Monday Feb. 24, 2003-Sunday March 2, 2003TV Season Week No. 23 – Feb. sweeps Days 26-28Top shows this weekAdults 18 to 49: Joe Millionaire: The Aftermath (Fox) 10.2/23Total Viewers: CSI (CBS) 22.9 mil.Monday Top showsAdults 18 to 49: Joe Millionaire:…
Discovery Networks has named Neal Kirsch chief financial officer. Mr. Kirsch recently served as chief financial officer for Discovery Networks International. He will oversee all financial management activities, including business planning, accounting operations and financial analysis for Discovery Networks U.S.,…
The actor who plays North Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO’s wildly popular The Sopranos series has filed suit against the cable network, seeking to have his current contract nullified.In response to the lawsuit, Chris Albrecht, HBO’s head, issued…
BroadcastingBill Zwecker to entertainment reporter, WBBM-TV, Chicago, from columnist, Chicago Sun-Times.Tracy Connors to general manager, WJHG-TV, Panama City, Fla., from general sales manager.Johann Vaz to VP, director of technology and chief technology officer, Sun-Sentinel Co., from director of computer systems…
MSNBC may think it’s being sly as a Fox by hiring a fleet of conservative commentators and jettisoning unabashed liberal Phil Donahue. But the network, which has traditionally featured relatively balanced news coverage, may not be prepared for the can…
Comcast Corp. is raising the bar on the media industry’s expectations for merged players by creating a new business model that makes an uneasy comparison for faltering rivals such as AOL Time Warner.In a nutshell, it is all about sticking…
Title: VP & general manager, Walt Disney Internet Group & ABC’s Enhanced TVBackground: Mr. Mandler joined ABC 11 years ago as an attorney for ABC News. He then linked up with ABC radio to develop the radio business for the…
Howard Stern is in talks for a new scripted series that would be seen on The New TNN.It would be an animated show and focus on one of the subjects Mr. Stern refers to with regularity on his weekday nationally…
Sheryl Hudson used to live in New York, so, as media director of the full-service Seattle-based Sedgewick Rd. agency, planning the launch of an out-of-town brand such as Washington Mutual into the Big Apple was not as daunting as it…
In “D.C. Talkers” (TVWeek, March 3), a photo of Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., was misidentified as Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss.In “Butler eyes daytime” (Electronic Media, Feb. 24), the Brett Butler project being developed for syndication is a co-package between the…