By Shannon Peavey During its five decades on NBC, “The Tonight Show” developed a reputation among standup comedians as the ultimate springboard for success. From Lenny Bruce to Steve Martin to Billy Crystal to Roseanne Barr, hundreds of the world’s…
Determining Best Allocation Between National and Local Buys Is Starting Point for Decision-Making Process
For Jeffrey Zucker, president of the NBC Universal Television Group, “The Tonight Show” is a franchise that gets passed from one generation to the next, even as prime-time shows come and go. “Programs like `The Tonight Show’ are really part…
Pay Net Banks on Continued Long-Form Success
Emmy and Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth has joined the cast of “Law & Order: Trial by Jury,” the latest Wolf Films spinoff for NBC.Ms. Neuwirth stars as Tracy Kibre, a Manhattan assistant district attorney, in the latest “Law &…
The season premieres of “CSI” and “Without a Trace” helped CBS win Thursday night in total viewers and adults 18 to 49. According to Nielsen Media Research preliminary national ratings, “CSI” was the highest-rated show of the night in adults…
Sundance Channel Friday said it plans to broadcast a special on the “Vote for Change” concert tour that will include live performances from the tour’s finale in Washington Oct. 11. Sundance paid a license fee to documentary filmmakers Albert Maysles…
New York Times Co. on Friday named Robert Eoff as president of the newspaper group’s television station division. The appointment is effective immediately.Mr. Eoff was elevated to the new position after the previous president, Cynthia Augustine, on Monday left the…
The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract, the parties announced Thursday. The deal does not include any changes in DVD residuals — the most…
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has entered into a new employment contract with its founder, but she won’t be paid while she serves her five-month prison sentence starting Oct. 8.Under the terms of the five-year contract, which was signed Sept. 17…