Paramount Domestic Television renewed its rookie half-hour entertainment newsmagazine strip “The Insider” on the CBS owned-and-operated stations for an additional two years to 2008. The announcement was made Wednesday by John Nogawski, president of the division. Stations include WCBS-TV in…
Showtime Networks is close to announcing a content and promotion deal with Yahoo!. Robert Greenblatt, president of entertainment at Showtime, mentioned the deal Thursday morning during a panel discussion at the NATPE convention in Las Vegas, but declined to provide…
Charter Communications’ interim CEO Robert May began a management shakeup Thursday, eliminating the chief administrative officer position at the company and terminating the executive who had the job.Steven Schumm, who held the title of executive VP and chief administrative officer,…
ABC announced Wednesday the midseason drama “Eyes” will premiere Wednesday, April 13 at 10 p.m. (ET), taking over for reality series “Wife Swap,” once that show has aired all 22 of its original episodes.“Eyes” will have the benefit of “Lost”…
DirecTV Group on Thursday reported a narrowed fourth-quarter loss, as robust subscriber growth helped offset a series of one-time charges booked in the quarter.The El Segundo, Calif.-based company, which has 13.9 million subscribers, reported a net loss of $283 million,…
Jack Ford and Jamie Floyd are once again going to be familiar faces on Court TV, where they were anchors in the O.J. Simpson-trial era. Ms. Floyd will become a daytime trial anchor and Mr. Ford is expected to work…
Twentieth Television has confirmed it is moving forward with its new court strip “Judge Alex,” having cleared the program in 65 percent of the country for a fall 2005 national launch, with another 15 percent of the country in final…
Paramount Domestic Television has cleared the off-net weekly one-hour “Star Trek: Enterprise” in more than 90 percent of the country for fall 2005. Mark Dvornik, executive VP and general sales manager of the division, made the announcement Wednesday. The latest…
Marcel Matley, a San Francisco-based document examiner, claims he was defamed by a report issued by an independent panel examining a controversial “60 Minutes Wednesday” story that painted President Bush as a shirker in the Vietnam war-era Texas Air National…
Casting directors and associates held a press conference in Los Angeles today to rally support for their unionization efforts. Typically employed as independent contractors, casting directors do not receive health benefits or have a pension fund and cannot collectively bargain…