New Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on Tuesday unveiled a reorganization plan for the committee that eliminates the Senate communications subcommittee-a panel that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had hoped to chair this year. Sources said the reorganization ensures,…
In an effort to encourage MTV to clean up its programming, the watchdog Parents Television Council announced a plan Tuesday to target the cable network’s advertisers with negative publicity. “If it weren’t for their money, this garbage wouldn’t be on…
Bravo will air a seven-hour “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” marathon as counterprogramming to the Super Bowl, the network announced Tuesday. The marathon will feature episodes from the show’s third season including a show with a New York Jets…
Gray Television on Tuesday said it completed the $13.5 million purchase of NBC affiliate KKCO-TV in Grand Junction, Colo., from Eagle III Broadcasting. The purchase brings to two the number of television stations that Atlanta-based Gray owns in Colorado. The…
TiVo President Martin Yudkovitz on Tuesday announced that he is stepping down from his post-just two weeks after the company’s CEO announced his plans to resign.News of Mr. Yudkovitz’s resignation sent TiVo shares falling as much as 4 percent at…
Viacom Chief Financial Officer Richard Bressler on Tuesday said he would not renew his employment contract when it expires in March 2006.Mr. Bressler in a statement said that once Leslie Moonves and Tom Freston were made co-presidents and co-chief operating…
CBS announced the airdates for four made-for-TV movies, including the latest Hallmark Hall of Fame film and two disaster movies from von Zerneck/Sertner Films, the production company behind last November sweeps miniseries “Category 6: Day of Destruction.”On Sunday, March 20,…
An Emmy Award-winning makeup artist has filed a $25 million lawsuit against Snoop Dogg and ABC, claiming the rapper and members of his entourage drugged and raped her backstage following a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”Kylie Bell, who won an…
In a major threat to the legal rationale for broadcast ownership restrictions, TV network and newspaper owners on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Red Lion — the landmark 1969 decision by the high court that established the…
The Walt Disney Co. on Monday reported a 5 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit as the media giant’s theme parks and television operations slightly offset a weak performance at the company’s movie studio.For the three months ended Dec. 31,…