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[10/15/07 - 04:38 PM] Frank Caliendo Brings Hilarious Impressions of Celebrities and Newsmakers to TBS in a New Late-Night Sketch Comedy Series Frank TV FRANK TV is slated to premiere Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT) and run for eight, half-hour episodes.
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[10/15/07 - 04:38 PM] Starz Launches New Hd Movie Networks The three new channels are high definition East Coast feeds of the
Starz Comedy, Starz Edge, and Starz Kids & Family.
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[10/15/07 - 04:37 PM] Lifetime Networks Launches Its Largest Multi-Platform 'Every Woman Counts' The unprecedented
Coalition will "reach and connect millions of women nationwide in efforts to
get a record number of women to register and vote, to ensure that issues
important to women are central to the national dialogue and to encourage
women to run for elected office at all levels."
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[10/15/07 - 04:36 PM] GSN 'Scares' Up Its Schedule on Wednesday, October 31 to Include Special Halloween-Themed Episodes of 'Super Password,' 'Family Feud' and 'Whammy!' GSN will be handing out
treats throughout the day on Wednesday, October 31 when it features special
Halloween-themed episodes of some of the network's most popular game shows.
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[10/15/07 - 04:35 PM] Sacramento Hosts the 2nd Annual Citywide Competition of GSN's 'National Vocabulary Championship' Thursday, November 15th The National Vocabulary Championship is an educational initiative
conceived by GSN (Game Show Network) and its NVC educational partner, The
Princeton Review.
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[10/15/07 - 04:33 PM] Dvr Use Adds Viewers to the CW in Target Demos According to Live Plus Seven Day Ratings Overall, The CW's primetime weekly average was bolstered 22% in women 18-34 and 19% in adults 18-34 according to Nielsen live-plus 7 day ratings vs. live only viewing.
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[10/15/07 - 04:31 PM] Calling All Heroes!!! Comedy Central's "The Best of 'The Colbert Report'" DVD Hits Stores on Tuesday, November 6 The single disc release features the best sketches from the show including: "The WØrd," "Better Know a District," "Let The Gravitas Begin with Stone Phillips," "Meta-Free-Phor-All with Sean Penn" and more!
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[10/15/07 - 03:06 PM] Fast Facts for Sunday, October 14, 2007 (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings) ABC spins the numbers for Sunday, October 14.
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[10/15/07 - 03:04 PM] Quick Take for Friday, October 12, 2007 (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings) ABC spins the numbers for Friday, October 12.
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[10/15/07 - 03:01 PM] Wheel of Fortune Celebrates Its Milestone 25th Season in November Featuring All-Star Celebrity Guests Upcoming guests include: Neil Patrick Harris, Jeff Probst, Sherri Shepherd, Montel Williams and Steve Schirripa.
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[10/15/07 - 02:56 PM] Final Live Plus Seven Day Ratings Reveal CBS as Premiere Week Winner in Viewers "Grey's Anatomy," "CSI," "Heroes," "House" and "CSI: Miami" see the largest gains with DVR viewership added in.
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[10/15/07 - 02:55 PM] CBS Wins Sunday in Viewers and Key Demographics CBS spins the numbers for Sunday, October 14.
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[10/15/07 - 02:54 PM] NBC.com Marks Broadcast Network First with Start of Streaming of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' The streams of each episode will become available on NBC.com the day after the episode has aired starting with the today's October 15 episode.
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[10/15/07 - 01:10 PM] ABC Family Launches Its First Online Reality Show "Rush'D," Premiering Monday, October 22 on VirtualrusH.com RUSH'D will take the six contestants from their college campuses to the set of GREEK, where they will get a shot at their own 15-minutes of fame.
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[10/12/07 - 06:16 PM] Development Update: Week of October 8-12 Updates include: "24's" Kiefer Sutherland reaches a plea agreement over his DUI arrest, CBS Television Distribution looks to spin off "Dr. Phil," FOX eyes an animated revamp of "The Pitts" and plenty of new casting news.
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[10/12/07 - 04:52 PM] FOX Trims 'Jezebel James,' Extends 'K-Ville' FOX will suspend production on "James" after its seventh episode, six shy of its previously announced 13-episode order.
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[10/12/07 - 04:30 PM] 'Flipping Out' Starts Airing on November 5th on Cnbc Starting Monday, November 5th, the Bravo series will be rebroadcast at 9PM and 12AM ET.
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[10/12/07 - 04:29 PM] BET Networks Taps Blair Underwood to Narrate New Original Series Exalted The series "explores the lives of African American ministers as they
prepare their sermons, lead their congregation, and perform weekly
ministerial duties while at the same time deal with the challenges of
everyday life."
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[10/12/07 - 01:53 PM] H E R O E S - the Hottest TV Series of the Year Goes Graphic The graphic novel, due on November 23, features the artwork of Michael Turner, Phil Jiminez and Tim Sale.
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[10/12/07 - 01:08 PM] The Graham Norton Show Continues with a Star-Studded Second Season This season's guests include Orlando Bloom, Kim Cattrall, Elijah Wood, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, David Tennant, and Jon Bon Jovi.
