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The other day, I was watching an old spy movie on television. The hero, an American secret agent, was on the run from enemy agents when suddenly he ducked into a phone booth to call for help. But get this:…
UPN will not renew its deal with Buena Vista Television to air a two-hour block of kids programming beginning next season, opting instead to give the time slots back to stations. The decision will essentially get UPN and its affiliates…
ABC’s wholesale scheduling moves last week-including the cancellation of a pair of dramas-has triggered heated Hollywood speculation about potential counterprogramming moves from the other Big 4 networks. Next up could be NBC, which despite leading the 18 to 49 demo…
Touchet in position as Wald exits ‘Today’Jonathan Wald, who has had a rocky 11/2 years at the helm of NBC News’ “Today” show, is being replaced as executive producer of the network’s cash-cow morning show. NBC News is said to…
Rashad to host ABC’s ‘Mole’Once Anderson Cooper chose to remain at CNN rather than host the third round of “The Mole” on ABC, the question was who might succeed him on the reality show from Stone Stanley Entertainment. The question…
The driving logic behind America Online’s effort to revitalize its online content and revenues looks and sounds a lot like television’s guiding mantra: Carve out a niche audience, aggregate related programming and services and then charge supporting advertisers and subscribers…
The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to block the satellite TV merger between EchoStar and DirecTV had been expected for some time. In recent months, many analysts had been saying the deal, which would have given EchoStar sole ownership of the…
“Politicians and [TV] have a sweet deal: The industry hands the politicians millions of dollars, and the politicians give much of it back to pay for campaign commercials. The only ones left out are the people that own the broadcast…
Digital cable network Fine Living is poised to announce a deal that will put a two-hour daily afternoon block of its programming on local-community broadcast stations in some of the United States’ top vacation resort markets.The advertising-supported broadcast block is…
Posted Friday, October 11 Banfield show canceled MSNBC announced Friday afternoon the immediate cancellation of “Ashleigh Banfield on Location” and other changes at the third-ranked cable news channel. The changes-which were being announced at the same time GE Chairman Jeffrey…