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In an unprecedented show of unity, the 11 publicly reporting cable operators signed off on voluntary guidelines to provide more consistent details of industry operating metrics. The move comes in response to growing concerns and confusion among investors amid accounting-related…
For a rookie show, facing a crop of famous faces ranging from Dr. Phil to John Walsh to Caroline Rhea to Wayne Brady can be a daunting task. But the people behind this year’s “Life Moments” say the challenge of…
If you ask Rita Rudner about her upcoming talk show strip, she’ll say she was driven to create a show that provides freedom and the opportunity to use comedians in a market where there are few. Now, if you ask…
“Don’t play Coke to their Pepsi. Don’t make cavalier changes to the formula for reliable genre entertainment. You’re still more popular and more mainstream. … Rely on quality and trust the audience to find it, just as HBO does.”Ted Cox,…
The Michigan Court of Appeals last week overturned the $29 million judgment entered against “The Jenny Jones Show” in 1999 that stemmed from the murder of one guest, Scott Amedure, by another guest, Jonathan Schmitz. The court held that the…
Consumer group representatives last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to slam the brakes on deregulation-at least long enough to let them respond to voluminous agency studies making a case for further relaxation of the agency’s media ownership rules.“This is…
The CBS- and Fox-owned TV station groups are blowing the lids off their 2003 earnings projections largely due to a more robust than expected advertising market and the positive early impact of duopoly economics.But there is more going on there…
Was that an olive branch or a cactus that National Cable & Telecommunications Association President and CEO Robert Sachs was waving last week?That’s the question TV station owners were pondering after Mr. Sachs appeared to indicate a willingness to discuss…
This is a story about the career choices five people have made about an opportunity on TV. An opportunity to turn around a TV show with one of the poorest track records of any long-running show on the air.“I feel…
San Diego mainstay anchor Kimberly Hunt has taken up residence at the market’s independent station KUSI-TV, owned by McKinnon Broadcasting, after McGraw-Hill’s ABC affiliate KGTV did not renew her contract after 15 years. “It was just economics,” said Darrell Brown,…