Vivendi Universal executives said last week they are probably a few weeks away from signing the contract that would link their Vivendi Universal Entertainment unit with General Electric’s NBC division and that final approval from regulators in the United States….
Show: Oxygen’s “Sunday Night Sex Show”Date of birth: Her birthday is July 29. Ms. Johanson declines to reveal her age.Place of Birth: TorontoLength of time in current gig: 11 monthsBreakout moment: The U.S. version of Ms. Johanson’s show debuted in…
Show: MTV’s “Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica”Length of time in current gig: 1 monthDates of birth: Ms. Simpson, July 10, 1980; Mr. Lachey, Nov. 5, 1973Places of birth: Ms. Simpson, Dallas; Mr. Lachey, CincinnatiBreakout moment: Just when you thought star-driven reality…
Show: CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360 ”’Date of birth: June 3, 1967Place of birth: New YorkLength of time in current gig: 1 monthBreakout moment: Mr. Cooper was the only Western journalist to interview Liberian President Moses Blah on the day Mr….
Show: USA Network’s “Peacemakers”Date of birth: May 31, 1949Place of birth: ChicagoLength of time in current gig: 1 monthBreakout moment: Despite receiving considerably less publicity than Bravo’s “Queer Eye” or FX’s “Nip/Tuck,” Mr. Berenger’s neo-Western outranked all the summer cable…
As audiences continue to fragment and as the number of media options continues to expand, Madison Avenue has begun embracing a new metric for targeting consumers: involvement. Instead of raw media impressions data-the number of people who watch a TV…
Show: HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”Length of time in current gig: 7 monthsDate of birth: Jan. 20, 1956 Place of birth: New YorkBreakout moment: When ABC canceled “Politically Incorrect,” which originated on Comedy Central, for Mr. Maher’s controversial comments…
The big deal at the TV Guide party at The Lot in West Hollywood was a concert by the Foo Fighters. Lead singer Dave Grohl took time out to thank two fetching young women perched on their dates’ shoulders and…
Monday, Sept. 15, 2003-Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003TV Season Week No. 52Boosted by the premiere of CBS’s “Survivor: Pearl Islands” and Fox’s “55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,” the two networks tied for first in adults 18 to 49 for the week…
Whatever happened to the days when there was a level of excitement, energy, creativity and innovation that made the entertainment industry great? Are those days gone forever? With the enormous consolidation that has taken place, the countless jobs that have…