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At the top of the list of snooze-makers are President Bush’s National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (“More a PR spinner than national security adviser,” said a source. “She holds to talking points more than anyone” and “comes out with just…
Game Over, the first network prime-time CGI-animated comedy, which premieres March 10 on UPN, is about a family living in an alternative universe full of offbeat characters, action heroes, monsters, zombies and tomb raiders, shown in the screen grabs at…
GSN, formerly Game Show Network, is looking for younger viewers. But little did it know it had hooked a kiddie favorite when it chose a new announcer recently from among dozens of taped auditions. The voice belonged to Tom Kenny,…
In the jungle that is the media and entertainment industry, The Walt Disney Co. has become the equivalent of a wounded animal stalked by predators. Thanks to a combination of shareholder outrage due to perceived intransigence on the part of…
The powerful new head of a key congressional committee that is already ramping up efforts against broadcast indecency is now turning his attention to the cable and satellite TV industries. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said last week he’s planning to…
Fox Sports Net is going shorthand. Beginning a gradual rollout this week, the name will be changed to simply FSN. During the transition, promotions will include both FSN and the full name, Fox Sports Net, underneath, according to Advertising Age….
The votes have been cast and counted in TelevisionWeek’s third annual ranking of the most sought-after guests on political news and talk shows, both on broadcast news outlets and on the cable news networks. We asked a dozen-plus producers, moderators…
The end of the February sweeps on March 3 offered good news for talk shows in the overnight metered markets, with the top tier showing gains off lead-in or against year-ago time slot averages. According to Nielsen Media Research for…
A group of about 300 media planners last week heard that there is a need for their input somewhere in the heart of the sometimes mysterious process of econometric modeling. Econometric modeling, one of this year’s buzzwords in media circles,…
In a race that wasn’t as tight as expected, NBC won the adults 18 to 49 February sweeps crown with a 4.8 Nielsen Media Research rating, six-tenths of a ratings point ahead of CBS and Fox, which tied for second….