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Hecht: TNN Launching Spike ‘As Fast As Possible’ TNN will relaunch as Spike TV “as fast as possible, within a month,” said network president Albie Hecht. “We’ve de-Spiked, now we have to re-Spike” Mr. Hecht’s statement came on the heels…
The Directors Guild of America continues to provide hard numbers that underscore something everyone in the television business already knows but many are unwilling to admit: The networks have a dismal track record on diversity. In a report issued last…
Don’t tell Fox News Channel there ain’t no cure for the summertime ratings blues. Viewing levels may have cooled down from Iraq war peaks, but Fox ended June pretty much the way it spent the second quarter: attracting a bigger…
Even Carol Duvall, veteran of five decades on TV, queen of crafts and patron saint of pack rats everywhere, was surprised to realize she had churned out 1,000 episodes of her eponymous show that airs 11 times a week on…
“Innovative, smart television is in. Dumb is out. We look forward to furthering this trend by developing kids’ programming that makes them go `wow,’ breaks new ground and raises the quality-entertainment bar even higher.”Tara Sorensen, VP of development for kids’…
Upcoming off-net strip “King of Queens” is about to get almost $13 million in promotional support from its consumer partners.Kellogg’s and Days Inn are set to join the previously announced Hungry Man Dinners in national promotions to support the Sept….
Until it can discuss the issue with network affiliates, NBC has delayed plans to run day-and-date promos on the network for “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” a fashion-tips show scheduled to run Tuesday and Saturday nights on NBC-owned Bravo…
Optimism is in flower again on Madison Avenue. The latest ad-spend forecast, from TNS Media Intelligence/ CMR, predicts that television advertising will be robust in 2003, paced by Spanish-language television (expected to be up 16.9 percent over 2002), followed by…
Title: Senior VP, associate director, national broadcast, Carat USA Recent interesting deal: “A recent deal that Carat did for Kia was a sponsorship of the “Dawson’s Creek” final episode and movie finale on The WB. This sponsorship included television, print…
It was a rainy June day in New York City and Bruce McKay, the executive producer of the upcoming syndicated talk show “Living It Up! With Ali & Jack,” was trying his hardest to be whimsical.“`Whimsical’ is the word for…