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Jim Ritts, president and CEO of Channel One, considers himself a product of the public schools-all the way through undergraduate school at The University of Texas at Austin-so his current role as advocate for them comes as no surprise. “I…
20th Century Fox has a pretty simple plan: Jump into a new genre and test a new business model in the process. When Fox’s latest reality show “The Simple Life” debuts Tuesday, Dec. 2, it will mark 20th Century Fox’s…
Television broadcasters, who increasingly find themselves adrift in a multichannel media world, have only themselves to blame and may have only a few years to salvage or leverage their grass-roots franchises.That is the pragmatic warning from SG Cowen analyst James…
The enduring image of sitcom writers sitting on lumpy couches, scribbling on dog-eared, ink-smeared scripts has been partly erased at one television show. The 13 writers on ABC’s “According to Jim” now use wireless tablet computers while sitting on those…
On the Raleigh Studios sound stage in Hollywood, about 80 employees bustle about preparing “Channel One News,” a daily 12-minute newscast that is beamed via satellite to students in about 12,000 schools. A group of youthful anchors sets up the…
* In “Nielsen: Finding Lost Boys” (TelevisionWeek, Nov. 17), the suggestion that analysis “supports Nielsen’s contention that the disappearing act pulled by 18 to 34 male viewers during the past three months is correcting itself” should not have been attributed…
The fact that sitcom buyers’ attention at the upcoming National Association of Television Program Executives conference in Las Vegas is focused on the second and third syndication cycles of two established megahit shows illustrates the dearth of standout first-run comedies…
An ongoing search for a president hasn’t kept organizers of the Syndicated Network Television Association from maintaining their priorities. While the SNTA makes plans for 2004, studio sources are hopeful that a replacement for former SNTA president Gene DeWitt will…
Visible World, a TV technology outfit, wants to make TV advertising as efficient, flexible and targeted as online pop-ups. The firm recently launched a trial in several markets, including New York, of a software program called “Intellispot” that can create…
With the attention of television professionals so often focused on addressing an endless stream of challenges, problems and changes, it’s easy to forget that television remains a very good business and an integral part of American society. As Thanksgiving approaches,…