NBC Universal’s owned-and-operated KNBC-TV in Los Angeles announced its fall 2005 daytime lineup Tuesday, scheduling the upcoming talk strip “Martha” in the 3 p.m. (PT) time slot starting Sept. 12.“Martha” will bump current time slot holder “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,”…
NBC Universal on Wednesday said that Kevan Boner was named senior VP and chief financial officer of NBCU Television Distribution.Mr. Boner replaces Andy Warren, who earlier this year was named executive VP and CFO of NBC Television Group after Frederick…
Making its first talent hire since acquiring the rights to the Sunday night NFL package, NBC said Wednesday that John Madden has agreed to a six-year deal to serve as analyst. He will move from his current job with ABC…
Actress Sharon Stone will guest star in at least two episodes of “Huff,” Showtime said Wednesday. Ms. Stone will play a Los Angeles public relations executive who hires Oliver Platt’s character as her attorney after an audit reveals she has…
WCVB-TV President and General Manager Paul La Camera, regarded as one of the country’s consummate local station executives, will retire from the powerful Hearst-Argyle-owned ABC affiliate in Boston at the end of the year. Mr. La Camera’s TV career started…
The premiere of TNT’s “The Closer” scored a 4.8 U.S. household rating, representing 5.3 million households, setting a record for the most-watched original scripted series telecast on ad-supported cable. The show also delivered 7.03 million viewers, making it cable’s most-watched…
Michael Jackson’s acquittal Monday on child molestation charges spurred record traffic and requests for streaming video on news Web sites and boosted cable news channel viewership. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, Fox News Channel was the first choice…
DIC Entertainment has been named by McDonald’s Corp. as its worldwide licensing agent for active play toys, entertainment and apparel, the companies said Tuesday. Under the agreement, DIC will develop programs and products for McDonald’s McKids brand, which is slated…
Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera is feeling good this week. He’s taking bows for having been right on the Michael Jackson verdict — Mr. Rivera had confidently promised he would shave his signature mustache if Mr. Jackson were convicted by…
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., introduced legislation Tuesday that would require broadcasters to switch to digital TV by Jan. 1, 2009. Under the measure, called the Save Lives Act of 2005, some of the analog spectrum broadcasters…