Time Warner in Talks With Sprint About Wireless Service: Time Warner Cable is in talks with wireless provider Sprint about plans in which the cable operator would add cellular telephone service to its bundled package of products, Time Warner confirmed…
Sony Pictures Television’s syndicated game show strip “Jeopardy!” is bringing back all-time champ Ken Jennings for a special “Super Tournament” in early 2005.As part of a 15-week tournament, Mr. Jennings will return to the show along with previous winners of…
Chicago interior designer and “The Oprah Winfrey Show” regular Nate Berkus was one of thousands of tourists to Sri Lanka who barely survived the Dec. 26 tsunami.In phone calls to ABC and CNN, Mr. Berkus said he was vacationing with…
Telemundo began airing its network programming this week on KTUZ-TV in Oklahoma City. KTUZ, owned and operated by Tyler Media, will be the first full-service station to serve the Spanish-language market in Oklahoma City, which is ranked 54th among Hispanic…
In a week chock-full of holiday specials, ABC took the top spot in the adults 18 to 49 demo thanks to “Monday Night Football” and the network’s new Sunday night stalwart, “Desperate Housewives.”The Monday night New England Patriots-Miami Dolphins game…
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications on Tuesday said it will exercise its option to purchase two TV stations in Puerto Rico from Raycom Media for $190 million.The deal, which involves stations WLII-TV and WSUR-TV in San Juan, isn’t expected to affect…
Adelphia Communications, the bankrupt cable operator that put itself up for sale earlier this year, has offered to pay the U.S. government $300 million to settle a series of probes into how the company conducted itself under its previous owners,…
KRON-TV in San Francisco is adding more news to its weekday lineup. Beginning the week of Jan. 3, KRON-TV will add 90 minutes of news programming to the lineup. “KRON 4 Morning News” will add an additional 60 minutes to…
The late-night ratings wars continued to prove interesting during the week of Dec. 13-17, with NBC’s lineup continuing to lead and CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman” continuing to show increasing strength. On Monday nights, “Letterman” has beaten or tied…
There was little out of the ordinary in the morning show race the week of Dec. 13-19. According to data from Nielsen Media Research, NBC’s “Today” won the week with an average of 6.1 million viewers. ABC’s “Good Morning America”…