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[10/12/07 - 12:50 PM] Quick Take for Thursday, October 11, 2007 (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings) ABC spins the numbers for Thursday, October 11.
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[10/12/07 - 10:08 AM] Csi Tops "Grey's Anatomy" in Viewers for the Third Consecutive Week CBS spins the numbers for Thursday, October 11.
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[10/11/07 - 04:27 PM] Dan Waters to Develop Pilot for Sci Fi Channel This comedic pilot about three humanoid aliens stranded in middle America "explores the themes found in such classics as 'Stranger In A Strange Land,' 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' and 'Starman,' but with a healthy dose of 'South Park'-like satire."
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[10/11/07 - 04:26 PM] Sunday Night Originals Score Big for Oxygen Oxygen spins the numbers for Sunday, October 7.
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[10/11/07 - 03:10 PM] NBC Universal Leads the Pack in Diversity Efforts with the Second Annual Comedy Short Cuts Film Festival A blind script commitment with Universal Media Studios was presented to the "Yoga" filmmakers Tajamika Paxton, former film executive at MTV Films, and Gregory M.T. Colleton.
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[10/11/07 - 03:09 PM] NBC Universal Announces Long-Term Plan to Create West Coast News Headquarters and Content Center in Los Angeles The West Coast facility will be modeled after the NBC News World Headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, which is being unveiled today and opens later this month.
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[10/11/07 - 03:05 PM] Lifetime Networks Partners with Starz Media to Produce and Distribute Original TV Movies Globally The deal kicks off with three new originals: "True Confessions of A Hollywood Starlet" starring JoJo and Valerie
Bertinelli; "Queen Sized" starring Nikki Blonsky; and "Wisegal" starring
Alyssa Milano and Jason Gedrick.
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[10/11/07 - 01:30 PM] CBS Orders Six One-Hour Episodes of "Million Dollar Password" from Fremantlemedia North America The new primetime game show will be a modernized version based on the Goodson/Todman classics "Password," "Password Plus" and "Super Password."
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[10/11/07 - 01:29 PM] TV Land Relaunches TVlanD.com as Ultimate Entertainment Site for Baby Boomers TVLand.com is the first
official website to license full-length, free, streaming episodes of
classic television series' "The Andy Griffith Show," "Leave It To Beaver"
and "Gunsmoke."
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[10/11/07 - 01:28 PM] LifetimetV.com Teams with Paltalk to Launch Weekly Online Chats with Popular Medium/Clairvoyant Lisa Williams Beginning Friday, October 12 from 10-11pm (Edt/Pdt) Last season's Lisa Williams text chats were extremely popular,
resulting in LifetimeTV.com's most trafficked single hour in history.
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[10/11/07 - 01:27 PM] Powerhouse "Top Model" and Growing New Hit "Gossip Girl" Lift the CW's Signature Wednesday The CW spins the numbers for Wednesday, October 10.
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[10/11/07 - 01:03 PM] Victoria Eliminated from "America's Next Top Model" on the Cw The CW details the latest "America's Next Top Model" elimination.
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[10/11/07 - 12:17 PM] Criminal Minds Tops "Bionic Woman" and "Private Practice" in Viewers for the Second Straight Week CBS spins the numbers for Wednesday, October 10.
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[10/11/07 - 12:15 PM] Quick Take for Wednesday, October 10, 2007 (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings) ABC spins the numbers for Wednesday, October 10.
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[10/11/07 - 12:14 PM] ABC News to Offer Paid Internships Beginning January 2008 ABC News previously offered academic credit for semester-long internships.
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[10/11/07 - 12:05 PM] NBC News' Matt Lauer to Interview Senator Larry Craig in an Exclusive "Matt Lauer Reports" Primetime Special on Tuesday, OcT. 16 and on "Today" Wednesday, OcT. 17 The one-hour special will pre-empt "The Singing Bee" and cut "The Biggest Loser" to one hour next week.
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[10/11/07 - 12:05 PM] Disney-ABC Television Group Casting Presents Its Sixth New York Actors Showcase The showcase, the sixth one to be held in New York, will take place at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 3 Spruce Street between Park Row and Gold Street, on Monday, October 22.
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[10/11/07 - 11:14 AM] ESPN.com's "The Sports Guy" Bill Simmons Joins E:60 as Special Contributor He joins the previously announced team of award-winning ESPN journalists - Jeremy Schaap, Lisa Salters, Tom Farrey, Rachel Nichols and Michael Smith - who serve as the show's correspondents.
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[10/11/07 - 10:57 AM] NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution Has Sold Hit NBC Primetime Series "Heroes" to Cable Networks G4 and Mojo for Initial Off-Network Run The multi-season strip deals with G4 and MOJO debut in fall 2010, and include a repurpose window of current season episodes the week following NBC's initial airings starting in 2007.
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[10/11/07 - 09:06 AM] Tivo Announces Premiere Week Ratings The ratings, generated using TiVo's Stop||Watch(TM) service, revealed that "Grey's Anatomy," with a total
rating of 27.2%, was the most watched show in Total and Time-shifted
viewing during premiere week.
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