By Claire AtkinsonAdvertising Age After four years of growth-and a torrid 2004-the kids TV upfront market is hitting a wall. Toy retailer consolidation, Federal Communications Commission regulations on advertising to minors and marketers’ anxiety over the obesity issue are all…
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The word “amigo” means “friend” in Spanish. It is also the first half of the name veteran Hollywood publicist Julian Myers has chosen for the proposed national holiday he calls Amigo Day, to be celebrated on the first Sunday of…
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CNN will be looking for a new chief news executive after the resignation Friday of Eason Jordan in the wake of a controversy over remarks he made last month at the World Economic Forum suggesting journalists in Iraq had been…
CBS announced Friday it is ordering four additional episodes of its new procedural drama “Numb3rs.”The show, which premiered in its Friday 10 p.m. (ET) time slot Jan. 28, gave CBS its highest ratings in the time period for a scripted…
Discovery Networks UK General Manager David Abraham will replace TLC programming head Roger Marmet, who resigned as general manager last month. Mr. Abrams’ title will be executive VP and general manager of TLC and he will oversee all programming, production,…
Lifetime announced a slate of scripted original series Friday, ranging from half-hour comedies to one-hour dramas. The network for women is also canceling the Joely Fisher drama “Wild Card.” The originals include: “The Debi Gutierrez Project:” Half-hour comedy based on…
Thomas Cavanagh, star of the canceled NBC dramedy “Ed,” will star in the Sony Pictures Television/Paramount Network Television pilot “Love Monkey” for CBS. Mr. Cavanagh, who has guest roles this season on The WB’s “Jack & Bobby” and NBC’s “Scrubs,”…