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What a difference one summer and some promotion can make.During fall 2001, ABC suddenly yanked “The Mole II” from its airwaves after three episodes-the first time in history a network pulled a reality game show off the air in mid-run….
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is exploring the creation of a Latin Emmy Awards ceremony to recognize Spanish-language news, sports and entertainment programming.NATAS President Peter Price said he would like to see a Latin Emmys ceremony introduced…
They really ought to give out Emmys for the drama that goes on behind the scenes at the Emmys. When TV industry honchos go at each other like George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein, it’s more intriguing than any episode…
Sure the money was nice, but in the end it was three “F’s” that prompted Academy board members to give the broadcast networks the rights to the Primetime Emmy Awards over HBO: fear, Fox and a certain four-letter “F” word.Despite…
Buena Vista’s rookie “The Wayne Brady Show” may have entered the season as a tadpole in the minds of some industry pundits, but the news last week that the ABC owned-and-operated stations had committed to the series through the end…
The celebrity interview is back. It’s hot. It’s everywhere. It’s drawing crowds. Big crowds, young crowds. After a year of sober reflection on the post-9/11 landscape and psyche, the November sweeps schedule is packed with big old-fashioned celebrity interviews. Viewers…
Recently adopted Federal Communications Commission rules requiring consumer electronics manufacturers to include digital TV tuners in new sets will have to be beefed up to ensure that broadcasters can get their DTV signals to consumers over the air.At least that…
When two of media’s biggest deal-makers-Rupert Murdoch and John Malone-start stockpiling ammunition for a major competitive advance, then it’s time for everyone else to start looking around for opportunities, or to take cover.While the economy and the stock market are…
The end of daylight-saving time brought a ray of sunshine to syndicators entering the first few days of November sweeps, as a number of series reached all-time highs for the week ending Nov. 3, according to Nielsen Media Research. Series…
With the GOP set to take control of Congress in January, last week’s Federal Communications Commission approval of the behemoth Comcast-AT&T Broadband merger sounded yet another victory chime for deregulation-simultaneously, it would seem, with the death knell for any hope…