“Saturday Night Live” executive producer Lorne Michaels will receive the David Susskind Achievement Award in Television during the 15th Annual Producers Guild Awards Saturday evening in Los Angeles. Warren Beatty, James Cameron and Dino De Laurentiis will also be honored,…
Look for movie star Bruce Willis to do some “Moonlighting” on the upcoming USA Network drama series “Touching Evil,” an adaptation of a British series. Mr. Willis is exec producing the series with partner Arnold Rifkin. “I actually volunteered to…
NBC Cancels ‘Frasier’ NBC’s “Frasier” will end its 11-year run this May. “This is the end,” NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker declared Monday at a Television Critics Association panel on the “Frasier” set in Hollywood with cast members and executive…
BroadcastingVincent Giannini to VP and general manager, WPHL-TV, Philadelphia, from station manager, WPIX-TV, New York.James Joyella to managing director, national program sponsorship, WNET-TV, New York, from president, Joyella Media Partners.Linda Simensky to senior director of children’s programming, PBS, from senior…
Just as syndicators are leaving for Las Vegas to press the flesh at the National Association of Television Program Executives convention, the Syndicated Network Television Association appear close to finding its new president. Multiple sources said the front-runner for the…
It takes a lot to make me cranky-like, say, a missing button or a bug on the wall or a drop of rain. A man can endure just so much. Years ago I got ticked off when Electronic Media, as…
1. TNT’s Michael Wright throws the opening pitch for “The Winning Season” at the Television Critics Association press tour Jan. 6 in Hollywood.2. Steve Lipscomb, left, creator of the Travel Channel’s “World Poker Tour,” professional players Chris Ferguson and Annie…
Telepictures is looking at extending its relationship with Steve Harvey.A full-season slate of The WB’s prime-time series “Steve Harvey’s Big Time” could soon be just the tip of the iceberg for producer Telepictures now that the studio is exploring a…
The convergence of television and the personal computer took a step closer to reality at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, as the heads of computer giants Intel and Microsoft introduced products that further the vision of a…
After nearly a decade at The WB, Jed Petrick resigned last week from his position as president and chief operating officer.Mr. Petrick, a senior executive at the network since its founding in 1994, guided the sales team through six upfronts…