NBC is beefing up its already strong relationship with retailing giant Macy’s. The network Wednesday announced plans to air a one-hour special tied to Macy’s annual Passport fashion show, as well as Macy’s 150th anniversary. The hour will feature a…
Showtime will air the latest special from standup comic and frequent “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” guest Louis C.K. in October. “Louis C.K.: Chewed Up” premieres on the network Oct. 4 at 11 p.m. The special was filmed at Boston’s…
Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who said he is suspending his presidential campaign to focus on the economic crisis, canceled his appearance on tonight’s “Late Show With David Letterman.” A spokesperson for “Late Show” said Keith Olbermann, the liberal…
Veteran actor Ray Liotta will lend his voice to an upcoming “SpongeBob SquarePants” special scheduled to air Oct. 13 on Nickelodeon. The half-hour “WhoBob WhatPants?” will feature the Emmy-winning actor as the voice of the leader of the villainous Bubble…
In this week’s edition of the New Media Minute, Daisy Whitney mixes it up a bit by carrying a segment from Chicago-based new-media reporter Thatcher Kamin. He attended the Chicago New Media Summit and offers a quick recap on the…
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios’ MGM HD signed an agreement to be carried by Bright House Networks, giving the high-definition movie channel access to an additional 2.4 million U.S. households. The agreement with Bright House expands MGM HD’s reach to central Florida, Indianapolis…
President George W. Bush has come up with a September surprise for the networks, scheduling a prime-time address for tonight—smack dab in the middle of premiere week. Mr. Bush will speak to the nation at 9 p.m. EDT about the…
NBC Universal appointed Todd Whiting to the position of VP of cable and ancillary sales at its Domestic Television Distribution arm. Mr. Whiting comes from within that division, having served as its director of cable and ancillary sales since September…
Ad spending dropped 3.7% in the second quarter of 2008 from the same period a year ago, the biggest quarterly drop since 2001, according to figures released Wednesday by TNS Media Intelligence. For the first half of the year, ad…
Discovery Communications made a deal with YouTube that creates nine new channels on the Web video giant’s site featuring clips of programming from Discovery’s global collection of cable networks. The agreement also calls for a number of promotion and content…