Yeah, but will Buzztown be the same? CBS Corporation purchased CNET Networks for $1.8 billion today, giving CBS an even bigger footprint on the Web. The acquisition includes CNET, ZDNet, TV.com, and CNET News.com. The CNET website is home to the popular Buzz Out Loud podcast, and other audio and video properties. CNET is headquartered in San Francisco, while CBS’ […]
CBS is introducing a total of six new series: four new comedies and two dramas, and is moving existing shows to new nights. To see the complete schedule, click here (all times Eastern; programs air one hour earlier in Chicago and the rest of the Central and Mountain time zones.) New comedy Worst Week is slotted after Two And a […]
– The Chicago Sky has signed a TV deal with Weigel’s WWME-TV to carry eight games this summer. The WNBA Team previously had those games on sister station WCIU-TV. Of note is the June 3 game against the Los Angeles Sparks, which features former Naperville hoops star Cadence Parker. -Phil Donahue is returning to the home that made him famous […]
If you are a female between the ages of 18 and 34, let it be known: The CW wants you. The CW unveiled its female-friendly lineup on Tuesday, programming five nights with two comedies and lots of dramas. To see the schedule, click here (all times Eastern; programs air one hour earlier in Chicago and the rest of the Central […]
CBS pulled the plug on Moonlight and Shark, so expect the fanboys and fangirls (of Moonlight, anyway) to deluge CBS with a lot of protest letters – or peanuts. Or even pairs of fangs. Meanwhile, CBS did renew The Old Adventures of New Christine, The Unit, and How I Met Your Mother.
ABC released its fall schedule today, and you can view it by clicking here(all times Eastern; programs air one hour earlier in Chicago and the rest of the Central and Mountain time zones.) Not much in the way of changes: ABC announced only two new shows this fall with Life on Mars and Opportunity Knocks on the sked. Also, Boston […]
Jimmy’s got the moves. Jimmy has the style. And now, Jimmy has a talk show. As expected, Jimmy Fallon gets the post-Tonight Show slot in 2009, succeeding Conan O’Brien, who of course, is taking over for Jay Leno’s Tonight Show job in this same time frame. NBC made the announcement official in New York today. O’Brien, a former Simpsons writer, took […]
The latest from the Upfronts: Here is what you won’t see on the fall schedules – i.e. the programs that have been canceled: ABC: Men in Trees, Miss Guided, October Road, Women’s Murder Club. CBS: Cane, Welcome to the Captain (Wait a minute. This show was on the air?) FOX: Back to You, Canterbury’s Law, New Amsterdam, The Return of Jezebel James […]
Fox has renewed Til’ Death, putting the Sony Television Pictures production on the track for an off-network syndication debut in fall 2010, while canceling Back to You and picking up a new comedy called The Inn. Twentieth Television is shopping Back to You to several networks, including CBS. Thought: Chalk up Back to You’s demise to several factors: Expensive production, […]
Critically acclaimed + low audience numbers = cancellation. Obviously, the first casualty of CW’s decision to outsource its Sunday night lineup to an outside company (see below.) But good news for Reaper fans: Your show may be coming back for next season after all.
The CW is selling three hours on Sunday night (most likely the 6-9 p.m. slot Central time) to the Media Rights Capital production studio, and they will develop the programs and sell the ad time. The move means the two remaining original-episode programs on the schedule (Everybody Hates Chris and The Game) are likely to move to another night (with […]
The FCC will test how well the analog shutoff is going to do by enticing stations in Wilmington, N.C. to shut off their analog transmitters early and go all-digital in September. As some of you know already (or don’t know), the government will shut off analog television on February 17, 2009, and all television broadcasting is going to digital. To […]
As promised, here is my take on Chicago media’s coverage of the city’s minority neighborhoods in the aftermath of a recent crime spree… Wait a minute… Haven’t I written about this before? In fact, I have. I was getting ready to write this Think Tank about media coverage of crime in minority communities, but I realized I would be only […]
In a just a short time at the Tribune Co., Randy Michaels has already received a promotion – to COO (Chief Operating Officer) – responsible for all the publishing, broadcasting, and interactive divisions at Tribune.
There could be trouble brewing at WBBM-FM’s (B96) morning show after one of the co-hosts walked off the set after a bit she found lacking of taste. Erica Cobb stormed off the Eddie & JoBo & Erica show after Eddie Volkman did an impersonation of the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright during yesterday’s show. The incident happened during a discussion of […]
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