"Jericho" to return!
“But stop sending us nuts”, says CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler, fearing that someone at the network may have peanut allergies (yeah, right.) The fans got a seven episode renewal for midseason.
Tyra takes talk show to New York
Her daytime talk show, going into its third season, is moving to New York this fall. Will “Top Model” follow? It would be nice for Tyra Banks’ reality show to go back where it belongs.
Barely done
One thing Barely Today didn’t want to do is barely get viewers. As a result, NBC-owned WMAQ-TV has dropped the show and will expand its morning newscast to 4:30 a.m. starting Monday, where Barely Today previously aired. The program was hosted by Bruce Wolf, who will now be reassigned to sports anchoring and reporting duties during the morning newscast.
Playoffs? Playoffs? Mora demoted, Johnson promoted
No, we’re not talking about former NFL coach Jim Mora talking about not going to the playoffs. But if WBBM’s newscasts were a sports team, it wouldn’t make the playoffs. And as a result, changes must be made. And so, Antonio Mora is out and Rob Johnson is in after a shakeup at CBS-owned WBBM-TV’s perennially low-rated 10 p.m. newscast. […]
"Jericho" to return?
All right, so CBS didn’t have to deal with bags and bags of peanuts back in the day when there were fan campaigns to save Cagney & Lacey and Designing Women. But it’s not the ’80’s anymore, isn’t it? Taking a page from the Roswell playbook (except it was bottles of Tabasco sauce that was sent to UPN), fans sent […]
Comings and goings
Mrs. Fortman – Joey Fortman, that is – is leaving the morning show at Nine FM, so she could can move to Philadelphia with her husband, who was named program director of WPEN-AM. No word on a replacement. Also, Kenard Karter has been named music director at urban contemporary WGCI-FM, replacing Tiffany Green, who exited the station in February. Karter […]
WFLD receives award from AP for best local news coverage
This award as is about as valuable as an MTV Movie award…. pretty much worthless. (And in the B&C article, notice how it didn’t even mention the station’s call letters? It’s written very amateurishly…)
"Extreme Makeover" reruns to TV Land
Aptly noted here as TV Land is on the verge of one….
Court throws out Fox’s profanity case
A federal court has thrown out the FCC’s profanity ruling against Fox over two Billboard Music Awards broadcasts and said the agency’s “fleeting expletives” policy was “failing to articulate a reason basis for its change in policy.” You can download the decision here (thanks to TV Barn for the link; you must have a PDF reader to view the document.) […]
No more daily Chicago Defender?
That’s what this brief in MediaLife is implying – meaning that the struggling paper targeted to the African-American community may be cut back to twice-weekly or even just weekly. No word on when these changes might happen, but it’s not looking good. It seems that the paper is also neglecting its website – it hasn’t been updated today and there […]
Hearst-Argyle, YouTube hook up
In a groundbreaking move, Hearst-Argyle Television, one of the nation’s largest TV station groups, has signed a deal with YouTube to provide content on the popular video-sharing website. The deal means that five Hearst-Argyle stations – flagship WCVB (ABC) in Boston, as well as WTAE (ABC) in Pittsburgh, KCRA (NBC) in Sacramento, WMUR (ABC) in Manchester, N.H., and WBAL (NBC) […]
Power 92 jock arrested
Power 92’s Miguel Garcia, a.k.a. Donnie Devoe a.k.a “The Freakin’ Puerto Rican’” was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct on Wednesday after he became violent at a restaurant in south suburban Calumet City. The DJ, who works at urban contemporary WPWX-FM in nearby Hammond, Ind. reportedly threatened customers at the restaurant, and left the premises before police arrived. However, they […]