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Editorial: A Toast to Kaitz

This week many of the cable industry’s best and brightest will gather, as they have for the past 19 years, in New York to attend a fund-raiser. The occasion will be the 20th Annual Walter Kaitz Foundation dinner. These dinners…

The Ratings Wizard

Monday, Sept. 1, 2003-Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003TV Season Week No. 50ABC and NBC tied in the adults 18 to 49 demo with a 3.0/9. Strong performances from ABC’s NFL Football and NBC’s “Fear Factor” propelled the networks to first-place spots…

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Aronson to Take On ‘Bernie Mac’ Showrunning Duties For the second time in 2003, there has been a change at the top of Fox’s “The Bernie Mac Show.” Peter Aronson, president of Regency TV, which produces the sitcom, will take…

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TNT Teams With Seal to Promote ‘Law & Order’ TNT is teaming with Warner Bros. recording artist Seal to create a round of promotional spots for the off-net run of “Law & Order.” There are plans for the spots to…

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‘Whoopi,’ ‘Happy Family’ Help NBC Win Demo “Whoopi” performed so well on its first outing at 8 p.m. Tuesdays that NBC is going to repeat the half-hour at 9:30 tonight (Thursday, Sept. 11). “Whoopi Goldberg’s appeal cannot be denied,” said…

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Lisa Berger Joins E! Former Fox and MTV executive Lisa Berger has been hired as senior VP of programming development for E! Networks. Ms. Berger will lead development for channels E! and Style Network. “While working together at Fox Television…

ABC Promotes TGIF Off-Line

The ABC Television Network, struggling to improve upon last season’s lackluster fourth-place finish among the major broadcast networks, is planning its biggest fall marketing campaign ever-featuring a new $20 million promotion with McDonald’s Corp. and off-line branding efforts for each…

SEJ Conference Highlights

Here are some of the key sessions and events at the Society of Environmental Journalists Conference in New Orleans. Also listed are sessions with a television angle. Information comes from the society’s Web site at www.sej.org. For more details and…

Selected News and documentary Emmy Winners

For a complete list, with all the credits, visit www.tvweek.com. Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast-CBS Evening News With Dan Rather (CBS) “Snipers Caught” Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast-ABC News “Good…

‘Wheel’ Spins a slick New Look

It may be top rated among syndicated shows, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be freshened up. When “Wheel of Fortune” viewers tune in to the start of the game show’s 21st season on Monday, Sept. 8, they’ll get a…