TiVo Chairman and CEO Michael Ramsay said Wednesday he is stepping down as chief executive of the digital video recorder maker he helped launch in 1997.Mr. Ramsay will stay on as chairman of the Alviso, Calif.-based company, and will continue…
WE: Women’s Entertainment today said it has renewed “McLeod’s Daughters” for a second season, which will premiere on Saturday, March 19. The first season finale airs on March 5.
ABC’s reality season premieres and Fox’s two hours of “24” kept both networks competitive in the adults 18 to 49 demographic on the season’s first night of post-football regular programming, but with help from its new drama “Medium,” NBC won…
ABC Family has ordered six episodes of “Looks of Love,” a reality series about a Los Angeles hair salon.Bound to draw comparisons to Bravo’s Beverly Hills-based reality salon series “Blow Out,” “Looks of Love” offers a less snarky ensemble of…
The Style Network has greenlit a 13-episode original series described as a cross between “Iron Chef” and “Martha Stewart Living.” Titled “Craft Corner Death Match,” the series features amateur domestic divas competing to create homemade designs on a deadline.“‘Craft Corner…
The week ended Jan 2 was a big week for syndicated strips. Five court shows, five talk shows and two rookie strips all hit new season highs, despite a raft of repeats, holiday specials and football pre-emptions.In the court genre,…
Viacom is looking to acquire more cable networks but is considering shedding television stations in some smaller markets as the company pursues a goal of refining its asset mix, two of the media giant’s top executives said Tuesday.“We are in…
The Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted and Awards Committee Chairperson Howard Storm today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2004. The biggest news from the announcement was the nomination of the…
Jamie Foxx emerged as the biggest story from The Screen Actors Guild’s Tuesday announcement of nominations for its 11th Annual Awards ceremony honoring guild members for their work in feature films and prime-time television over the past year. Otherwise, critics’…
Nickelodeon’s new live-action comedy series, “Zoey 101,” starring Jamie Lynn Spears, was the network’s highest-rated premiere among tweens in almost eight years. Its debut on Sunday at 8 p.m. averaged a 7.9 rating in the 9 to 14 demo, representing…