Programming: Endemol USA has hired Laura Armstrong to head the reality production company’s new scripted programming division as senior VP, where she will oversee the creation, development and production of scripted product. The announcement was made Tuesday by David Goldberg,…
Oprah Winfrey will receive the 2005 International Emmy Founders Award, presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, at the 33rd International Emmy Awards Gala Nov. 21 in New York.Ms. Winfrey’s show, broadcast in more than 100 countries,…
CBS won the week ended May 22, the last full week of May sweeps, in both total viewers and adults 18 to 49 with help from the series finale of the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond.” But ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” was…
Dodge and ING have bought marketing and promotional sponsorships on TNT’s upcoming miniseries from Steven Spielberg “Into the West,” Turner Entertainment Ad Sales and Marketing said Tuesday. The sponsorships, each estimated to be in the seven-figure range, call for Dodge…
The Walt Disney Co. on Monday said it has hired former AT&T Wireless spokesman David Caouette as VP of corporate communications. He replaces John Spelich, who left several weeks ago to join computer maker Gateway.A 20-year public-relations veteran, Mr. Caouette…
GSN announced two new series and four returning shows Monday. The new series are “Ballbreakers,” an armature nine-ball billiards contest, and “Anything to Win,” a 13-episode documentary series profiling ultra-competitive people. The returning series are “Extreme Dodgeball, “Lingo,” “Poker Royale”…
Bravo has created eight webisodes based on its series “Sports Kids Moms & Dads” that will be available at Bravotv.com starting June 1, the network said Monday. The TV series also premieres June 1 and the webisodes are designed as…
Combined advertising revenues for ABC, CBS and NBC were down 2.07 percent to $2.88 billion in the first quarter of 2005, from $2.94 billion in the first quarter of 2004, according to the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association’s report on…
Comedy Central has greenlighted a new game show featuring former “Jeopardy” champion Ken Jennings, the network announced Monday. The as yet untitled series will launch later this year or in the first quarter of 2006.Though the format was not announced,…
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, has proposed to set a Dec. 31, 2008, deadline for the broadcast industry’s transition to digital TV, according to a copy of a draft bill by the lawmaker that was making the rounds in Washington Monday….