Larry Wilmore presented a new Comedy Central program late Monday night that attempted two very different procedures in simultaneous fashion: tickling funny bones and drawing blood. Rather than stock…
Cookie Monster has shuffled about “Sesame Street” for decades, but he’s about to break out of the long-running kids program and get his own one-hour spotlight on PBS. In “The Cookie Thief,” the…
Viacom’s MTV said its programming would appear in black and white on Monday, January 19, in an effort to generate talk about racial issues on Martin Luther King Day. Commercials will continue to…
CBS and The National Football League agreed to renew a deal that gives CBS the right to air eight pro-football games on Thursday nights, a pact that will give CBS the ability to air NFL match-ups…
Playboy is hoping it can do for old porn what Time Warner’s Turner Classic Movies does for the best cinema of yesteryear. The adult-entertainment company's premium cable outlet, Playboy TV, will on…
Al Jazeera America is reworking all of its programming schedule, relying less on hourlong specialty programs in favor of live newscasts, the network’s chief executive said in a memo to staffers…
One of Madison Avenue’s most influential media-buying executives is stepping down from her post, just weeks before U.S. TV networks are set to start making pitches for ad dollars as part of the…
NBC News has found a new executive to lead its venerable “Today” morning franchise into tomorrow. Noah Oppenheim, a former executive producer at MSNBC who worked at “Today” in the middle of the last…
Fox News and Dish have reached an agreement that will return Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network to the satellite broadcaster’s service after a few weeks’ absence. Tim Carry, exec VP of…
Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery, the onetime MTV host who has recently been seen on Fox Business program “The Independents,” is getting a series built around her. Montgomery will be the host of “Kennedy,”…
