BBC Worldwide confirmed today that Jane Tranter will be joining the company as its executive VP of programming and production to help drive forward its U.S. scripted and reality business. Ms. Tranter will execute her duties from the network’s Los…
Rita Mullin was named VP of development at TLC, the cable network announced today. Ms. Mullin, along with Brent Zacky, will oversee the strategic direction of TLC’s new and original content out of Discovery Communications’ headquarters in Silver Spring, Md….
After a six-week tryout, Erica Hill has won the co-anchor chair next to Chris Wragge on the Saturday edition of “The Early Show” on CBS, effective immediately. Ms. Hill follows in the footsteps of Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta, who…
Multiplatform video and music network Music Choice announced today it has renewed its multiyear distribution deal with Charter, thus extending Music Choice’s video-on-demand contend for Charter On Demand subscribers. “The multiyear deal between Charter and Music Choice demonstrates both companies’…
After a glacially paced first hour, Campaign 2008 intruded into Sunday night’s 60th annual Emmy Awards—and not a moment too soon. Ricky Gervais. A few well-timed political jokes and barbs—plus star turns by Ricky Gervais and Don Rickles—were all that…
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An honest-to-goodness family thrives at “One Tree Hill.” The CW’s sudsy and often heart-wrenching drama has created real history and roots in Wilmington, N.C., the youthful coastal town where it is filmed. The EUE Screen Gems studio drew the cast…
TelevisionWeek National Editor Michele Greppi recently interviewed “One Tree Hill” creator and executive producer Mark Schwahn as he was about to fly east to Wilmington, N.C., where his series is shot, to work on an episode that would involve a…
I have this habit of throwing phones when I get angry. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with a column for TelevisionWeek. Everything, my friends. Everything. And not just because my editor at TelevisionWeek is usually the one…
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