BET Entertainment President Reginald Hudlin is stepping down, the Viacom-owned network said Thursday. Mr. Hudlin will resume his career as an independent film producer. Under Mr. Hudlin, the network has increased the amount of original programming it runs and tried…
Armed with “the Best F#&king News Team Ever” in Denver and St. Paul, Minn., “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’s” coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions propelled itself well above the show’s 2004 convention coverage in ratings and viewership….
ABC has decided to delay the season premiere of “Samantha Who?” by a week. The Christina Applegate comedy now will bow on Monday, Oct. 13, the network said Thursday. ABC executives want to air an extra two-hour “Dancing With the…
MTV Networks will launch mobile video ads on carrier-operated premium VOD services for the first time. The first advertiser will be the U.S. Air Force, which will have pre-roll ads running across MTV’s mobile video-on-demand programming, as well as campaigns…
Production has halted on the Joss Whedon drama “Dollhouse” amid indications that some executives inside Fox are deeply concerned about the creative direction of the series. The last day of filming on “Dollhouse” was last Thursday, a spokesman for the…
The movie industry today warned the Federal Communications Commission about acting to implement a la carte pricing of cable TV channels even at the wholesale level. In a filing today, the Motion Picture Association of America urged the FCC to…
HD programming picks for Sept. 11-17: “Lilies of the Field”/“They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!,” “The Shining,” “No Country for Old Men” “Lilies of the Field”/“They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!” (MGMHD). Fri., Sept. 12, 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. Double feature…
More HD Shows Coming to iTunes Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the release of iTunes 8 at a press conference Tuesday in San Francisco, Hollywood.com reports. The new version of iTunes will allow for the availability of more HD releases…
The player: John Wilson, senior VP and chief television programming executive, PBS The play: Mr. Wilson helped lead PBS’ progress from launching its first high-definition channel in March 2004 to ensuring that all programming sent by PBS to its 356…