Twentieth Television has named Michel James Bryant, Harris Faulkner and Tina Malave correspondents of its newsmagazine strip “A Current Affair.” Peter Brennan, creator and executive producer the show, made the announcement Monday. “Affair” is scheduled to launch March 21 on…
TNT and TBS announced the development of several new series Tuesday, including a limited series for TNT based on a short story collection by Stephen King. TNT’s new series are “Confessions,” a drama about a hit man from executive producer…
Comedy Central had its best month ever in February, averaging 601,000 viewers for the full day. The performance was powered by “Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again,” the network’s second-highest-rated program in its history, and by “The Daily Show,” whose…
Cablevision Systems said Tuesday it has ended discussions with Voom HD, formed by Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, without reaching a definitive agreement regarding the acquisition of Cablevision’s satellite broadcasting business not included in the previously announced sale to EchoStar. Cablevision…
E!’s “Live From the Red Carpet,” hosted by Star Jones, scored a 3.47 household rating, about triple that of TV Guide Channel’s “Joan & Melissa Live at the Academy Awards,” which scored a 1.0, according to metered market overnights. TV…
Buena Vista Television talk strip “The Tony Danza Show” will have a daytime slot in Chicago starting in fall 2005. “Danza,” which currently airs on ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV in an overnight time slot, will move to noon (CT) on…
VH1 and Time Warner Cable said Monday the Save The Music Foundation donated $1 million worth of new musical instruments to the New York City public school system. The Save The Music Foundation also plans a benefit concert in New…
Lifetime Television today said it renewed “How Clean Is Your House?” for a second season. The program, featuring Britons Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie will return in the fall as part of Lifetime’s continuing expansion of reality programming, the network…
Holding that context is critical to indecency decisions, the Federal Communications Commission announced Monday that it has rejected complaints alleging that the ABC TV Network’s Veterans Day broadcast of “Saving Private Ryan” last year violated agency regulations discouraging off-color broadcasts.Concerned…
ABC’s Sunday night telecast of the “77th Annual Academy Awards” attracted an average audience of 41.5 million viewers and delivered a 14.9 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen Media Research Fast National Ratings. The Oscar awards show…