Is actor income sagging because of SAG?
Ken Osmond is better known as Eddie Haskell, the iconic friend of Wally Cleaver on the "Leave It to Beaver" television show. He wants...
Watchdog launches another assault on Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is one of the few companies big enough to have a watchdog entirely devoted to it and nothing else. WakeUpWalMart.com has been sparring...
Close encounters in Savannah
Two stations and four companies were involved in this one, as two participants in a Savannah JSA sold it to two buyers who intend...
Ratings for "Kid Nation" aren't kid stuff
Advertisers may have shied away, but CBS is happy with the audience turnout for the premiere of "Kid Nation." The show placed first in...
Two stations, three companies, new foursome
Barrington Broadcasting had a 10M deal in place to acquire two stations in the wide-ranging Traverse City-Cadillac MI DMA: ABC 29 WGTU-TV in Traverse...
Return engagement for Jimmy Kimmel
Dick Clark Productions announced that Jimmy Kimmel, host and executive producer of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," will return to host the 2007 American Music...
Graham developing with NBC Uni
"Gilmore Girl" mom Lauren Graham has signed a one-year exclusive talent and development deal with NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. "I cast Lauren...
Another win for Judy
The battle for #1 in syndication continues to be between "Wheel of Fortune" and "Judge Judy." For the most recent week, the report from...
Rather sues CBS for 70M
Former anchor Dan Rather has sued CBS for 70 million bucks, the New York Times first reported. The lawsuit filed in a New York...
CNBC launching HD+
As News Corporation launches Fox Business Network next month, CBNC is firing back with a new service of its own: CNBC HD+. The new...
CBS Mobile Network unveils lineup
The CBS Mobile Network unveiled its 2007-2008 season program lineup to appear on V CAST Mobile TV from Verizon Wireless, a service of MediaFLO...
Kohl's law will aim at analog TV seniors
Herb Kohl (D-WI), chair of the Senate Select Committee on Aging, says he is going to introduce a bill which will coordinate the DTV...
Murdoch predicts easy win for Fox
The fall TV season kickoff hasn't begun yet, but News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch went out on a limb yesterday at the Goldman Sachs...
Rupert doesn't mind being called an idiot
At yesterday's, 09/18/07, Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVI Conference in New York, News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch said people thought he was an idiot for starting...
Double bragging rights for NBC
NBC notes with pride that it won 19 Emmys, more than any other broadcast network, but it also proudly notes that fewer people were...