Time Warner announced Friday that it will pay shareholders a 5-cent dividend each quarter starting in September.The move comes as the media giant continues to stage a comeback after nearly succumbing to problems related to its massive debt load and…
Warner Bros.’ syndicated newsmagazine strip “Celebrity Justice” will not be back for the 2005-06 season, sources said.“Justice” has been a consistent last-place finisher among the newsmagazine strips in the ratings this season.Warner Bros. had no comment on “Justice’s” cancellation.
HBO will launch a new late-night series June 10 called “P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy,” the network said Thursday. Nine episodes of the series were taped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Sean (“P….
Univision, the leading Spanish-language network, plans to launch its first late-night show, the network said at its upfront presentation Wednesday in New York. The new show, “Ay Que Noche,” or “Oh What a Night,” will be a variety program with…
UPN will premiere the semi-autobiographical single-camera comedy “Everybody Hates Chris” from executive producer Chris Rock on Thursdays at 8 p.m. (ET) next fall. The move is part of an effort to be more competitive on a night when the network…
Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings has inked a deal with Bob and Harvey Weinstein, under which Rainbow and the Weinstein brothers will co-own a movie library that will be distributed on television and home video.Terms of the multiyear agreement were not…
Fox picked up seven new shows for fall, scheduling four debuting dramas at 9 p.m. (ET), one new drama at 8 p.m. and two new comedies at 8:30 p.m. In addition, Fox announced a January schedule for the return of…
The legal troubles swirling around bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications moved one step closer to resolution Wednesday when a federal judge approved a $715 million settlement related to the accounting scandal involving the founding Rigas family.The approval is one of…
CBS News President Andrew Heyward was working the phones early Wednesday morning to pass along the grim, though not altogether surprising, news to his staff and talent that the network is canceling “60 Minutes Wednesday” for the 2005-06 season. It…
CBS picked up four new dramas and two comedies for its fall schedule, choosing projects with younger-skewing casts and themes in place of shows that were among the oldest-skewing series on the network. CBS’s new schedule was announced Wednesday by…