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A family connection to Touchstone Television has paid off for Disney-owned sibling network ABC. Now sibling syndicator Buena Vista Television stands to enjoy the benefits as well.Buena Vista has a pipeline full of off-network Touchstone programming, including the ABC family…
Peter Arnett will be providing war coverage once more, this time as a free-lancer for MSNBC as a benefit of the news channel’s ongoing exclusive deal to carry the weekly “National Geographic Explorer” magazine. Mr. Arnett was one of CNN’s…
This WeekFeb. 23-25, Electronic Retailing Association Spring Conference and Expo, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Key Biscayne, Fla. Information: www.retailing.org/ meetings.html.Feb. 24, Golden Mike Awards, honoring NBC Chairman Bob Wright, sponsored by the Broadcasters’ Foundation, at the Plaza Hotel, New…
Brett Butler, who made her name as a salty comedian in prime time, now wants to front her own syndicated daytime talk and reality show.Ms. Butler, an Alabama native, hopes to develop a unique hybrid program that would launch in…
From the moment Hollywood insider Jamie Kellner moved to Atlanta to oversee the Turner Broadcasting System, he was a lightning rod for critics and the CNN old guard, especially after a controversial remake of the all-news network that included the…
Here at Crain Communications our credo is ““The reader comes first.”” So as we close the chapter on two decades of Electronic Media, we”d like to thank you for your support.And we”d like you to meet the people who are…
HDNet, the first exclusive high-definition 24-hour TV network, and its recently debuted HDNet Movies Network, are seeking connections to Hollywood film studios, cable system operators, program producers and news personnel. There’s a lot on the plates of co-founders Mark Cuban…
The early-morning news race in Los Angeles has taken an interesting turn during February sweeps. NBC owned-and-operated KNBC-TV has led in the important 6 a.m.-to-7 a.m. time period for the past nine years, but slipped to fourth place during the…
If the response at a “Six Feet Under” screening is any barometer, the third season is going to be the best-received yet for the HBO hit set in a family-owned funeral home, which returns to the lineup at 9 p.m….
“Nothing is automatic, but talk shows have to capitalize on being personal and warm in contrast to other daytime formats that seem contrived or built around distress. Being genuine on TV is hard.”Mike Antonucci, pop-culture writer, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury…