One week after picking up the Sony TV/NBC Universal drama “Book of Daniel” for midseason, NBC announced Thursday it is picking up Regency Television’s one-hour “Windfall.”The pilot revolves around a group of 20 young-adult friends who pool their cash to…
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group has announced the finalists for its 2004-05 Outstanding Achievement for Interactive Television Emmy Awards. Winners are chosen by a blue ribbon panel, with the possibility that one, more than…
A change of executive producers on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” puts two “Tonight Show” veterans in charge of the late-night CBS show produced by David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants.Longtime Johnny Carson producer Peter Lassally, who will continue to…
Cecile Frot-Coutaz has been named CEO of production company FremantleMedia North America. Ms. Frot-Coutaz will report to Tony Cohen, CEO of FremantleMedia.Ms. Frot-Coutaz is currently chief operating officer of production at FMNA and an executive producer on the company’s music…
Christian broadcaster Daystar Television Network is suing three college district trustees for refusing the network’s bid to buy Orange County’s PBS affiliate, KOCE-TV, Daystar attorney Richard L. Sherman announced today.Daystar is accusing the Coast Community College District of violating the…
National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Eddie Fritts said that “in the absence of voluntary resolution” of issues related to accurate and reliable ratings, his group is prepared to work with Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., on ensuring the Media…
GSN has moved the airdate for “Anything to Win,” its first documentary series, from August 2005 until the first quarter of 2006.The network said more research was needed than previously thought into the 13-episode series, which tells the stories of…
Donita Todd has been named VP and general manager for WPMI-TV, the NBC affiliate in Mobile, Ala., owned by Clear Channel Television, and WJTC-TV, Clear Channel’s UPN affiliate in Pensacola, Fla., effective Tuesday, July 26. Ms. Todd, who has been…
NBC Universal announced Thursday that it expects to acquire sole ownership of CNBC Europe, the digital CNBC World service and CNBC Asia Pacific on Dec. 31, subject to regulatory or legal approvals and the resolution of structural issues in the…
CBS will run four episodes from the debut season of the UPN drama “Veronica Mars” on Fridays starting July 29. But that does not mean UPN’s highly anticipated Chris Rock autobiographical comedy “Everybody Hates Chris” will move to its sister…