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'IF IT MAKES YOU feel any better,' a network comedy-development executive told me once, 'we're having a hard time launching any comedies on our network.' This was many years ago [...]

Payne Motors is no more. 'American Auto,' a sitcom starring Ana Gasteyer as the CEO of a fictional, century-old Detroit automaker struggling to stay competitive in a fast-changing industry, was [...]

QUALITY, WE ARE TOLD, still matters. In this golden age of TV, elite shows succeed not just because of crafty marketing or sheer promotional muscle. If anything, too much spin [...]

As I leave Radio 21 wonder if 26 years editing the same BBC programme is a record. I depart with a reputation as a maverick and a rule-breaker, as even [...]

Byline: KEITH CRAIN Last week the head of Facebook testified before Congress for a couple of days to explain just how Facebook works for its billions of customers around the [...]

MIDWAY THROUGH TRUTH, the new film about the infamous report that CBS aired in September 2004 questioning President George W. Bush's service in the Air National Guard, producer Mary Mapes [...]

Since the severity of the novel coronavirus pandemic first became widely apparent on March 11--when, within a single hour, Tom Hanks tweeted that he had been diagnosed with the coronavirus, [...]

From a lack of star power to a 14-hour time difference, the Pyeongchang Games present a host of challenges, but with a new digital strategy and nationwide live broadcasts (a [...]

Byline: JEANINE POGGI DECADES BEFORE "SERIAL" and "Making a Murderer" made true crime a phenomenon in new media, and before "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" won more [...]

The BBC - still flying the flag for public service broadcasting Formative years The British Broadcasting Corporation we know and (mostly) love dates back to 1926 and a remarkable piece [...]

Byline: Jeanine Poggi NBC'S "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" is paring down its commercial load, with plans to cut about 30% of ads out of the sketch comedy show next season. It [...]

Creature is fast making a name for itself in theatre. This is what differentiates the agency from its rivals in adland, Dan Shute and Ed Warren tell James Swift. Pity [...]

Byline: Simon Dumenco Ad Age's offices are just a few blocks from Grand Central Terminal, and either a short stroll or a quick cab ride away from the headquarters of [...]

Do advertisers lose out in the trading dispute between the media group and the broadcaster, Arif Durrani asks. Tensions between Omnicom and Channel 5 ratcheted up last week when the [...]

In January 1986, after years of negotiations with Rupert Murdoch, the printers that serviced his British newspapers went on strike after Murdoch demanded that they sign a new contract in [...]

WHAT THEY DID - Smedley and Hackforth-Jones persuaded ITV to let them run a powerful stunt in an episode of Loose Women to raise awareness of the support that Refuge [...]

MIP-TV organizers took the 'blame' for the terrible weather, as well as for the various train and airline strikes in France, but clearly took credit for the success of this [...]

Why hasn't Colbert clicked? Why is Trevor Noah's audience older than Jon Stewart's? The inspired silliness of NBC's king became everything in a genre where YouTube hits are as relevant [...]

ALEX BASKIN, 35 PARTNER, EXEC VP, EVOLUTION MEDIA Since joining Evolution in 2006, Baskin has executive-produced over 20 series, specials and pilots, including ABC Family's 'Beverly Hills Nannies,' WE's 'High [...]

JUST A FEW SEASONS AGO, the 10 p.m. timeslot was being written off as a dead zone, as viewers turned to their DVRs to catch up on programming during the [...]

ON MAY 28, NBC WILL JUMP ON THE BINGE-viewing bandwagon, releasing the entire 13-episode first season of Aquarius online while also airing the David Duchovny period drama each week on [...]

Television news producers often amass great power and rise to high corporate rank. Roone Arledge at ABC and Roger Ailes at Fox News remade TV news and became pivotal forces [...]

When I decided to leave Showtime seven years ago and move to NBC, a lot of people thought I was insane. Cable was on fire, Netflix had just launched a [...]

Fox has ordered live courtroom reality show You the Jury to [...]

ROBERT FROST'S NOTION about taking the road 'less traveled by' has, in fact, made all the difference for this year's Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame inductees. You'd think that [...]

CBS comedy Man With a Plan, starring MATT LEBLANC, debuts on Monday. truTV's Jon Glaser Loves Gear--which follows comedian JON GLASER as he attempts to make a docuseries--premieres Wednesday. The [...]

Recently, there's been a lot of media space devoted to the idea of television being at the forefront of shattering stereotypes. As a medium, it has broken barriers by taking [...]

SINCE THEIR LAUNCH IN 1973 TO HONOR the best in small-screen entertainment from outside the U.S., the International Emmys have been the gold standard for global TV, consistently ahead of [...]

IN 1964, THE HOLLYWOOD Reporter wasn't quite sure what to make of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The reviewer seemed confused as to whether the NBC drama offered straightforward action or [...]

What we traditionally call 'the TV industry' is in the midst of unprecedented tumult as the ways to watch content have multiplied. Which delivery system do you use the most [...]

EVERY STATION GROUP is attempting to harness the newsgathering might and cultural zeitgeist of social media into its content strategy, and Sinclair Broadcast Group believes it has taken a big [...]

AS NETWORKS STRUGGLE to find the next breakout reality format, they're turning to familiar oldies. Fox is reviving Jeff Foxworthy's Are You Smarter Than a 6th Grader?, while NBC will [...]

NYC Television Week, produced by B&C parent NewBay Media, assembled network, agency, production and tech execs. None downplayed industry disruptions, but neither did anyone beg off 'the ride ... that [...]