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Researcher Sues ABC for Wrongful TerminationVeteran television researcher Andrew Fessel has filed a lawsuit against the ABC Television Network, its parent, The Walt Disney Co., and ABC Network President Alex Wallau. Mr. Fessel is suing for wrongful termination, breach of…
Final weekend results for the February sweeps saw the weekend edition of Paramount’s “Entertainment Tonight” score its its fourth straight February sweeps win among all weekly syndicated shows, according to Nielsen Media Research.The weekend show earned a 4.0 rating among…
They may not always agree on “American Idol,” but judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson were looking very friendly at the “American Idol” party last week at Pearl in West Hollywood immediately following taping of the show in…
DIC unveiled an all-new kids programming lineup last week for the second season of its DIC Kids’ Network, a three-hour syndicated programming block reaching more than 450 stations across the country. New on the roster will be the award-winning “Liberty’s…
When NBC executives meet with the network’s affiliates advisory board April 14 in New York, there will be talk of how to guarantee that affiliates won’t lose commercial time in NASCAR races, which happened Feb. 15 during the popular Daytona…
1. “Felicity” star Keri Russell, left, writer-producer J.J. Abrams and “Alias” star Jennifer Garner ham it up during the Museum of Television & Radio’s William S. Paley Television Festival March 3 at the Directors Guild of America in L.A.2. Rap…
Satellite operator Pegasus Communications last week reported a narrowed fourth-quarter loss to $37.7 million, or $6.63 a share, from red ink of $60.6 million, or $10.25 a share, a year ago. Revenue slipped 3 percent to $220.9 million. For the…
In the aftermath of the war between EchoStar Communications and Viacom, one thing is certain: Content is king, and as Mel Brooks put it in “History of the World, Part I,” it’s good to be the king. The general consensus…
Indecency? It’s hard to define but easy to find examples of. Congress passing an unconstitutional indecency bill last week, for instance, was indecent. It’s indecent to hold the entire broadcasting industry responsible for the earth-shaking exposure of Janet Jackson’s nipple…
In a bizarre and still unexplained occurrence earlier this month, KPLC-TV’s two 1,600-foot television towers came down. On the evening of March 4, employees of the Liberty-owned NBC affiliate in Lake Charles, La., discovered the towers in a crumpled heap…