Bravo is launching a new Web site that gives TV junkies the chance to play network executives and win a $100,000 grand prize. TVbigshot.com is a season long game in which players start with a $300 million programming budget and…
BET executives Sunday defended their upcoming program “Hot Ghetto Mess,” which has already had advertisers pull out because of claims that it features negative depictions of African-Americans. BET Entertainment president Reginald Hudlin, speaking Sunday at the Television Critics Association meeting…
SoapNet’s original “General Hospital” spin-off drew the highest ratings in the network’s history when it debuted on Thursday. “General Hospital: Night Shift” drew record numbers of total viewers, women 18-34 and women 18-49 to the Disney-owned SoapNet. The weekly primetime…
Showtime plans to have original episodes of four of its series on the air during October. At the Television Critics Association meeting Saturday in Los Angeles, Showtime executives said the network plans to launch two of its comedies, season three…
Disney Channel has big plans for Aug. 17, the night of the world premiere of “High School Musical 2.” Following “High School Musical 2,” Disney will preview new cartoon “Phineas and Ferb.” The series will return for its regular run…
E! Entertainment said it plans to air a new reality series featuring former gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg and his family. The show is scheduled to debut later this year, the network announced Friday at the Television Critics Association meeting in…
Discovery Communications said it plans to help rebuild the tornado ravaged city of Greensburg, Kansas, with Leonardo DiCaprio as the centerpiece of the launch of its new Planet Green Channel. “Eco Town,” a 13-part series, will be the “centerpiece of…
Democrats may not be winning the talk radio battle, but they quashed the first Senate bid to bar the Federal Communications Commission from doing something about the inequity. In a procedural move, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., today prevented…
Telepictures has signed a deal that could put a talk show based on the best-selling book and DVD title “The Secret” on the airwaves for fall 2008. Telepictures, the production arm of distributor Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, has not…
General Electric reported profit of $5.4 billion for the quarter ended June 30, up by more than 10 percent from $4.9 billion in the same quarter last year and on target. NBC Universal generated $3.6 billion in revenues and profits…