Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel can peacefully co-exist at ABC. That’s the word from ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson, who Wednesday told reporters there’s no reason Mr. Leno and Mr. Kimmel can’t share the same network. NBC has confirmed that…
NBC Universal’s iVillage, the online destination for women, and women’s blogging community BlogHer have entered into a strategic partnership. As a part of the deal, iVillage will have access to BlogHer’s network of 2,200 blogs for promotional opportunities. In return,…
Nickelodeon will premiere “Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: Torchlight on Tibet: Politics, the Olympics and You” on July 20. The program will tackle the issue of Tibet with Chinese, American and Tibetan children. The kids will debate whether politics should…
Kevin Bennett has been promoted to vice president of programming and development for Discovery Emerging Networks. He will be responsible for overseeing programming strategies and development for Investigation Discovery and Military Channel. Bennett has worked in programming and development for…
Tennis Channel will premiere original series “Only at the Open” July 20. The half-hour weekly show chronicles the most dramatic champions and championship moments in U.S. Open history. The first installment will highlight John McEnroe, with Monica Seles, Arthur Ashe,…
ABC will stick to a fairly traditional premiere-week strategy, rolling out the bulk of its lineup the week of Sept. 22. Big guns such as “Dancing With the Stars,” “Ugly Betty,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and…
Video search engine Blinkx introduced a private-label video search offering for any Web site to use. Blinkx is the latest niche video search engine to shift to a private-label model rather than concentrating on becoming a destination for video search….
George Foreman wears almost as many hats as he has children. While Mr. Foreman has been busy being a champion boxer, grill inventor and pitchman, writer and preacher, he may be even busier at home with his 10 kids, including…
Red Roof Inns is going country with a campaign that combines branded entertainment featuring singer Phil Vassar and the band Little Big Town, cable television with Great American Country and a dedicated Web site wrapping up the whole thing. The…
Tom Meyer spent 20 years—his entire career—at Carat before deciding to move to Horizon this year. That’s really not such a long time. After all, Mr. Meyer’s father spent 47 years working at Lockheed. “It’s kind of part of my…