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Globe TV Noms Hot and Cool

When the 61st annual Golden Globes are awarded Jan. 25, television and production executives will be watching with rapt attention.From humble beginnings, the tiny Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s raucous dinner-show extravaganza has grown in stature with the Hollywood establishment over…

Best Television Series – Drama

* “24” (Fox)* “CSI” (CBS)* “Nip/Tuck” (FX)* “Six Feet Under” (HBO)* “The West Wing” (NBC)2003 Winner: “The Shield” (FX)2002 Winner: “Six Feet Under” (HBO)2001 Winner: “The West Wing” (NBC)

Buyers Like NBC’s Early Season Start

NBC’s announcement last week that it would start the 2004-05 season earlier than usual is getting the thumbs up from most advertisers. In fact, some said it is something they have long wanted. “It’s about time,” said Jon Mandel, co-CEO…

Cancellations Heating Up NATPE

An unusually high number of last-minute show cancellations and a smaller-than-usual number of new offerings appear likely to ignite a rare seller’s market in Las Vegas this week. Illustrated above are those shows that have already been canceled and those…

At Globes, the party’s the star

“The Golden Globe Awards” is an awards show where winners and losers feel free to jump about on stage, casting off decorum, as Steve Martin and Billy Crystal did in 1990 after they both lost the best actor in a…

Hollywood Notes

Shriver’s Status at NBC Under DiscussionNBC News President Neal Shapiro and correspondent and “Dateline NBC” anchor Maria Shriver will resume conversations this week about Ms. Shriver’s status with NBC’s news division while her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is governor of California….

‘NBR’ Keeps Eyes on Business Reporting

In the television genre of business news, a birthday is coinciding with a midlife crisis.“Nightly Business Report,” television’s longest-running daily business news program, this week celebrates its 25th anniversary, serving up a look at its list of the 25 most…

Nets, Buyers Prepare to Play Hardball at Upfront

Seeking to pacify advertisers who are angry over weak overall broadcast ratings and high spot prices, NBC executives are giving a buildup to big-event programming scheduled for later this season-the Summer Olympics and the series finales of the sitcoms “Friends”…

Setting Reasonable Goals a Key to Planning in 2004

In January it is customary to list resolutions for the new year. For media planners, a number of common practices exist that are problematic from the standpoint of the underlying research. In this season of new beginnings, it is important…

ABC in Talks for ‘Five People’

ABC is in discussions with author and sports columnist Mitch Albom to acquire his best-selling novel “The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” the network announced last week at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles. The book…