Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., introduced a bill Thursday in the House of Representatives to give the Media Rating Council “the necessary authority to fulfill its critical role” of ensuring accurate TV ratings and to require…
A&E announced three original movies and several new series at the semi-annual Television Critics Association press tour Thursday, including a movie about the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.”“We are delighted to be partnering with some of the most creative talent…
Court TV is rebranding as Court TV Networks, splitting its schedule into separate daytime and evening identities. The daytime brand will be Court TV News, consisting of legal analysis and coverage of ongoing trials. The prime-time brand remains Court TV,…
CNBC President Mark Hoffman is looking for new leadership for the channel’s prime-time programming effort. Mr. Hoffman notified CNBC staffers late Tuesday that he has reassigned Bob Meyers, senior VP of prime-time programming, to a position in which Mr. Meyers…
Publishing and broadcasting giant Tribune reported Thursday that its second-quarter profit more than doubled from a year ago, thanks to cost savings and accounting factors.The Chicago-based company reported a second-quarter profit of $233.4 million, versus a year-ago profit of $96.4…
Unable to agree on how to proceed with the controversy over media ownership deregulation, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday put an indefinite hold on proposed proceedings to determine whether to relax the rules. The FCC commissioners were scheduled to…
The watchdog Parents Television Council on Thursday asked the Federal Communications Commission to fine the ABC TV network’s affiliates for allegedly airing the F-word during the prime-time broadcast of the network’s July 2 “Live 8: A Worldwide Concert Event.” PTC…
ABC’s first-season black comedy “Desperate Housewives,” NBC’s veteran comedy “Will & Grace” and two HBO telefilms were the top individual nomination-getters for the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, announced Thursday morning by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at…
TBS will join sister network TNT in airing the live telecast of the Sag Awards, the networks announced Wednesday. TNT has aired the awards solo since 1998. “Since the SAG Awards honor both dramatic and comedic performances, TNT, television’s first…
NBC has named Katie O’Connell senior VP of New York development for the network, a newly formed position in which she will move to New York to head the network’s East Coast-based creative office as part of the NBC development…