The Emmys are getting a little more populist this year. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday that its Board of Governors has voted to end the so-called “two-phase” selection process for choosing best comedy and drama series…
ABC has acquired the rights to never-aired CW comedy “Surviving Suburbia” and is giving the Bob Saget vehicle a plum spot behind “Dancing with the Stars” on Mondays. “Suburbia” was a victim of producer Media Rights Capital’s failed attempt to…
Facebook makes its first foray into original Web series today as the social networking site debuts a Web series in partnership with actor-producer Ashton Kutcher’s production company, the companies announced. “Katalyst HQ,” a reality Web show on the inner workings…
When Amy Ballis arrived at her new job at MediaVest, there were a lot of familiar faces there to greet her. Over the course of her career, it seems, she’d worked for many of the media agency’s top executives. Ms….
Which companies get the most online visitors? According to Nielsen Online, Google was tops in December, with more than 133 million unique visitors who spent more than two hours with its sites and applications. The rest of the top 10…
The National Geographic Channel is celebrating Charles Darwin, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the man who popularized the theory of evolution. Starting Sunday, NatGeo is running a three-part series called “Morphed,” which uses 3-D animation to bring…
It’s long been said that the best way to sell television is by using television. Now the Cinema Advertising Council is saying it’s the commercials in movie theaters that have helped cable television networks get viewers to tune in to…
Lifetime has renewed the reality series “DieTribe” for a second season. The network has ordered eight one-hour episodes that will focus on a new group of friends looking to change their lives through diet and exercise. Personal trainer Jessie Pavelka…
Ad sales executives at two major television broadcasters said they’re not alarmed over second-quarter options that advertisers have to return commercials they agreed to buy during the upfront last year. Advertisers can return as much as 50% of the ad…