What do you get the network that has everything? A crisp new suit. Just in time for Christmas comes a lawsuit pitting Warner Bros. Television against CBS. The studio on Tuesday filed suit in California Superior Court in Los Angeles…
The Washington Post Co. has canceled its planned purchase of NBC Local Media’s WTVJ, the two companies announced today. The intended sale was canceled due to the current economic environment and the delay in getting the necessary regulatory approval. The…
The Screen Actors Guild national board has rescheduled its strike authorization vote for after it meets face-to-face Jan. 12, pushing back the previously announced timeline by two weeks. SAG rescheduled the authorization vote due to conflicts between leaders and members…
Buoyed by advertiser interest in reaching young men and a tripling in viewership in 2008, online video network Break Media is predicting a threefold increase in ad revenue in the first quarter of 2009, the company told TelevisionWeek. “We have…
Handing a procedural win to NBC Universal in the case over “Project Runway,” a federal judge on Tuesday rejected Lifetime’s attempt to move the dispute out of state court. NBC Universal had sued to keep “Project Runway’s” production company, Weinstein…
It’s a Chrismukkah miracle: 2008 will end with at least one of the major networks showing year-to-year viewer growth. The sorry story of the television season to date has been one of decline almost from the moment the first shows…
Craig Hitchcock has been named vice president and executive director of the Los Angeles Paley Center for Media, effective Jan. 12. Mr. Hitchcock joins the Paley Center from the Hollywood Reporter, where he was the director of sales. He previously…
TheWB.com will debut a new series, “Eric the Trainer: New Year, New You,” on Jan. 5. Three new episodes will be made available each Monday through the end of January. The series features celebrity trainer Eric Fleishman on his tips—including…
A second Viacom cable network is planning its own ball at the inauguration of Barack Obama. BET Networks will join with America’s Promise Alliance, the nonprofit organization set up by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma,…