CBS lands BushNew York-The presidential interview every news organization wanted for its Sept. 11 anniversary programming is going to CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley. The taped interview with President Bush will air during the Sept. 11 prime-time block being filled…
Posted Thursday, July 25 Remiszewski joins Viacom Stations Group The Viacom Television Stations Group raid on NBC-owned stations continues. Tom Remiszewski, NBC stations’ former VP of creative services and programming, has been hired as VP of creative services and marketing…
Posted Wednesday, July 24 SEC probing AOL Time Warner The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a fact-finding inquiry into AOL Time Warner accounting practices, AOL Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons revealed to analysts during an earnings call late today….
Posted Tuesday, July 23 O’Brien to host Emmys NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker officially crowned late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien as host of NBC’s Sept. 22 telecast of the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Television Critics Association…
Cable Connect, the 60 million-subscriber-strong local cable unwired network, has a controversial new business plan: compete for national cable TV dollars.Heretofore, Philadelphia-based TelAmerica Media’s Cable Connect has primarily gone after what TelAmerica Chairman and CEO Lance Funston called “remnant time”…
On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks NBC plans to start the day on a somber note and end on a musical high note. The network will announce this week that it will broadcast “A Concert for…
See publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of July 8-14Ratings for the week of July 8-14
A number of rookies created ratings fireworks during the Independence Day week despite ratings pre-emptions created by the coverage of Wimbledon and the Los Angeles airport shooting. Such series as “Texas Justice,” “Elimidate” and “The 5th Wheel” merited their own…
While some broadcast companies are slashing spending and others are shutting down entire news departments, Belo is teaming with Time Warner Cable to launch 24-hour cable news channels in Charlotte, N.C., Houston and San Antonio. Why now, when advertising is…
TVN Entertainment announced that it will aggregate for its cable partner Comcast the majority of the 750 hours of video-on-demand content the operator plans to introduce to its Philadelphia market this fall. It will mark Comcast’s first major rollout of…