‘FBI’ & ‘Chicago Med’ Set Mike Weiss & Allen MacDonald As New Showrunners
Death and Other Details co-creator/executive producer Mike Weiss has joined the CBS drama series FBI as executive producer and showrunner. …
Carol Burnett Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award At Gracie Awards
The 49th Annual Gracie Awards, hosted by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF), held Tuesday evening at the Beverly Wilshire …
Robin Davis Named Scripps SVP, Chief Distribution Officer
The veteran media executive has been serving as the company's interim head of distribution since February.
Matthew Perry’s Death From Ketamine Sees LAPD & DEA Team-Up For Investigation On ‘Circumstances’
Over six months after the Friends star died and was laid to rest in L.A.’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park, the Los Angeles Police Department and …
Walter Cade To Lead Sales For NBCU Local Chicago
The veteran Chicago-area sports and media executive will continue leading sales partnership development for WMAQ-WSNS and NBC Sports …
’60 Minutes’ Celebrates 50 Years As America’s Top News Program
With Season 56 in the history books, Executive Producer Bill Owens talks about the news magazine’s 50-season winning streak and what viewers …
Fremantle Increases Global Ad Exec Lineup
Matt Katrosar is named SVP of global ad sales and strategy. It also expands its global channels division, hiring Keith Gross, James Meyer …
Steve Carrell To Star In Upcoming Bill Lawrence Comedy At HBO
Steve Carell is set to star in a new single-camera half-hour comedy series from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses. The currently untitled …
Zeam Media Appoints Sandie Trombert CMO
Zeam Media, a provider of OTT solutions as well as the newly launched streaming platform Zeam, and backed by Gray Television, the National …
News Director Bernice Kearney Leaves KPRC Houston
Bernice Kearney, who has been at the helm of Graham Media's NBC affiliate KPRC Houston as news director for the past 18 months, is now …
Fraud Trial To Begin For Ozy Founder Carlos Watson
Watson’s lawyer has argued that many other media leaders lured investors with “puffing and bluffing,” and that he is being singled out …
Paramount Names Jonathan Bingaman President, Domestic Multi-Platform Licensing & Distribution
Bingaman has been executive VP, domestic licensing and distribution for Paramount’s CBS Media Ventures unit. In his new post, Bingaman will …
Conservative Media Personality Janelle King Appointed To Georgia State Election Board
ATLANTA (AP) — A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia …
Dabney Coleman, Actor Who Specialized In Curmudgeons, Dies
For two decades Coleman labored in movies and TV shows as a talented but largely unnoticed performer. That changed abruptly in 1976 when he …
Paramount’s Communications & Corporate Marketing Chief To Exit
Julia Phelps, Paramount Global’s EVP, chief communications and corporate marketing officer will leave the company at the end of May. Her …
TSL Adds Gary Heelas As Principal Engineer
TSL Products, a provider of design and manufacturing of broadcasting technology, has appointed Gary Heelas as principal engineer. Heelas, …
WWJ Detroit Names Jennifer Lyons Interim GM
The current leader of CBS O&O WBBM Chicago is adding the company's Detroit station to her portfolio.
Will Sasso & Rachel Bay Jones Return As Mandy’s Parents In ‘Young Sheldon’ Spinoff
Two familiar faces will return for the upcoming Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage. Will Sasso and Rachel Bay Jones, …
KRON San Francisco Adds Matt Morse As Local Sales Manager
Nexstar Media Group’s CW affiliate KRON San Francisco has hired Matt Morse as its new local sales manager. He will oversee all local sales …
Fremantle Expands Unscripted Development Team With 3 Key Hires
Fremantle, the company behind top-rated unscripted shows such as American Idol, America’s Got Talent and Password, continues to expand its …
WBNS Columbus Adds Dylan Robichaud As Morning Meterologist
Tegna CBS affiliate WBNS Columbus, Ohio, has named Dylan Robichaud as its weekday morning meteorologist effective May 20. Robichaud is NWA …