Press release from Style Media, April 18, 2013: Style Media announces broad development slate for 2013-2014 with the addition of nine new concepts which focus on the network’s key pillars of beauty and fashion as well as home design and…
By Michael LearmonthAdvertising Age Hulu’s latest foray into original content is a half-hour animated comedy about a disgraced former record exec who flees to the suburbs to give motherhood a try — with mixed results. Former "Desperate Housewives" star Eva…
By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age Glenn Beck’s fledgling cable network, TheBlaze, will test live commercials this week as part of an effort to keep viewers during breaks and counter ad-skipping via DVRs. Four live 90-second commercials will air during Mr. Beck’s…
By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age During the TV upfronts, there’s one thing buyers have come to expect as much as star sightings, free-flowing booze and Fox-party shrimp: Chest-thumping over price increases by CBS’s Les Moonves. But this year, there’s been nothing…
By Jeanine Poggi, Advertisng Age Don’t tell Linda Yaccarino she’s in the business of selling TV spots. Instead, the president of ad sales for NBCUniversal asserts that she is selling cola, diapers, jeans and more — a task that’s become…
Press release from TLC, April 4, 2013: TLC’s brand grew stronger than ever in 2012 with 30 series delivering one million viewers or more and four pop-culture hits that averaged over two million viewers: HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO, BREAKING…
[Roger Ebert Interviewed by Alex Ben Block, then editor, TVWeek. Originally Published Jan. 24, 2005] Roger Ebert, through his popular movie review TV show and newspaper reviews, is one of the best-known and most respected film critics of his generation….
Press release from Discovery Channel, April 4, 2013: Powered by #1 shows and breakout new hits, Discovery Channel, with 13 series and specials that were #1 in their respective time periods, landed in cable’s Top 10 in 2012 among both…
Press release from HLN, Thursday, April 4, 2013: HLN returns as the host network of the annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards show, now in its 40th year, presented live from The Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday, June…
By Jeanine PoggiAdvertising Age CBS’s new stake in the TVGN basic cable channel could result in a TV network wholly devoted to celebrity gossip, style and red carpet coverage. CBS Corp. and co-owner Lionsgate said this week that they will…