Television coverage of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will be much more subdued than a year ago. No major new broadcast specials are scheduled for Thursday evening, with all the networks showing their usual entertainment…
Sony Pictures Television plans to launch a youth-targeted daytime syndicated talk show for the fall 2004-“Life & Style,” similar in vein to ABC’s “The View.” E! Network’s Jules Asner is the most prominent of the four women who will host…
The ABC Television Network, struggling to improve upon last season’s lackluster fourth-place finish among the major broadcast networks, is planning its biggest fall marketing campaign ever-featuring a new $20 million promotion with McDonald’s Corp. and off-line branding efforts for each…
Heyward to Deliver Keynote at RTNDA Awards Dinner CBS News President Andrew Heyward will deliver the keynote address at the Radio-Television News Directors Association’s Awards Dinner Oct. 13 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, when winners of the…
Roles Djimon Hounsou has joined the cast of ABC’s “Alias” in a recurring role. He will portray a criminal leader on the Touchstone-produced drama series. Mario Cantone (“Sex and the City”) has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox TV…
Public Broadcasting Service programming and CBS News led the parade of winners Sept. 3 at the 24th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City, hosted by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Three Emmys for…
Here are some of the key sessions and events at the Society of Environmental Journalists Conference in New Orleans. Also listed are sessions with a television angle. Information comes from the society’s Web site at www.sej.org. For more details and…
having their say “Race to the Recall,” the first major televised forum of California’s leading 2003 gubernatorial recall election candidates (except for Arnold Schwarzenegger) aired Sept. 3 in the four largest TV markets in California and earned about an 8…
For NBC Cable Networks, it’s all about mas appeal this fall. The NBC division responsible for the broadcast network’s cable channels is launching Mas, a branding campaign designed to help cable operators expand and retain their Latino customer base. Mas,…
In promos for the upcoming Pepsi promotional stunt “Play for a Billion” on The WB, a chimpanzee known as Mr. Moneybags is presented as the one who will arrange dice randomly to arrive at the winning number. It turns out…