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USA Network is planning to introduce a hosted-movie franchise on Thursday nights.Hosted movies, such as TBS’s “Dinner and a Movie,” are attractive to programmers because they reinforce the network’s brand, and to advertisers because they create opportunities for product placement…
If you’re among those who’ve been trying to get a line on the most likely successors to Mitch Stern as chairman and CEO of Fox’s 35-station group and Twentieth Television, relax. If you’ve assumed News Corp. Deputy Chief Operating Officer…
The most talked-about show on TV this year might have been “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” Or maybe it was “Nip/Tuck.” Either way, the shows viewers talked about in 2003 originated on basic cable. That’s a big change for…
If Time Warner doesn’t acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for the value that can be mined from its extensive film library, then the soon-to-merge NBC Universal or another media conglomerate will. It’s just a matter of time.Prospective buyers generally have balked at the…
In the business of media, 2003 might best be described as a year ruled by simplicity and consolidation.A slowly recovering economy and the war in Iraq proved no match for a handful of companies interested in either getting bigger or…
Sportscasting veteran Ahmad Rashad is joining NBA TV’s lineup with a talk show designed to attract actors, musicians and other celebrities as the fledgling network broadens its programming sphere beyond the basketball court.During the half-hour show guests will talk about…
ROLESMena Suvari, above, (“American Beauty”) has signed to appear in six episodes of HBO’s “Six Feet Under.” Ms. Suvari will play a student attending art school with Claire Fisher, played by Lauren Ambrose. Production of the fourth season of “Six…
Former Petry Television programming executive Dick Kurlander is heading an effort by the AARP to launch television projects targeted at baby boomers.Mr. Kurlander has been named head of program development for AARP, the Washington-based nonprofit organization that provides information and…
Cable giant Comcast last week said it expects to generate nearly $2 billion in free cash flow in 2004, driven by a 15 percent to 17 percent jump in cable operating cash flow and $3.3 billion to $3.4 billion in…
TelevisionWeek’s annual roundtable discussion about the state of television syndication broadened this year to include top players from all aspects of the business-a talent agent, a station executive, a distribution executive, a prolific independent producer and two studio programming chiefs….