“Schoolhouse Rock!,” the classic animated musical lessons on grammar, math, science and government, will return to television beginning Nov. 1 on Toon Disney. The channel said Wednesday the shorts will air following its weeknight animated feature film presentation. “Schoolhouse Rock!”…
With high viewer interest in actor Christopher Reeve’s death and Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sexual harassment lawsuit, the syndicated entertainment newsmagazines saw increases in their national ratings for the week of Oct. 11-17.Paramount’s “Entertainment Tonight” was the top performer…
Thanks to stronger-than-expected postseason baseball and a the beginning of a high-profile World Series, Fox took the fifth week of the 2004-05 season in total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic.The No. 1 program for the week of…
USA Network today said it signed Ving Rhames to play Kojak in a new series that will premiere in March. Mr. Rhames in August wrapped production of a two-hour original “Kojak” movie that will now serve a the premiere episode…
Gospel Music Channel said today it plans to launch on Oct. 30 with commitments to be carried on systems to 2.5 million subscribers by the end of the year. The new network, formed six months ago, is being carried in…
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio that recently agreed to be acquired by an investment team led by Sony Corp., reported a narrowed third-quarter loss Tuesday.The film studio, whose shareholders have yet to approve the $4.7 billion deal that would sell MGM to…
CNN founder Ted Turner and Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps are scheduled to speak at the 2005 NATPE Conference & Exhibition. NATPE Co-Chairs Stephen Davis, president of Granada America, and John Weiser, president of distribution for Sony Pictures Television,…
Court TV, which has been calling itself “The Investigation Channel” in prime time, is upset at plans by A&E Networks to launch The Crime and Investigation Network overseas. A&E said its network, expected to launch Jan. 1 in Australia, will…
News Corp. on Tuesday moved one step closer to being called a United States-based company when shareholders overwhelmingly voted to reincorporate the Australian-based company in the United States.The reincorporation measure won more than 91 percent of the shareholder vote, far…
Lifetime’s latest original movie green light is “Odd Girl Out,” a fictional take on the nonfiction book “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls” by Rachel Simmons. The telepic stars Alexa Vega (“Spy Kids”) as a teen…