News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday said he expects to have a plan in place to buy back Liberty Media’s voting shares in his company by the time the company discusses its full-year results in August.Speaking during…
Comedy Central on Wednesday said it suspended production of “Chappelle’s Show,” and that the third season of the highly rated program will not premiere on May 31st as scheduled. “All parties are optimistic that production will resume in the near…
Tribune Broadcasting stations, Tribune Entertainment Co. and Sony Pictures Television have entered into an agreement to develop and produce first-run syndicated programs, the companies announced Wednesday. The venture will debut an as-yet unnamed daytime program on the Tribune stations in…
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications reported Wednesday that its profit and revenue surged during the first quarter thanks to strong audience growth at its broadcast and cable properties.The Los Angeles-based company, which owns the Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision networks, saw its…
ABC has picked up its surprise midseason medical drama hit “Grey’s Anatomy” for the 2005-06 season.The “Desperate Housewives” lead-out has led its Sunday, 10 p.m. (ET) time period in total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic. For the…
House and Senate negotiators announced on May 3 an agreement to include an amendment in a major appropriations bill to bar federal agencies from producing video news releases that don’t clearly identify their sponsorship.A Senate Appropriations Committee summary said the…
Producer Bruce Catania has been named VP of production for Telepictures Productions. The announcement was made Wednesday by Hilary Estey McLoughlin, executive VP and general manager of Telepictures Productions.Mr. Catania will oversee the day-to-day production of various Telepictures television series,…
The reality dating show “Beauty and the Geek,” which is being produced by “Punk’d” producers Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, will run on The WB for six episodes beginning Wednesday, June 1, at 8 p.m. (ET). The announcement was made…
Reality TV production company Mark Burnett Productions and Internet company Yahoo Inc. have signed a multiseason extension to their relationship whereby Yahoo! builds Web sites for versions of “The Apprentice.” The extension will include versions of “The Apprentice” with Donald…
Nexstar Communications Chairman Perry Sook said Wednesday he isn’t budging on his stance against cable operators carrying his stations’ signals without paying a retransmission fee. He also indicated more cable operators could lose Nexstar stations unless they agree to pay…