Carrie Underwood of Checotah, Okla., won Fox’s “American Idol” competition Wednesday, winning herself a recording contract and huge ratings for the Fox network; “Idol” outdelivered ABC’s season finale of the mystery series “Lost.”The two-hour “Idol” finale scored a 12.2 preliminary…
AMC said Thursday it hired director Nanette Burstein to create a weekly series that profiles movie stars. Ms. Burstein, who directed the award-winning 2002 documentary “The Kid Stays in the Picture” is shooting a pilot episode for AMC.
The Discovery Channel is planning a reality show that will choose a driver for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship, the network said Wednesday. Discovery is seeking applications for contestants for the show, which is due to air in the…
Gannett on Wednesday named the head of its television unit as president and CEO of the entire media company.Craig Dubow, president and CEO of Gannett’s broadcasting division since 2001, will assume his new title July 15. He succeeds Douglas McCorkindale,…
20th Century Fox Television announced it is launching Fox Mobile Entertainment to further develop programming for cellular phones and other wireless technology. Lucy Hood, senior VP of content and marketing for 20th’s parent company News Corp., has been named president…
Paxson Communications Chairman and CEO Lowell “Bud” Paxson on Wednesday challenged reports that his company is abandoning entertainment programming in favor of paid programming, saying the beleaguered media company could continue to offer the same or an increased amount of…
Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein on Wednesday promised a federal crackdown on “covert commercial pitches” on radio and TV and urged the public to help by documenting undisclosed product placements, video news releases or news segments that look like advertisements…
After sharing the top job for a year, Angela Bromstad has been named president of NBC Universal Television Studio. Ms. Bromstad’s former NUTS co-president, David Kissinger, will join late-night talk show host and executive producer Conan O’Brien’s company Conaco Productions…
Bravo will air the first two episodes of its new series “Being Bobby Brown” on June 30. The first episode will premiere at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), and the second will follow at 10:30, the network said Wednesday. The eight-episode series…
CBS Sports on Wednesday said it expanded its contracts with lead “NFL on CBS” analyst Phil Simms and “NFL Today” analyst Boomer Esiason. Terms of the multiyear deals were not disclosed.