NEWS & NOTES\CTW joining TriStar in deal to produce programs for PBS.Byline: Daily News Wire Sevices The Children's Television Workshop Children's Television Workshop: see Cooney, Joan Ganz. and Columbia TriStar Television Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. was the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, adopted with the Columbia-TriStar merger of 1991 and last used in 2002. Columbia TriStar Television was launched in 1994 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures Television and Distribution, armed with a $4.2 million grant from the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, will jointly produce two new entertainment-oriented educational programs for PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, . CTW and Columbia TriStar will produce 40 episodes of "Dragon Tales," an animated musical adventure designed to help preschoolers pursue new challenges and overcome fears, and 13 episodes of "Show and Tell Me," a live-action series designed to teach parents and caregivers how to participate in their children's learning process. In addition, the two partners will develop multimedia material to support both series, including magazines and Internet applications. Osborne on 'SNL': Five-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne appears on this week's installment of NBC's "Saturday Night Live This article is about the American television series. For the show related to Big Brother (UK), see Saturday Night Live (UK). Saturday Night Live (SNL " (NBC, 11:30 p.m.). Osborne, whose nominations include Best New Artist and Song of the Year, is making her first appearance on the late-night program. Actor Christopher Walken is the host. Dave's fans: A lotta Letterman fans lucked out Monday. Because of the East Coast blizzard, only 90 "Late Show" ticketholders showed up for the show's taping. That left 355 seats to be filled. No problem. Standby hopefuls began lining up outside New York City's Ed Sullivan Theater The Ed Sullivan Theater, which is located at 1697-1699 Broadway between West 53rd and West 54th Streets, in Manhattan[1], is a venerable radio and television studio in New York City. by 9 a.m. Monday, in the snow and wind. By noon, there were more than 300 prospective audience members. By taping time, 5:30 p.m., all the seats were taken. Apparently, at-home fans were just as eager to see Dave. Ratings for Monday's "Late Show" matched the season high, a 6.4 (percentage of the 56 million TV homes in the overnight sample) and 16 share (percentage of the sets in use). "Late Show" also chalked up its highest Nielsens of the season in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . (NBC's "Tonight Show With Jay Leno," it should be noted, was a repeat.) |
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