CBS is employing its recently acquired CNET property to help promote the upcoming season of “Survivor.” The season opener’s first three-and-a-half minutes will be available to stream at CNET.com/Survivor tonight at 8 p.m. EDT, a week before the show’s premiere…
CBS Sports and the CBS College Sports Network have signed multiyear deals with the U.S. Naval Academy for broadcast rights to home college football games, men’s basketball games and Olympic sporting events. Included in the deal is exclusive CBS Sports…
Ad spending on U.S. broadcast TV dropped 6% during the first half of 2008 compared to the same time period last year, a new report from Nielsen Monitor-Plus reports. The big difference between the two time periods: the Writers Guild…
NBC has confirmed that Oprah Winfrey will guest star in the second episode of “30 Rock” this season. Ms. Winfrey filmed her appearance Saturday at Silvercup Studios in New York. Her episode will air Nov. 6. The coming season of…
Comedy Central has relaunched ColbertNation.com, a Web hub for its show “The Colbert Report.” The Web site features more than 2,800 videos dating back to the show’s launch in 2005, as well as a searchable database, an online community and…
Starz is partnering with cable and satellite providers to offer sneak previews before the launch of its first original series “Crash” on Oct. 17. The first two episodes of the show will be available via free on-demand through Comcast, Cox,…
“Saturday Night Live” comic Amy Poehler is getting into Web video. She has created “Smart Girls,” a new digital television show for young girls that features the actress interviewing a girl who is uniquely talented, active in their community or…
Discovery Communications Wednesday morning began trading as a publicly owned company. Founder and Chairman John Hendricks and President and CEO David Zaslav rang the opening bell for NASDAQ trading to commemorate the occasion. Also on hand were performers from the…
Advertising spending across all media fell 1.4% during the first half of 2008, the Nielsen Co. said Thursday. Despite the overall declines compared with the first six months of 2007, some television categories showed growth during the first half, including…