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Profile: Veasey’s Road to Drama Showrunner Cobbled With Industry Preconceptions

Pam Veasey worked her way from office assistant on “Gimme a Break” to executive producer on one of the Fox Network’s hottest series of its time, “In Living Color.” But when it came time to move on, the only offer…

Quick Takes

“I get my morning political briefing from ABCNews.com’s The Note, which I download every morning. The Note is terrific because it’s well-written, comprehensive and has links to all the actual publications it quotes. When you’re through reading it, you’ve scoured…

NAB, Nets to Hold Indecency Summit

Under the gun from federal regulators, representatives of all of the major TV networks except NBC last week confirmed plans to attend an industry summit this spring aimed at toning down indecent programming.As of late last week, a date for…

Scripps Touts Study of Viewer Interest

Scripps Networks expects advertisers to pay close attention to a new viewer engagement study.With its group of special-interest channels-HGTV, Food Network, DIY-Do It Yourself and Fine Living-Scripps has for years claimed that its viewers watch more intently than do viewers…

Fox Snatches `Raymond’ From Tribune

How exactly did Lachlan Murdoch and the Fox owned-and-operated stations steal off-network hit “Everybody Loves Raymond” away from the Tribune station group?That’s the question operators throughout the syndication business have been asking since the deal was announced last week. The…

Biz Briefs

As a staring contest takes shape between cable operator Comcast and The Walt Disney Co. over a possible merger, Wall Street analysts said the cable company could prove a formidable opponent to Disney, since each company has a long list…

The Insider

When Jeff Probst said during a recent installment of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that after the Janet Jackson bared-breast incident, “Survivor” was ordered to enlarge the digital blur over the ever-naked Richard Hatch, the ever-naive Insider wondered whether that edict…

ABC Family Seeks Programmer

ABC Cable Networks Group President Anne Sweeney plans to fill the top programming job at ABC Family from outside The Walt Disney Co.The hire is part of a plan to clean house at the channel, which lost its president, Angela…

Advertising to Kids Limited

From snack foods on “Survivor” and soft drinks on “Friends” to paint on “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and cleaning products on “Trading Spaces,” product placement is a growing presence in television.But one place you won’t find this burgeoning…

Ad Cost Picture Is Clouded

If buying African American media is tricky, the cost advertisers pay to reach black consumers is even harder to grasp.The perception is that media buys targeted at African Americans command a lower relative advertising cost than comparable general market media…