HEAD: The Chairman’s Vision DEK: Garth Ancier talks about his plans for the network he helped launch … Page TK PIC FROM SAMANTHA: AN AMERICAN GIRL HOLIDAY HEAD: They Know Their Audience DEK: “Samantha: An American Girl Holiday,” The WB’s…
Goals Include Seeking Out Quality Talent and Broadening the Network’s Appeal
National Lampoon, Inc. and Atlas Worldwide Syndications & Distributions announced Thursday that their co-produced reality courtroom television series “Eye for an Eye,” has cleared 11 new markets. The strip, which stars “Extreme Akim,” Kato Kaelin and Sugar Ray Phillips, last…
Three top executives at Time Warner Cable are leaving their posts within the coming weeks, with Chief Operating Officer John Billock and President Tom Baxter taking an early retirement as the company sets out to combine both titles into a…
Bill Shine has been promoted to senior VP of programming of Fox News Channel. Mr. Shine started as one of the founding producers of the network in 1996 and had risen to production VP by 2003. He will oversee all…
Under mounting pressure to act, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell on Friday announced the launch of an investigation into whether conservative TV commentator Armstrong Williams violated the law by failing to disclose that he had been paid by the…
Paul Buccieri has been named to the newly created position of president of programming of Twentieth Television, effective January 17th, Bob Cook, president and chief operating officer of Twentieth Television announced Friday.In his role, Mr. Buccieri will be responsible for…
Coming off a year of ratings increases and decreasing median viewership age attributed to an increase in reality programming, A&E announced four new reality shows Friday at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour. Kicking off the first panel of…
Lifetime announced the order of an unscripted comedy series, “You’re Not the Man I Married,” at the semiannual Television Critics Association press tour Friday. The network ordered 13 half-hour episodes of the series, which is described as a “relationship intervention”…
MTV Networks has pushed back the launch date of its planned gay-themed network Logo. The channel will debut in June rather than next month as originally planned, in order to secure greater distribution. The network already has agreements in place…