Fox Entertainment Group (FEG) and mobile telephone service provider Vodafone announced Wednesday they were planning special episodes of the series “24,” which will become the first original dramatic series produced exclusively for transmission on personal cellular telephones. The series, called…
Paxson Communications on Wednesday swung to a slightly wider loss in the third quarter, hurt by a series of one-time charges booked during the period.The West Palm Beach, Fla.-based broadcaster posted a loss of $43.7 million, versus year-earlier red ink…
Mike McCarthy resigned Thursday as president of MSG Network, effective at the end of the year. Last month the network lost the rights to New York Mets baseball games, two seasons after the departure of the New York Yankees, giving…
ESPN today said it will launch “1st and 10,” a 30-minute show focusing on the 10 biggest sports stories of the day, on Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. (ET). The show is hosted by Jay Crawford and features commentators Woody…
Despite World Series pre-emptions and increased cable news viewership from the presidential election, King World’s “Jeopardy!” gained during the week of Oct. 25-31, thanks to the return of uber-champion Ken Jennings.Off the previous week because of a special tournament, the…
Granite Broadcasting on Wednesday swung to a wider third-quarter loss, as the company continued to suffer weakness at its WB Network-affiliated television stations.The eight-station group reported a loss of $20 million, compared with year-earlier red ink of $14.9 million. Revenue…
On Sunday Nov. 14, San Francisco’s KPIX-TV plans to launch a localized version of CBS’s “60 Minutes.” The Viacom-owned CBS station will premiere the first installment of “30 Minutes Bay Area,” which will air quarterly as a lead-in to “60…
Citing indecency concerns, ABC affiliate WOI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa, announced Wednesday that it will pre-empt the ABC TV Network’s broadcast of “Saving Private Ryan” Thursday evening-even though the broadcast was supposed to commemorate Veterans Day and the movie was…
Disney Channel has ordered a second season of “Phil of the Future,” a comedy series about a teenager from the year 2121 whose family is stuck in the present day. Michael Curtis (“Friends”) and Roger S.H. Schulman (“Shrek”) will join…
Three new officers have been elected to The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, announced Steve Mosko, the newly elected foundation chairman on Tuesday. Mr. Mosko, president of Sony Pictures Television, was elected to chairman last week. Now joining…