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UPN Sixth Night of Programming Under Consideration Optimism about ground gained emanated from the weekend UPN affiliates advisory board gathering in Las Vegas, where CBS President Leslie Moonves, who oversees UPN, said expansion to a sixth night of programming will…

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NBC Agency, Premier Retail Nets Team to Promote HDTV The NBC Agency has partnered with Premier Retail Networks to create a second national campaign promoting high-definition television, following last year’s effort designed to educate consumers on the benefits of HD….

ford drives ads

It seems appropriate that the Ford Motor Co. hopes to drive sales of its Centennial Supercar, a k a the 2005 Ford GT (based on a muscle car built for the Le Mans race circuit) with the Super Bowl pregame…

Free Money Is Expensive

What can a dollar buy today? How about ratings? To promote the launch of the three-part “Traffic: The Miniseries” on the USA Network, The Media Kitchen in New York affixed 50,000 one-dollar bills with peel-off stickers stamped with the airdate,…

King World Makes Mark on Television Landscape

1964Charles King founds King World Productions and acquires the syndication rights to “The Little Rascals.”1972Charles King dies, leaving the company to his six children. The company is led by Roger and Michael King.1977Barry & Enright engage King World to assist…

Performance tracker

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Play the oprah game

Oprah Winfrey, dressed in black leather, sure looked like she was having fun at last week’s People’s Choice Awards, where she won Favorite Talk Show Host but lost to Jennifer Aniston in the Favorite Female Television Performer category. If, like…

Roving Eye

1. MTV President Brian Graden quiets the crowd at the Television Critics Association press tour Jan. 9 in Hollywood.2. Judy Reyes, left, Donald Faison, Zach Braff, Bill Lawrence and Sarah Chalke of NBC’s “Scrubs” answer critics’ questions Jan. 14.3. Star…

NBC, GE Continue to See Profit Growth

NBC continued its profit momentum, it reported last week, recording a 14 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit and a 21 percent rise for 2003, helping parent General Electric continue its revenue and profit growth trends for the quarter and year.The…

Roger King Speaks Up

Roger King met with TelevisionWeek in December at his Boca Raton, Fla., home. After posing for a photographer and showing his guests around the grounds of his waterside compound, he sat down for this rare interview.TelevisionWeek: King World was founded…