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“Jennifer Garner [`Alias’] WAZ ROBBED! She should’ve exited that Emmy ceremony landing karate chops on every voter who gave Allison Janney the gold. Janney’s a fine actress, sure, but she’s a supporting thesp while Garner is a dazzling new lead…
Posted Friday, Sept. 27 NBC wins Thursday despite CBS gains Kicking off year two of the Thursday night battle of the networks, NBC held on to win the night in demos and total viewers, but CBS, fueled by “Survivor” and…
Posted Thursday, Sept. 26 AOL TW may sell stakes in Comedy Central, Court TV AOL Time Warner is in talks to sell its 50 percent stakes in the cable channels Comedy Central and Court TV, as the company indicated it…
Posted Wednesday, Sept. 25 Tauzin DTV plan comes under fire In a sharp turnabout of political momentum, leading lawmakers today publicly criticized a legislative proposal by Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., that would force broadcasters to switch to digital television by…
Posted Tuesday, Sept. 24 CNN, ABC downplay talk of merged news operation CNN’s quest for a broadcast news partner to help cut news-gathering costs reached the stage where the idea of a free-standing organization made up of ABC News and…
Several years ago doctors meant nothing but trouble for what is now the Paramount/King World tandem. “Dr. Joy Browne” had a short run for King World while “Dr. Laura Schlessinger” became a PR nightmare for Paramount. Fortunately, “Dr. Phil” had…
It’s not like the big TV networks to overlook a potential franchise. NBC’s tireless milking of the “Law & Order” cash cow and CBS’s recent leap onto the franchise bandwagon with “CSI” are just two illustrations of their fondness for…
While the controlling Dolan family is sending the strongest signals yet that it is ready to discuss selling its choice East Coast cable systems to an eager buyer such as AOL Time Warner, don’t expect a deal soon.Founding chairman Charles…
Sportel MonacoMonaco, Sept. 30-Oct. 3. Info: Liliane Vitale, 201-869-4022, or www.sportelmonaco.com.MIPCOMCannes, France, Oct. 7-11. Info: 212-370-7470 or www.mipcom.com. SBEPhoenix, Oct. 16-17. Info: Bonnie Crystall, 480-839-8988, or sbe.org.BroadbandPlusAnaheim, Calif., Dec. 3-6, 2002. Info: 510-428-2225 or www.calcable.org. (Formerly the Western Cable Show.)NATPE…
Elizabeth Cherry has been named national advertising sales director for Electronic Media.Ms. Cherry comes to Electronic Media from sibling publication Advertising Age, where she was Western regional territory manager.“Elizabeth will be quite an asset to us,” said Chuck Ross, Electronic…