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It used to be that if advertisers wanted to reach kids, they had to get their commercials on Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons. But the kids marketplace has undergone a complete transformation in recent years, creating a challenging environment for…
Though Bill Moyers will depart as host of “Now With Bill Moyers” in November after the presidential election, PBS is looking at ways to keep the show on its schedule, especially with plans under way to create a new public…
“Judy Garland: By Myself” is the title of a new American Masters documentary airing Wednesday evening on PBS. It focuses on the career of the popular singer, actress and television show host, who starred in “The Wizard of Oz” and…
CBS had a one-hour pilot script called “The Mayor of Baltimore” a couple of years ago that executives were ready to greenlight if they could find the right star. For weeks, they tossed around ideas with the story’s creator, Emmy-winning…
The Fox Entertainment Group is in preliminary talks with the National Football League and some cable operators about creating and launching a national sports television service, said Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp., which holds a controlling interest…
As mega-mergers go, Comcast’s proposed takeover of Disney is less frightening than most. Disney has been one of the more dysfunctional media giants in recent years and may well benefit from the new, more focused priorities the Comcast management team…
For “Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital,” ABC’s upcoming 13-week limited series, the network will structure a massive multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that includes “Blair Witch”-like marketing techniques mixing fiction with what appear to be real events.“We are treating this like a movie…
On the upcoming ABC miniseries “Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital,” Bruce Davison plays Dr. Stegman, the chief neurologist of a very strange medical facility who is described in media notes as “hopelessly arrogant and mean-spirited.”Though Mr. Davison has enjoyed a varied…
Monday, Feb. 9, 2004-Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004TV Season Week No. 21NBC’s Thursday night lineup and a dose of “Fear Factor” lifted the network to a win in adults 18 to 49 for the week with a 5.2/14. In total viewers,…
This is my last column for TelevisionWeek. (The sound you just heard was the popping of a champagne bottle in the office of Michael Powell, the Federal Communications Commission chairman.) I want to thank everyone at the magazine for their…