Former Congressman Joe Scarborough, an outspoken conservative and host of MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country,” will launch a new three-hour talk radio program Feb. 7 on Westwood One. The show, which will also be called “Scarborough Country,” is scheduled to air Monday…
Sunday’s airing of “Unlocking DaVinci’s Code: The Full Story” broke ratings records for the National Geographic Channel. Fueled by positive reviews, the two-hour special was watched by 1.3 million viewers — an all-time high for the network. The ratings landed…
ESPN will develop an original made-for-television movie based on the life of boxer Jack Johnson, the first African American world heavyweight champion, the network announced today. The movie, set to premiere in 2005, will be executive produced by Gerald Abrams…
MTV, Bunim-Murray Productions and the city of Austin, Texas, announced Wednesday that the 16th season of “The Real World” will begin production in Austin in the first quarter of 2005. The next season of the popular MTV reality series, featuring…
TV news veteran Jeff Gralnick has been signed as Internet and technology consultant to NBC News President Neal Shapiro. The assignment is effective immediately.“Jeff has been instrumental in a number of critical projects within our division over the past two…
Jim Taricani, an investigative reporter at WJAR-TV in Providence, R.I., has decided not to appeal his criminal conviction for refusing to reveal the confidential source who gave him an FBI tape of a Providence city official taking a bribe. The…
Amy Carney has been promoted to executive VP of advertiser sales and operations at Sony Pictures Television, it was announced Tuesday by Steve Mosko, president, to whom Carney reports. Ms. Carney leads the company’s advertiser sales operation, overseeing the sale…
CBS won the week ended Dec. 19 in the adults 18 to 49 demographic and total viewers, but ABC had the No. 1 show in both categories with its Sunday night hit “Desperate Housewives.”“Housewives” scored a 9.9 rating among adults…
Sci Fi Channel has purchased “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!” from Sony Pictures Television for an off-cable run, Sony announced Monday. The deal includes 88 one-hour episodes of the show, which originally ran on TBS for four seasons. The series…
John Malone’s Liberty Media on Monday moved ahead with its plan to double its stake in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., executing the plan ahead of schedule.In a filing submitted Monday to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Liberty said it entered…