Broadcasting & Cable News

Steve Harvey Returns as Fox New Year’s Host

December 22, 2019

Steve Harvey is returning for a third year as host of Fox’s New Years Eve, which will originate live from Times Square starting at 8 p.m. ET on Dec. 31. Harvey’s co-hosts for the show will be Maria Menounos and NFL star turned Fox Sports analyst and all-round party guy Rob Gronkowski. The headliner ...

Megan Rapinoe to Appear on ‘The L Word’ on Showtime

December 22, 2019

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe will guest star on The L Word: Generation Q Sunday, Dec. 22 on Showtime. Rapinoe, a standout on the U.S. soccer team, will play herself as a guest on Alice’s talk show. Leisha Hailey plays Alice. Rapinoe captained the U.S. women in their World Cup victory this past summer. ...

Fox News Teaming Up With Branded Content Firm

December 22, 2019

Fox News said it is teaming up with branded content company Hevē to provide advertisers with ways to connect to the network’s audience. Hevē will help create storytelling contextually aligned to an advertiser’s message that is personalized to the Fox News audience. “With a reach of more than 200 ...

New York Offers $5 Million to Incentivize Minority TV Writing, Directing

December 22, 2019

The Television Diversity Tax Credit Bill has been signed into law by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, which would underwrite the salaries and fees of minority residents of the state who are hired to write and direct shows for broadcast, cable and online. The bill, advocated for by the Writers Guild ...

STELAR to Sunset Dec. 31

December 22, 2019

The Senate has put the STELAR retransmission consent reform vehicle on blocks, apparently for good. As expected the Senate has passed compromise bills that make the retrans good faith negotiation mandate for broadcasters and MVPDs permanent and sunsets the every-five-year renewal of the satellite ...

Scripps Taps Siegel to Launch News at WSFL

December 22, 2019

The E.W. Scripps Co. promoted Bill Siegel to VP and general manager of WSFL-TV, in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, a station where the company plans to launch a news operation. The CW affiliate was one of the stations Nexstar sold after acquiring Tribune Co. Siegel, who is senior director of content strategy ...

Berryman Joins NBCU to Drive Auto Ad Business

December 22, 2019

NBCUniversal named Abbey Berryman senior VP, client partnerships, a new post. Berryman will be part of the NBCU group that works closely with marketers, which is lead by Karen Kovacs, executive VP, client partnerships, who joined the media company earlier this year. Berryman has decades of ...

SAG-AFTRA Expanding Fremantle Investigation

December 22, 2019

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing 160,000 actors, writers and others in the entertainment business, said it was expanding its investigation of Fremantle Media. “After initial meetings with Gabrielle Union and her representatives about her experiences on America’s Got Talent, and after learning more ...

ViacomCBS Buys 49% Stake in Miramax Studio

December 22, 2019

ViacomCBS said it agreed to acquire 49% of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein’s former movie and TV studio, for $375 million. beIN Media will retain a 51% in Miramax and the studios current executive team will continue to run the company. “Miramax is a renowned global studio, responsible for some of the ...