Survey looks at viewers' plans during strike
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 12According to a study, by the market research firm Synovate for Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management, 84%...
WGA strike may give weaker shows a leg up
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 12A NY Times story pointed out a growing consensus among executives at the television networks--the strike could be good news...
Multimedia company snares desert Fox
Gulf-California Broadcast Company, part of the St. Joseph MO-based News-Press & Gazette Company, is buying KECY-TV, the Fox affiliate in the Yuma AZ-El Centro...
Big Brother casting begins this weekend
With no way to know when the writers strike may end, the networks are moving full steam ahead with reality programming. CBS announced that...
Rudolph, Frosty and lingerie for the holidays
CBS announced a lineup of holiday classics for next month, including the annual visits of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (12/4), "Frosty the Snowman" (12/7)...
Week 7: 4 from cable make top 100
As in previous weeks this TV season, "Monday Night Football" on ESPN was the top-rated show on cable/satellite TV, but barely made the top...
Indie producers craft letter: "We aren't the ones"
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 11A group of 85 independent producers, many of them with credits on studio and independent films, signed a joint statement...
WGA, AMPTP trade barbs over scabs
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 11The Writers Guild (WGA) and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) traded public comments yesterday on their respective...
TV Guide cancels Online Video Awards
2007-11-15 10:43:00TV Guide announced it is cancelling the ceremony and TV Guide Channel broadcast of its Online Video Awards, both originally scheduled for early...
WGA strike jeopardizes Television Critics Association's winter press tour
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 11The Television Critics Association's winter press tour, one of two gatherings where networks showcase their new shows in January, could...
Ellen won't tape next week
WGA STRIKE CENTRAL DAY 11Ellen DeGeneres has pulled the plug on plans to tape her show next week in New York, where Writers Guild...
Watchdog barks up the wrong tree
StopBigMedia is incensed. CW network is running ads trumpeting the fact that they do not include local news in their programming schedule. The "good...
Sinclair makes another non-TV buy
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it had acquired approximately 95% of Alarm Funding Associates for approximately 5.5 million - yet another investment by Sinclair...
Local TV likely to snare Fox spins
It's hardly surprising that Local TV LLC was a bidder for the nine Fox stations that News Corporation put up for sale in June...
NBC renames O&O group
NBC Owned-and-Operated Stations Group has been renamed the NBC Local Media Division. As he announced the change, John Wallace, President of the NBC Local...