BROADCASTING Randi Goldklank to VP/general manager, WHDH-TV/WLVI-TV, Boston, from director, sales. Thomas Grant, to national sales manager/assistant station manager, WZDX-TV/WAMY-TV, Huntsville, Ala., from national sales manager, WFXR-TV/WWCW-TV, Roanoke, Va. Rick Vokulich to senior VP, business affairs, The CW Network, from…
NBC plans to revive Donald Trump’s struggling reality series “The Apprentice” for midseason, sources said. Under the leadership of newly installed entertainment co-chair Ben Silverman, the network is near a deal to bring back the veteran Mark Burnett-produced show for…
Major League Baseball has taken away ESPN’s anchor desk at the All-Star Game. The slap follows ESPN’s decision to broadcast the top National League vote getters and the complete All-Star rosters on Sunday, when TBS was running its All-Star selection…
ABC will burn off the remaining episodes of its fall bank heist drama “The Nine,” the network confirmed Friday. The network will air the final six episodes of the critically acclaimed show starting Aug. 1. ABC aired seven episodes last…
Fox edged out CBS for a Thursday night victory, with a repeat of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” besting the season premiere of “Big Brother” as the night’s top-rated show. By scheduling two “Smarter” reruns, Fox won the…
ESPN is offering extended coverage across seven of its outlets for this month’s Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, ESPN360.com, ESPN Deportes Radio, ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN Deportes La Revista all will feature some type of…
Former NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly is in talks with Fox Broadcasting Co. to join the network under his former FX boss Peter Liguori, sources said. Mr. Reilly likely would take a lead programming role, with current entertainment president Mr….
Wednesday night The CW called the last episode of its low-rated summer soap “Hidden Palms” a “series finale,” thus concluding the program. The eight-episode “Palms” run has played like a game of summer ratings limbo, testing how low an original…
Two senators are postponing a task force report on child obesity, an indication that the nation’s biggest food and beverage marketers are preparing to unveil major new concessions in how they market food to kids on TV. Sens. Sam Brownback,…
NBC’s annual airing of the “Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular” was the highest-rated show on broadcast television Wednesday night, although competition was scarce. The fireworks display had its best adults 18 to 49 delivery in five years, according to…