Once “Monday Night Football” concludes, ABC will rely on an evening-long block of reality programming starting in January 2005. The network also announced Tuesday it will launch the new season of “Alias” with a two-hour premiere Wednesday, Jan. 5, at…
Less than a week after providing deployment details of its plan to launch a pay-television service to compete with cable, telephone operator SBC Communications on Wednesday agreed to pay Microsoft $400 million over 10 years for Internet-based software that will…
CBS won the week of Nov.8-14 in both total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic, thanks to the Country Music Awards special and the continued performance of its procedural dramas and reality series.CBS’s “CSI” was the top-rated show…
Stephen McPherson, president of ABC prime-time entertainment, announced Tuesday that two of the network’s first-year comedies are getting full-season pickups.“Rodney,” which stars comedian Rodney Carrington as a father and husband, was created by Don Reo, Damon Wayans and Ric Swartzlander….
The sentencing hearing for Steven Webster, the former VP of publicity for FX who pleaded no contest to wiretapping FX conference calls, has been rescheduled to Nov. 30. The hearing was scheduled to take place Nov. 18 in Los Angeles…
Twentieth Television is developing a new first-run half-hour court show strip, “Judge Alex,” hosted by Florida Circuit Court Judge Alex Ferrer, for fall 2005. The announcement was made Tuesday by Bob Cook, president and chief operating officer of Twentieth Television.The…
News Corp. will be added to the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index on Dec. 17, fulfilling a major goal of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch.In statement issued Tuesday, S&P said News Corp. would replace a company…
ABC and the NFL are apologizing for the opening of last night’s “Monday Night Football” broadcast. The opening showed Nicolette Sheridan of ABC’s hit “Desperate Housewives” cavorting in a locker room-wearing, then not wearing, a towel-with Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver…
Developments that have advanced the art or science of broadcasting were honored Monday night by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Winners of the 2004 Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards include Sharp, for development of direct…
Viacom on Tuesday promoted four executives to executive VP.Bumped up to executive VP are Carl Folta, who runs corporate relations; Carol Melton, who runs the government relations operation; William Roskin, who oversees human relations; and Martin Shea, head of investor…