“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone extended their deal with Comedy Central for three years in an agreement that calls for the pair to form a digital development studio. It’s one of the highest-profile deals to make a…
Carlos Mencia of Comedy Central’s “Mind of Mencia” has been named host of the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, to be presented Sept. 8 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Creative Arts Emmys cover 75 awards, including…
Technical difficulties forced the trimming of a scene from this week’s “Entourage” episode, “No Cannes Do.” Talking with TelevisionWeek managing editor Melissa Grego, creator Doug Ellin said Anna Faris’ firing of Eric was not supposed to happen off-screen. The scene…
Turner Broadcasting has hired leading media agency researcher Susan Nathan to a post with a unique title: vice president of media currency. In the upcoming season ads are mostly being bought based on a new currency, namely commercial ratings. In…
Hearst Corp. is going to offer about $600 million to purchase the 27 percent minority stake in Hearst-Argyle Television that it does not already own. The offer, announced late Friday afternoon, adds up to $23.50 per share, a 15 percent…
ESPN is going interactive with a new promotional campaign for its Saturday morning pre-game football show “College GameDay Built by the Home Depot.” The new campaign, which launches today, features show’s cast—Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and Chris Fowler—preparing for the…
Southern California public television station KCET, NBC4 and CBS2 were the top winners Saturday night at the Los Angeles area 59th annual Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Emmy Awards. KCET and NBC4 took home six Emmys, including a news…
Preseason football, which rarely features star players in the huddle for more than a quarter or two, saw continued declines for the week ending Aug. 19th. All four networks which showcase the NFL saw declines for the second week of…
MyNetworkTV is shaking up its schedule again, this time pushing ultimate fighting off Monday nights to make room for a new celebrity magazine show and a concert series. The network announced “Celebrity Expose,” an entertainment newsmagazine from the producers of…