Sue Johnson has been promoted to VP of talent development and East Coast programming for ABC Daytime, a position that makes her the network programming and creative liaison for the ABC Daytime dramas “All My Children” and “One Life to…
HBO has renewed “Deadwood” for a third season. Production of 12 new episodes will begin later this year. The third season will debut in 2006. “Deadwood” is executive produced by its creator, David Milch.
Procter & Gamble appears to be the leading sponsor of “sleaze” on MTV, according to a report released Wednesday by the watchdog Parents Television Council. The report, intended to identify the top advertisers on a network that PTC contends is…
The Tennis Channel on Wednesday named Ken Solomon chairman and CEO, effective April 1. Mr. Solomon, former president of Scripps Networks’ Fine Living Network, succeeds David Meister, who has held the post since he co-founded the network.
Due to college basketball and a slew of repeat episodes, many syndicated strips saw declines for the week ended March 20.Among the most hard-hit strips were Paramount’s “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider,” which run on the CBS owned-and-operated stations and…
The European Commission on Wednesday approved the $4.8 billion acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a Sony Pictures Entertainment-led consortium primarily of private equity players.According to a statement released by the company, the EC granted unconditional approval to the deal, in which…
Twentieth Television’s most recent version of the syndicated newsmagazine strip “A Current Affair” was down from its premiere date average in the metered markets.On Monday, March 28, “Affair” scored a 2.9 weighted metered market household rating in its primary runs,…
Cablevision Systems Chairman Charles Dolan has provided a slightly clearer picture of how he will finance his struggling satellite service Voom, indicating in a filing that he might tap his holdings in Cablevision to keep the satellite operation running.In a…
Paxson Communications President and Chief Operating Officer Dean Goodman said Tuesday that his company isn’t planning to adopt an infomercial programming format, despite widespread speculation to the contrary.“The company has no plans to modify the amount of entertainment programming it’s…
Olympic gold medalist Brandi Chastain will join ABC Sports and ESPN2 as a sideline reporter for their Major League Soccer telecasts. Ms. Chastain will joins play-by-play commentator JP Dellacamera and analyst Eric Wynalda on ABC Sports’ broadcast of the MLS…