Fifteen television and radio “giants” will be honored at the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation’s third annual “Celebration of Giants” luncheon, set for Sept. 15 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York. LAB President Lucille Luongo announced the honorees…
Amy Hartwick has joined ABC as VP, comedy development. She will report to Stephanie Leifer, senior VP in the department.Before coming to ABC, Ms. Hartwick was director of comedy at 20th Century Fox Television, where she most recently was part…
The Independent Task Force on Television Measurement, formed by Nielsen Media Research and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., after protests against Nielsen’s Local People Meter service began in 2004, took a stand Wednesday against proposed federal legislation to require additional oversight…
Cary Elwes has been tapped to play the young Pope John Paul II in the planned CBS miniseries on the late pontiff’s life, CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Tuesday.Mr. Elwes, who…
ABC’s surprise summer reality hit “Dancing With the Stars” will be back in 2006 as a midseason series with a new cycle of episodes. The announcement was made Wednesday by Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment. The series will continue…
Syndicated strips had mixed ratings performance the week ended July 10, which included not only a significant number of repeats and the Independence Day holiday but also widespread pre-emptions July 7 for coverage of the London transit bombings.The two top…
Media giant Viacom announced Wednesday that it has reached a long-term carriage agreement with satellite operator DirecTV that secures carriage of many of Viacom’s most popular broadcast and cable networks.Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes continued carriage…
The TV content watchdog group Parents Television Council filed an indecency complaint Monday with the Federal Communications Commission concerning the Fox drama “The Inside.” PTC alleged Fox aired an episode of the show with “themes of forced sodomy and S&M…
Fox won the week ended July 17 in the adults 18 to 49 demographic with help from the No. 1 program in the demo for the week, the Major League Baseball All-Star game.The telecast of the All-Star Game scored a…
In the wake of the success of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” CBS will focus more on younger- and male-skewing “popcorn movies” for its “CBS Sunday Movie” to better program against the hit show, said Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, at…