ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” and CBS’s “CSI” took top honors at the 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Saturday, with the women and men of Wisteria Lane winning a best comedy ensemble award and the Las Vegas forensic team winning best…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. on Monday extended for the second time the deadline for an exchange offer that would return full ownership of Fox Entertainment Group to News Corp., citing as reason for the extension a hearing next month to…
Former “Sex and the City” series regular Kristin Davis has closed a deal with Touchstone Television to star in the drama pilot “Soccer Moms” for ABC. Ms. Davis will star as Brooke, one of two suburban housewives who team up…
The Super Bowl drew a 41.1 rating and a 62 share, according to fast national ratings released this afternoon by Nielsen Media Research. With a total audience of 133.7 million, the game was the fifth-most-watched program in TV history and…
Meredith Corp. Monday named Paul Karpowicz president of the company’s broadcasting group, filling a position open since October, when the company fired Kevin O’Brien.Mr. Karpowicz joins Des Moines, Iowa-based Meredith from LIN TV Corp., where he spent more than 25…
Jana Winograde has been promoted to executive VP of business affairs for ABC Entertainment. The announcement was made Monday by Mark Pedowitz, executive VP of ABC Entertainment Television Group and president of Touchstone Television, to whom she continues to report.Ms….
ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced Monday the Academy Awards telecast will continue to air on the network through 2014. The new agreement adds six years to the existing contract covering domestic broadcast of the…
In an effort to spur the transition to digital TV, President Bush proposed legislation Monday that would require TV stations that don’t switch to digital and return their analog channels to the government by 2007 to starting paying annual spectrum…
Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of a half-hour comedy series starring stand-up comedian Carlos Mencia. The series, as yet untitled, will be executive produced by Mr. Mencia and Robert Morton (“Late Show With David Letterman”).“His honest style and no-nonsense…
John Muszynski today was named CEO of Starcom USA. He reports to Renetta McCann, CEO, the Americas, of Starcom MediaVest Group, who previously held the USA title. Mr. Muszynski was named managing director of investment and operations last year at…