Journals By Industry - Television Programming

HEADNOTE When TV writers rewrote this MBA's life, they changed everything but the truth. The writers wore T-shirts showing their tattoos. I'd dressed in Brooks Brothers non-iron French cuffs and a Hugo Boss...

Fox's Glee is slumping in its third season- but does that mean people are losing Interest In TV musicals? NBC's new Broadway-focused drama. Smash, which premières February 6, is about to find out....

What a decade the 1990s was: The U.S. climbed from recession to budget surplus, unemployment was low, and there were music videosonTV.Oureconomymaybestucklnthe '80s, but the pop culture of the '90s is backand folks...

Byline: Robert Nott Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire is coming to New Mexico -- for at least 10 episodes, anyway. The New Mexico Film Office announced Monday that the A&E cable television network's new...

There's good news for Hoosiers who want to experience the city's Super Bowl moment in the spotlight without battling traffic and crowds: All aspects of the big event will be broadcast. Local TV...

Cablevision has created a new iO TV package it hopes will have customers saying "benvenuto" to its Optimum brand. The Bethpag-based cable company announced today it will begin offering a new television package...

A.C. Lawrence & Company announced that nine new agents have joined the firm's ranks. Jennifer Chiappetta previously worked in human resources and served as an assistant executive director for an organization she cofounded....

By Ha'aretz In a rare jab at visiting Diaspora Jews, Israel's premier satirical television show, Eretz Nehederet (A Wonderful Country), took on Taglit-Birthright Israel during its Monday night season premier. The program, known...

SATURDAY: More controversy around Take Me Out failed to halt the show's ratings slide on another bad Saturday night for ITV1. Take Me Out (ITV1) 4.55m (20.12%) / 253k (1.08%) +1 The dating...

FRIDAY: Room 101 returned from the doldrums with one of the biggest audiences in its 18-year history. Room 101 (BBC1) 3.71m (15.46%) The show, which aired from 8.30pm to 9pm, returned after a...

After 20 years at a corporate advertising firm, Pete Sussi was ready for a more animated career. Freelancing in designing 3-D animation, Sussi took the plunge and opened his own firm, Northport-based Platinum...

The NATPE Conference is Just One of Several Big Entertainment Events Taking Place in Miami Beach in the New Year MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Location. Location. Location! That's why the National Association of...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- National Research Corporation (NASDAQ:NRCI) today announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast of its 2011 fourth quarter and year-end earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. The...

Manhattan vacancy rates declined steadily into the fourth quarter of 2011 as a continued wave of new age companies solidified Midtown South as the least vacant central business district in the nation. [ILLUSTRATION...

Soundtrack Features New Music Performed by Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Kirk Franklin, Keke Palmer and others BURBANK, Calif. -- WaterTower Music's soundtrack to Alcon Entertainment's and Warner Bros. Pictures' Joyful Noise debuts this...

Users check into TV shows to get real rewards such as gift cards, movie tickets and music NEW YORK -- Function(x) Inc. (Symbol:FNCX), founded by media and entertainment entrepreneur Robert F.X. Sillerman, announced...

National Campaign Will Encourage Listeners to Contribute to Innovative, Award-Winning Education Charity that Benefits Local Teachers Chase to Help Match Listeners' Donations NEW YORK -- Clear Channel Communities[TM], the recently launched community engagement...

Super Hero Adventures, Based On the Hit 'Super Hero Squad' Cartoon Coming to The Hub, Will Debut New Action Figures, Playsets and Plush at New York Toy Fair PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Hasbro, Inc....

Former Nielsen and MediaCom Executive to Lead Predictive TV Advertising Company SEATTLE -- PrecisionDemand, a TV ad targeting and measuring company, announced today that is has named Jon Mandel its CEO. Mandel, with...