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Tom Shales is on vacation. The following column originally appeared in the Oct. 27, 2003, issue of TelevisionWeek. I was kidnapped at knifepoint a few months back, by a fat guy who looked like Roger Ailes and a thin guy…
Top 2003 Emmy Advertisers Buick Motor Div. $4,160,000 Capital One Financial $2,600,000 Nextel Communications $2,080,000 Sprint PCS $2,080,000 Visa Intl. $2,080,000 Burger King $1,560,000 Lee Apparel $1,560,000 Playtex Apparel $1,560,000 Sony Pictures’ “Radio” $1,040,000 GMC Truck Div. $1,040,000 Source: Nielsen…
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences last week announced the Emmy winners for outstanding voice-over performance, individual achievement in animation and outstanding costumes for a variety or music program. The voice-over Emmy was awarded to Dan Castellaneta as Homer,…
| Finances | Company Expects to Launch Four New Networks
Once upon a time, no more sober a source than Coors Brewing Co. declared, without equivocation, that “The four most dreaded words in the English language are `Mike Wallace is here.”‘ But ever since Mr. Wallace was cuffed and hauled…
| Syndication | Contestant’s Winning Streak Sent Show into Ratings Orbit
Madison Square Garden Networks and Time Warner Cable reached an interim agreement that returned MSG Network, Fox Sports Net New York, the MetroChannels and the three Fox Sports digital networks to their former channels late last Wednesday afternoon on Time…
John Ritter’s Posthumous Nomination Says a Lot About How Much the Actor Is Missed
Comedy Series Sarah Jessica Parker, “Sex and the City,” HBO w 2004 – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, “Sex and the City” w 2004 – Outstanding Comedy Series, “Sex and the City” (executive producer) w 2003 – Outstanding…
| Syndication | Weisman Targets Female Viewers With ‘Pauley’ Talk Show