The CW sets fall premieres
The CW Network plans to unveil its new primetime schedule over the course of a three-week period, getting a jump on the traditional broadcast...
DTV transition still has doubters
The Senate Commerce Committee is going to grill an as-yet-unnamed panel on the progress being made toward 2/17/09, when analog broadcast television is scheduled...
Arbitron a takeover target?
For years there has been speculation that Nielsen might someday seek to acquire Arbitron and lock up both TV and radio ratings in the...
Soccer scores big for Univision and TeleFutura
Univision says the live telecast of the 2007 Copa América soccer tournament on its two broadcast networks, Univision and TeleFutura, reached an audience of...
Eye network in multi-platform focus on crime
CBS News National Correspondent Byron Pitts will report on the growing crime rate in US cities for a multi-platform series beginning next week. The...
Charter unveils content for redesigned Charter.net
Charter Communications announced the launch of www.charter.net, an enhanced home page for Charter High-Speed Internet customers to view online content from top entertainment channels...
Wounded Knee, Broken Trail, Sopranos top Emmy nominations
The final season of "The Sopranos" netted 15 Emmy nominations for the HBO series. That was impressive, but the made for TV movie "Bury...
Judge Judy back on top
"Judge Judy" is giving Pat Sajak a summer run for his ratings. Her Honor moved back to the top of the syndicated TV ratings...
Roache gets call to L&O
With Sam Waterson's character, Jack McCoy, promoted to District Attorney for the next season (so Fred Thompson can run for President in real life),...
Wallace to head NBC O&Os
John Wallace has been named President of the NBC Owned-and-Operated Television Stations. Wallace, a 19-year NBC veteran, succeeds Jay Ireland, who recently was named...
CBS sets fall premiere sked
CBS announced early premieres for "Kid Nation" and "Survivor: China" during the week of September 17th, along with most of its Sunday lineup. The...
Teaming up in Dayton
ACME Communications has cut a deal with LIN to have LIN's WDTN-TV (Ch. 2, NBC) produce a daily 10 pm newscast for ACME's WBDT-TV...
Hey, Jay! Better get the doughnuts ready
It's a pretty good bet that when a major new movie comes out, you'll find the star on a nighttime network TV talk show....
Fisher expands online local news with Pegasus News buy
As part of its initiative to develop new online-only content for its key local markets, Fisher Communications has acquired online start-up and hyper-local media...
Trump back…with a twist
"The Apprentice" will be back for another season after all. NBC announced a renewal deal with Donald Trump. This time, though, the contestants will...