Reilly Jumps to NBC to Oversee Development FX Entertainment President Kevin Reilly is leaving the cable network to join NBC in a new position as president of prime-time development, which was created in a major restructuring of the network’s development…
Only days after she “retired” from NBC after 27 years, it was reported that Jane Pauley is in advanced discussions about doing a daily one-hour syndicated talk show. While some think eventually every American will have a talk show, nowhere…
If you program a new show in summer, viewers will come-at least once. That’s what early ratings results show after the first week and a half of summer, in which four broadcast networks launched 10 new shows-up from two shows…
Will someone please tell me what the blank all the bleeping cheerfulness is about? We’re living in rotten times, let’s face it. The country, the continent, the hemisphere, the world, the solar system, the universe, the whatever’s bigger than the…
A&EMI-5, Sexy spy series about British counterterrorism unit, June 22ABC FamilyDance Fever, Modern remake, July 13; Perfect Match, Reality dating show, July 27; Tying the Knot: The Wedding of Melissa Joan Hart, six-week reality miniseries, July; Brendan Leonard Show, 19-year-old…
In a statement, GOP Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell said the new media ownership regulations struck a “careful balance that does not unduly limit transactions that promote the public interest while ensuring that no company can monopolize the medium.”…
The edict last week that loosened regulations on TV station ownership wasn’t really made in a Federal Communications Commission meeting room in Washington. That was just a show to put the official stamp on a decision made in a back…
Monday, May 26, to Sunday, June 1TV Season Week No. 36/Summer Week No. 1The first week of summer brought weekly victories for NBC in adults 18 to 49 (3.1/10) and CBS in total viewers (9.2 million). Top Shows This Week…
After the 59th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington Wednesday at the Hilton, CNN and Fox News Channel hosted dueling parties. No surprise there. The twist was that CNN’s party was, by numerous third-party accounts, downright fun, not…
That human bowling ball is 10-year-old Hallie Kate Eisenberg, who helped raise about $600,000 for the Children’s Museum of Manhattan at its 2003 Family Benefit last week. Also on hand to get things rolling were Cyma Zarghami, executive VP and…