The Fox-owned station group is making moves to secure its programming lineup next season and beyond, and has now picked up the CBS Television Distribution series “Everybody Hates Chris” for the 2009-10 season. “Everybody Hates Chris” has been cleared in…
Top execs at the four broadcast and cable media companies are warning the Federal Communications Commission about initiating any new regulation of cable industry competition or procedures. In a joint letter submitted today to the FCC, Peter Chernin, president-chief operating…
Debby Beece, president of programming and marketing for Oxygen, resigned Friday, shortly before the acquisition of Oxygen by NBC Universal was completed Tuesday. Ms. Beece was named president of programming in November 2000 and oversaw the launch of original shows…
The online TV download market got even more crowded Monday with the introduction of Pioneer’s SyncTV. The service, in private beta at www.synctv.com, is designed to provide “home-theater-quality TV shows” on an unlimited download basis, the company said. The service…
Fox Actors Receive Suspension Notices 20th Century Fox Television actors joined Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Television actors, receiving suspension letters as shows go dark due to the writers strike, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The letters instructed actors that…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s push to define the cable market in ways that would let him regulate it more actively hit a stumbling block today when one of the agency commissioners said he wouldn’t go along. FCC Commissioner…
CBS News employees who are members of the Writers Guild of America have authorized a strike against the network at any time. According to a posting on the WGA East Web site, almost 300 of an estimated 500 WGA members…
MTV has greenlit a new dance competition series from “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson. Tentatively titled “Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew,” the series is scheduled to debut in the first quarter. Dance teams of five to seven members…
Fox News Channel lead anchor Shepard Smith has signed a new deal that will pay him between $7 million and $8 million per year for a little more than three years, the New York Times reports. “The Fox Report With…