TelevisionWeek writer Daisy Whitney packs a CES preview, the latest news on Perez Hilton’s video technology and her pick for a pair of emerging Web video talents in the latest installment of the “New Media Minute.”
More than 1 million consumers have requested $40-off coupons for DTV converters in the first week the government offered the coupons. The Department of Commerce said today that consumers have requested 1.9 million coupons. Each household without satellite or cable…
Leno Asked, Received Guild Permission Over Monologue A controversy over Jay Leno’s penned monologue has ruffled Writers Guild of America feathers, but NBC is claiming the guild gave permission to Mr. Leno to write his own material, Deadline Hollywood Daily…
Viewing remained largely higher than season-to-date averages but subsided to more normal patterns for the networks’ late-night shows on Thursday, their second night back after eight weeks of writers strike-induced reruns. NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” was still…
Food Network signed a new three-year agreement with host Alton Brown. The channel recently re-signed celebrity cook Rachael Ray, but has a less-certain relationship with its biggest star Emeril Lagasse. Production of long-running “Emeril Live” was halted late last year….
CBS is folding College Sports Television Networks into the operations of CBS Sports, the company said Thursday. Tony Petitti, executive VP and executive producer of CBS Sports, will oversee day-to-day operations of CSTV, replacing Brian Bedol, who founded the company…
The Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is partnering with the Foo Fighters, CBS Interactive and YouTube on this year’s “My Grammy Moment” contest. After doing a similar contest that put an unknown singer on stage with Justin Timberlake during…
Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton’s war against YouTube didn’t last long. After posting a YouTube kiss-off video Dec. 20 urging other video creators to defect from the site as well, Mr. Hilton returned to the site Dec. 27 with a…
The return of network late-night talk shows during the TV writers strike provided a ratings bounce for most of the competitors, with NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” scoring wins in their time…