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Posted Thursday, October 10 CBS adding Syler to ‘Early Show’ CBS News has tapped Rene Syler, a weekday anchor in Dallas but unknown on the national scene, to join Julie Chen, Harry Smith, and Hannah Storm on the revamped “Early…
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 9 ABC dramas on chopping block Although feeling somewhat revitalized by strong openings for its freshman comedies, ABC is said by Hollywood sources to be undertaking a major revamping of its schedule. Topping the list are the…
Posted Monday, October 8 Corbi among Hallmark layoff casualties Send your sympathy cards to the Hallmark Channel, where the layoff ax has fallen. Gone, or on the way out, are approximately 130 staffers, representing 30 percent of the work force,…
Posted Monday, October 7 Echostar working to save Hughes deal Late Monday, Echostar Communications said it wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission requesting the agency delay its decision about its pending $11 billion acquisition of Hughes Electronics’ DirecTV…
What looks to be the “Dr. Phil” juggernaut officially got under way as national numbers for the week ending Sept. 22 placed the talk show strip in ninth place on its first national report card, according to Nielsen Media Research….
Maybe the 21st century, like one of the seasons of “Dallas,” will turn out to have been a dream. A really ghastly dream. It’s not just that the news is so frightening; the news business is going through some pretty…
“Wheel of Fortune’s” Vanna White, left, celebrates with anchorwoman Deborah Norville at “Inside Edition’s” 15th anniversary party on Sept. 26.Peter Jennings visits Boston on Sept. 23 to discuss his book “In Search of America” with WCVB-TV NewsCenter 5 anchor Natalie…
What it is: Generation 9, a digital TV architecture from TeraLogicWhat it does: The DTV technology includes the chip and the software that allows the customer to write applications that run on the chip. “The chip is the engine and…
In a good omen for further deregulation, a series of Federal Communications Commission studies released last week suggests that previous rollbacks of the agency’s ownership restrictions have had little ill impact on consumers.Watchdog group representatives have long contended that loosening…
DaimlerChrysler is in discussions with several cable and broadcast networks about turning its film-festival contest into a limited-run TV reality series.The car marketer has just wrapped up its first 10-month-long competition for prospective moviemakers called the “Chrysler Million Dollar Film…