An estimated 37 million people watched Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for U.S. vice president, during her star-making debut at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, according to preliminary local data from Nielsen Media Research. Gov. Palin’s audience…
Anthony Edwards will return to “ER” for one episode during the show’s 15th and final season. Mr. Edwards will reprise his role as Dr. Mark Greene in an episode to air Nov. 13. The installment will feature Dr. Greene, who…
PBS will air “Make ’Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America” over three consecutive nights starting Jan. 12. The six-hour documentary, hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris, will explore more than a century of American comedy through…
ABC Family is bringing Internet personality Brigitte Dale’s video blog to its Web site. Ms. Dale’s blog, which covers news, pop culture and twenty-something issues, will be featured on ABCFamily.com starting this month. Ms. Dale will continue to write, produce…
Former KYW-TV Vice President and General Manager Pat Polillo died Tuesday of brain cancer. He was 75. Mr. Polillo worked in local television for almost four decades, from 1961 to 1998, serving as news director at stations in Philadelphia, Boston,…
The Television Bureau of Advertising released a forecast on Thursday predicting local station ad sales will drop between 2% and 5% next year. In 2010, the TVB said, station ad sales will rise between 6% and 10%. The television station…
Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention last night drew more than 12.75 million viewers on the three broadcast networks, beating out the audiences that tuned into the Democratic convention last week to…