Look out below. John McCain’s success at increasing his poll numbers and controlling the presidential campaign’s agenda after the GOP convention appears to bode a far more negative tone in TV political ads in the campaign’s final two months. The…
New England Sports Network signed Boston Red Sox play-by-play announcer Don Orsillo to a multiyear contract extension today, just as the Emmy winner is about to call his 1,000th game for the team. Orsillo has called the games of the…
TelevisionWeek’s Backlot Talk is back with its first effort of the fall season. As he did last season, Doug Ellin, the creator, showrunner and principal writer of “Entourage,” will share his insights about each episode of the series. Last Sunday…
Part one of Charles Gibson’s interview with Republican vice presidential candidate Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin substantially jazzed “ABC World News Tonight’s” preliminary ratings last night. Rising nearly 35% compared to the average of its last two weeks of Nielsen overnight…
Sen. Barack Obama will make a cameo appearance on this weekend’s season premiere of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” a spokesman for the show confirmed. Olympian Michael Phelps is scheduled to host the show, but Sen. Obama will appear in at…
The Envelope’s Gold Derby blog has posted a list of predictions for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Participants were asked to predict the winners and the results were divided into two groups, Team TV Journos and Team The Envelope. Both groups…
“The View’s” 12th-season premiere week reached new highs for ABC daytime, helping the network rank at the top of the list of broadcast daytime TV ratings among female viewers 18 to 49 years old for the week of Sept. 1….
Reruns of ABC’s “Lost” will join the G4 lineup on Sept. 14, beginning with the two-hour pilot. “Lost in 2.0,” as the network is dubbing it, will air weeknights at 9 p.m. with interactive on-screen features such as trivia, character…