Oxygen added to Olympics
NBC Universal has added newly acquired Oxygen as an Olympic platform to provide significant weekday coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The female-oriented...
Latest network primetime schedule changes
Carat Programming’s Broadcast and Video Beat reported the latest on network prime programming and premieres, as the strike still loomed large on Friday. To see...
WGA strike may be contributing to surge in online video viewing
comScore released December data from the comScore Video Metrix service, revealed that U.S. Internet users watched more than 10 billion videos online during the...
"Nashville Star" sets open casting call
If your NBC affiliate is in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Kansas City, Tallahassee, Denver, New Orleans or Portland, you may have local talent heading for...
Network sports buying's dirty little secret
Carat Programming noted that some may be surprised that this year's Super Bowl earned the same rating as last year (see charts) . This...
WGA, AMPTP strike tentative deal
At long last, the nearly 100-day strike looks to be over: WGA members got a joint memo early Saturday morning from WGA West president...
Belo sets its newspapers free
As planned, Belo Corporation split in two after Wall Street trading closed on Friday. The television company, still called Belo Corporation, is now separate...
Big soccer night for Univision
Univision is celebrating Nielsen data showing that last Wednesday’s broadcast of the soccer match between the national teams of the US and Mexico drew...
“Smackdown” leaving CW
World Wrestling Entertainment is seeking a new outlet for “WWE Smackdown” after 10 years as one of the most prominent offerings on UPN and...
Clinton open to Fox debate
Finally, after being forced to cancel Democratic debates throughout 2007 due to a boycott staged by most of the candidates and all of those...
Judy and Pat in a tie
The battle for top of the heap in syndicated television continues between Pat Sajak’s “Wheel of Fortune” and Judy Sheindlin’s “Judge Judy” continues. This...
But how long will it take?
With the best hope yet on the horizon for putting an end to the WGA strike, Reuters penned an article yesterday on how long...
Mackin heading Univision O&O group
Univision Communications announced that veteran TV exec Terry Mackin is joining the company on March 1st as President of the Television Station Group. He...
Tough duty, but somebody’s gotta do it
Being a late night TV host may look easy, but there’s a serious, nitty gritty side to it as well. Take, for example, what...
Paula Zahn returns
Paula Zahn wasn’t officially retired, just on hiatus, but now she’ll be investigating the world of retirement. The former CNN anchor has been signed...