Newly named CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler announced Tuesday she has put together her executive programming team for prime-time series by promoting Wendi Trilling to executive VP of comedy development, naming Laverne McKinnon head of drama development and elevating David…
Paramount’s “heavily promoted “Entertainment Tonight” spinoff “The Insider” had the highest-rated opening among a crowded field of new syndicated offerings on Monday, but only “The Tony Danza Show” improved on its year-ago time period averages.According to Nielsen Media Research, “The…
With “CSI” in its regular time slots, Spike TV drew a 1.2 household rating and 1.1 million viewers at 7 p.m. and a 2.0 rating/1.8 million viewers at 8 p.m. At 8 p.m. “CSI” went head-to-head with “Law & Order”…
Jonathan Taylor, television, home entertainment and radio editor for the Los Angeles Times, will join the Lippin Group, an international public relations consulting firm, Oct. 1 as a senior VP, Dick Lippin, chairman and CEO of the company, announced Tuesday….
Adelphia Communications moved a step closer to a sale Tuesday after a bankruptcy court judge approved the company’s selection of UBS Investment Bank and Allen & Co. to serve as financial advisors to the cable operator during its sale process.The…
NBC won week 51 of the 2003-04 season among total viewers and adults 18 to 49, but three football games on ABC and CBS’s offering of reality and repeats made both networks competitive with the launch of NBC’s “Joey” and…
HBO plans to open its signal to all cable viewers on Veteran’s Day, when it will premiere “Last Letters Home,” a one-hour documentary special it is making with The New York Times, in association with Life Books. The project is…
Bank of America Securities analyst Jonathan Jacoby on Tuesday downgraded the stocks of Belo, Hearst-Argyle Television and LIN TV Corp. to a “neutral” rating from a “buy” rating. Mr. Jacoby also lowered his stock-price targets for Nexstar Broadcasting to $9.50…
According to Nielsen Media Research, NBC’s “LAX” series premiere brought in 13.1 million viewers and a 5.1/13 in the adults 18 to 49 demo, making it the most-watched nonsports program Monday night. In the preliminary Fast Nationals, the Heather Locklear-led…
Programs broadcast on public TV stations racked up eight wins, and History Channel had five wins at the 25th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Monday night in New York. Among network news divisions ABC News was the leader with…