday. The show, hosted by P. Diddy, will be broadcast live from Miami Aug. 28.
Universal’s new entertainment label, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Family Productions, has begun production of 26 episodes of a new animated TV series, “The Land Before Time,” which will air on Cartoon Network,” the network said today. Based on the feature…
Cablevisions Systems said Tuesday that it swung to a profit in the second quarter as its strategy of offering customers a triple-play package of video, data and voice services continued to help the company rack up gains during the period.Bethpage,…
Crown Media Holdings, the parent company of Hallmark Channel, swung to a wider second-quarter loss Tuesday, even as subscriber and affiliate-fee growth led to a surge in revenue.The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company reported a loss of $56.3 million, compared with…
The debuts of E!’s newest reality efforts, “The Girls Next Door” and “Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive,” both delivered over a 1.0 household rating for the network and increased their time period averages. “The Girls Next Door ” scored a 1.06…
A week after its debut finale of Fox summer reality series “Hell’s Kitchen,” the network announced Monday it is ordering a second season. “Kitchen” features master chef Gordon Ramsay and a group of culinary wannabes who compete for a chance…
Gray Television, the Atlanta-based station group that owns 31 television stations, reported Monday a 72 percent drop in second-quarter profit, as the company suffered from the absence of political advertising in the period.Revenue slipped 3 percent to $81.5 million, as…
National Geographic Channel will launch a high-definition spinoff network, the channel and Fox Networks Group announced today. The net, currently dubbed NGC HD, will roll out in early 2006 to coincide with National Geographic Channel’s 5th anniversary. “Our many cable…