The NFL today said it was closing down NFL Europa, its 16-year-old European league. All 31 of the league’s games were televised live in overnight time periods last season on NFL Network, where they drew relatively low ratings. To replace…
Yabba Dabba Do! Boomerang, the commercial free sister network of Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network,’ is planning a marathon of “The Flintstones” that will show every episode of the first animated primetime series in chronological order. The three-and-a-half day stunt begins…
State Farm will be the title sponsor of the Home Run Derby that will air on ESPN as part of Major League’s Baseball’s All-Star Week. State Farm also agreed to become the official insurance company of Major League Baseball. Terms…
Fox led Thursday with the top two shows as “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” and the “So You Think You Can Dance” results show led the night. “Grader” scored a 2.9 rating among adults 18 to 49; “Dance”…
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has promoted Sylvia Rothblum to senior vice president and managing director of German-speaking territories for the company. Under her new title, Ms. Rothblum will oversee the company’s operations in German-speaking Europe, overseeing the licensing of…
The House of Representatives moved today to ban the Federal Communications Commission from reviving the Fairness Doctrine, which required broadcasters to offer competing viewpoints in a balanced manner when presenting controversial issues. The House inserted a ban on government spending…
Vinnie Malhotra has been named executive producer of ABC News’ weekend news content, ABC News announced today. Mr. Malhotra will oversee editorial content and production of ABC’s two weekend evening news broadcasts, “World News Saturday” and “World News Sunday.” He…
A new lineup of voices will be heard during a majority of ESPN and ABC college football broadcasts this season. “Saturday Night Football” on ABC will bring in Kirk Herbstreit as an analyst for all games this season, along with…
Former WB executive Clay Spencer has been named head of development at producer David Janollari’s newly formed production company. Mr. Spencer will develop comedy and drama series for Warner Bros. Television and Warner Horizon Television, where Mr. Janollari’s as-yet-unnamed company…
After 13 years, Lynn Picard has left her position as executive VP and general manager of Lifetime Television. Ms. Picard is leaving two months after Andrea Wong was appointed CEO of the company. “This was such a difficult decision for…