A Senate appropriations subcommittee has scheduled hearings July 11 to consider the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s federal funding next year-and all indications are that public broadcasters will fare much better in the Senate than they did in the House of…
Tuesday night’s debut of MTV’s “The 70s House” brought home 5.9 million viewers for the network.The show, in which 12 people live in a 1970s-era house and compete for prizes, outdelivered the broadcast networks in key demographics and won its…
UPN announced Thursday it is changing the title of the new fall drama series “Sex, Lies & Secrets” to “Sex, Love & Secrets.” The series explores the relationships of a group of friends in Silver Lake, a small, hip neighborhood…
Tribune Broadcasting Co. has announced its support for a bill that would mandate accreditation by the congressionally created Media Rating Council before television ratings services are launched. The bill, submitted July 1 by Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., is called the…
Players in the new season of Bravo’s “Celebrity Poker Showdown” include Alex Trebek, Rosie O’Donnell, Meatloaf and Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, the network said Thursday. The new season, beginning Aug. 18, features six two-hour episodes, including theme nights such as Reality All…
ABC News received 27 News and Documentary Emmy nominations for programming telecast during 2004. In addition, programs produced by ABC News Productions for Discovery Health and the Discovery Times Channel earned one nomination each. The nominations were announced Thursday by…
After weeks of post-May sweeps ratings doldrums, syndicated daytime strips finally saw some growth during the week ended June 26, while the top-rated off-network sitcoms were either flat or down for the week.The top-rated talk strip and the No. 3…
ABC’s ballroom dancing reality series “Dancing With the Stars” was the top show for the week ended July 3 in both the adults 18 to 49 demographic and total viewers, helping the network finish in a tie with CBS for…
Tribune Entertainment has extended its deal to syndicate movies from DreamWorks SKG to include pictures released in 2004 and 2005, such as “War of the Worlds.” The agreement, announced Wednesday, is the second extension of the arrangement Tribune and DreamWorks…
Ian Metrose has been promoted to VP of talent relations and special events, CBS Communications Group. The announcement was made Wednesday by Chris Ender, senior VP of CBS Communications Group, to whom Mr. Metrose reports.Mr. Metrose oversees West Coast special…