"MSNBC Films" launches

MSNBC has launched MSNBC Films, a new feature documentary initiative that gives MSNBC a platform to present and produce provocative, compelling and award-winning films...

CBS orders six more of “Million Dollar Password”

CBS has ordered six additional episodes the Regis Philbin-hosted game show “Million Dollar Password.” The show (Sunday, 8:00-9:00 PM) placed first in its time...

PBS Kids and the Bigger Picture's Kidtoons forge theatre partnership

PBS Kids and Kidtoons, a division of The Bigger Picture, an AccessIT company, have joined forces to bring the PBS Kids brand to the...

Wheel moves back up

"Wheel of Fortune" recaptured the #2 spot from "Two and a Half Men" in the most recent week. But "Judge Judy" still rules in...

Unions battle as studios look on

Rather than a battle between workers and management, the current battle raging in Hollywood is between two unions. Both AFTRA and SAG are enlisting A-list actors to pitch their side of the dispute

E.W. Scripps leaving S&P 500

With the company due to split in two next Monday, Standard & Poor’s is dropping E.W. Scripps Company, which will retain the newspaper and television businesses, from its S&P 500 stock index.

Dancing veterans to host Miss Universe

Donald Trump’s and NBC Universal’s Miss Universe Organization announced that Jerry Springer and Mel B will host the 2008 Miss Universe Pageant from Vietnam...

Second anchor fired at KYW

CBS O&O KYW-TV Philadelphia has fired anchor Larry Mendte, whose home computer was seized by the FBI in an investigation into whether he hacked...

Alphabet net left a game short

Game six of the NBA Finals was the most watched show on television last week. Unfortunately for ABC, Boston beat LA and the series...

Rehr comes to the defense of the FCC

NAB Chairman David Rehr has sent a letter to every member of the House Appropriations Committee urging them to remove language inserted in an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2009

Ratings rock for “Camp Rock”

Although Disney Channel got the world premiere of “Camp Rock” Friday night and drew 8.9 million viewers – the most for any entertainment program...

ABC, ESPN to make shows available on Veoh

ABC and ESPN have struck a deal with online video provider Veoh Networks to make full episodes and clips available on Veoh.com from programs...

IMG, FOX Sports International strike distribution pact

IMG Sports Media, the sports production and distribution division of IMG Worldwide, and Fox Sports International (FSI) announced IMG will exclusively distribute FSI programming...

Other networks back ABC on indecency appeal

Fox, NBC and CBS have all weighed in with the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York in support of ABC’s effort...

Orlando DTV tests commence tomorrow

Tomorrow, 11 local Orlando stations will unite to conduct the first of three innovative DTV transition tests designed to prepare viewers for the end of analog television on 2/17/09