CBS won its third Monday of the season in viewers, but Oct. 4 also marked the network’s first Monday night win for 2004-05 in the adults 18 to 49 demographic. Thanks to its two-hour comedy block and “CSI: Miami,” CBS…
The march of the guest hosts on CBS’s “The Late Late Show” continues with the announcement that Adam Carolla will be sitting in Wednesday through Friday at the desk vacated at the end of last summer by Craig Kilborn. That…
New York will host the 39th Annual Country Music Awards for the first time next year. The show will originate live Nov. 15 from Madison Square Garden on CBS. The announcement was made Tuesday in New York by New York…
Young Broadcasting on Tuesday said it had struck a deal to sell its ABC affiliate in Rockford, Ill., to Mission Broadcasting for $20.75 million.The sale ends 16 years of Young ownership of WTVO-TV. Proceeds will go toward financing Young’s ongoing…
The National Television Academy will hand out Public and Community Service Emmy Awards for the best PSAs and campaigns seen in 2003 at a luncheon Oct. 21 at the Rainbow Room in New York.NTA also will pay tribute to the…
In a move that will grant it access to the burgeoning Spanish-language media space, media giant Viacom on Tuesday inked an agreement with Spanish Broadcasting System under which Viacom will buy a stake in SBS in exchange for an FM…
Nexstar Broadcasting on Tuesday lowered its third-quarter revenue growth projections, blaming lower-than-expected political advertising revenue in the period.The Irving, Texas-based owner of 27 television stations said it expected its third-quarter revenue to grow by 12 percent to 13 percent over…
CBS announced Monday that Phil Gonzales has been named VP, communications, CBS Entertainment. Gil Schwartz, executive VP, communications and Chris Ender, senior VP, communications, made the announcement.Mr. Gonzales, who reports to Mr. Ender, will oversee publicity for prime-time series, specials,…
CBS announced Monday that former “Good Morning America” host Joan Lunden will host the upcoming reality series “Finding the Next Design Diva.” The series was announced in May and will be broadcast later this season.Ms. Lunden was the longest-running co-host…
Weakness in automotive advertising, coupled with hurricane-related cancellations in Florida, are forcing Sinclair Broadcast Group to pare down its third-quarter broadcast revenue estimates, the company said Monday.The Baltimore-based owner of 62 television stations is now expecting broadcast revenue growth to…