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Since the debut of the groundbreaking “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” in July, Bravo has become one of the most buzzed-about networks on cable. Week after week, Bravo has shattered its own rating records while its median viewer age…
With an eye toward expanding its presence among strips, Byron Allen’s CF Entertainment has tapped former King World Productions president Stuart Stringfellow as the company’s new president of domestic sales.Mr. Stringfellow will take charge of the company’s sales team and…
1972 After beginning as an informal gathering in 1968, the Western Show relocates to Anaheim, Calif., is professionally managed for the first time and establishes its identity as an industry event.1973 House Speaker Carl Albert addresses Western Show attendees from…
This week marks the final Western Show, as the U.S. cable industry’s second-largest gathering of the year came to be called. It is not hard to figure out why this once-important trade event is coming to an end. When it…
Two stations have taken very different approaches to the makeover craze. ABC affiliate WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, Fla., will air a one-hour makeover special Dec. 4 that has eight sponsors and more than seven subjects.“It is a perfect opportunity…
Syndicated series continued a renaissance through the week ending Nov. 16, as game shows, newsmagazines and rookies all continued their climb up the charts during the third week of the November sweeps, according to Nielsen Media Research.Two sophomore game shows,…
ABC could have stood for Apoplectic Broadcasting Co. last week, when network insiders were left sputtering by an Entertainment Weekly story about ABC late-night freshman Jimmy Kimmel that was headlined “The Year of Living Anxiously.” The Insider confesses that when…
When S ‘ TV debuts Feb. 25 in more than 18 million homes, it will be a milestone for a man who has established himself as a successful producer of shows such as Nickelodeon’s “The Brothers Garcia” while maintaining an…
TV newsmagazines couldn’t dream up a better story for November sweeps than the one handed them by Santa Barbara, Calif., authorities who arrested singer Michael Jackson last month on child molestation charges. There was the King of Pop, a 12-year-old…
Television and film distribution company Alliance Atlantis Communications, which produces the “CSI” series, reported a widened fiscal second-quarter loss last week of 12.2 million Canadian dollars ($9.3 million), or 29 Canadian cents a share, compared with year-earlier red ink of…