“The Big O,” a stylized, futuristic Japanese anime series, is joining Cartoon Network’s red-hot “Adult Swim” late-night block this August.The project is arguably Adult Swim’s boldest stroke yet. “The Big O” is the first anime series for which Cartoon Network…
Sean Cunningham has been named president & CEO of the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau.Mr. Cunningham will join CAB in mid-June from Universal McCann, New York, where he is currently executive VP and managing director. He succeeds Joe Ostrow, who has headed…
JUNE 8-11 NCTA: The National ShowHigh-definition television and the digital transition take center stage as the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the principal trade association of the U.S. cable television industry, holds its annual exposition at McCormick Place in Chicago.“Leading…
NBC Wins Olympic Bid NBC has won the American media rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics with a $2.201 billion bid and a lightning-fast decision late Friday by the International Olympic Committee. NBC Olympics and Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol…
Alfano Named President of Broadway Video Television The long-awaited switch for NBC comedy development Senior VP JoAnn Alfano is a reality, as she has been named president of Broadway Video Television, “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels’ production company, which…
Promax Conference Under Way In the first year away from a convention center, a reorganized Promax & BDA Conference kicked off today with “renewed vigor” as meeting organizers look toward the future. With attendance expected to approach 2,500 board members…
NBC Renews ‘Days of Our Lives’ NBC renewed “Days of Our Lives” for five more years. That keeps the long-running soap opera on NBC through May 2009. Former head writer James Reilly has agreed to return as head writer of…
Now that the battle for Iraq is history, rumors are flying at ABC News about the future role of Rick Kaplan, who spent three months as a consultant producing the network’s war coverage. Mr. Kaplan is certainly no stranger to…
In the dysfunctional family of Malcolm in the Middle, Bryan Cranston’s character Hal is the well-intentioned but constantly distracted father who’s a gentle counterpoint to firebrand wife and mother Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and their four chaos-creating sons. In real life,…
When given the script for the pilot of Boomtown, Mykelti Williamson followed his gut instinct-he refused to read it. His experience two years earlier on the short-lived drama, The Fugitive, had made Mr. Williamson gun-shy about committing to another dramatic…