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A new court show called “Eye for an Eye,” from a first-time producer and a small indie distributor, will vie for clearances with the big boys at the National Association of Television Program Executives conference this week. The gimmick is…
As head of Food Network, Judy Girard saw cooks make money by building brands and selling merchandise. Now, as president of E.W. Scripps Co.’s Shop at Home Network, Ms. Girard expects to cash in on the phenomenon.Ms. Girard said in…
Monday, Jan. 5, 2004-Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004TV Season Week No. 16“The Simpsons” and “The Simple Life” combined with a football playoff overrun helped propel Fox to victory in adults 18 to 49 last week with a 4.9/13. In total viewers…
Former Jersey Television President John Landgraf is FX’s new head of original programming, the network has announced. Mr. Landgraf filled a position that has been open since Labor Day, when former President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly left the basic-cable network…
President, programming, Paramount Domestic Television“I’ve known Roger King my entire professional career. I met Roger and Michael in 1977 at the NATPE Convention in Miami. It was just shortly after I had started in the business. I was immediately taken…
Former German media mogul Leo Kirch filed a lawsuit last week against Liberty Media and German investment bank Deutsche Bank, charging that the two companies orchestrated the downfall of Mr. Kirch’s media empire, KirchGroup. The suit, filed Jan. 15 in…
The first post-merger steps NBC Universal take later this year may include making USA Network the official cable home for Olympic Games telecasts, making a bigger bundled play for advertising dollars in the upfront, launching select “Law & Order” franchise…
Sci Fi Gets ‘Andromeda’The Sci Fi Channel and Tribune Entertainment Co. entered into a program license agreement for Tribune’s weekly action hour “Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda.” In addition to presenting the fifth and final season of “Andromeda” next fall as an…
Could syndicators actually see a seller’s market at the National Association of Television Program Executives conference?That’s what syndie insiders were asking during the week leading up to the 2004 edition of the annual confab-when it appeared that as many as…
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. It’s a growing necessity for cable systems across the country to raise more local and national spot advertising, and many systems have brought forth inventive sales strategies to generate more…