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Gov. Schwarzenegger Won’t Run Away
Only a week after Arnold Schwarzenegger took the oath of office as governor of California, it is already clear that he is not following the usual party line. His initial appointments have included Democrats and independents as well as his…
Hollywood Notes
Michael Douglas, whose career has included work in both television and movies as an actor and a producer, has been selected to receive the 2004 Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his “outstanding contribution to…
Promo Firepower for Rare December Launch
It is extremely rare for a network to start a new show between Thanksgiving and Christmas, which is one reason ABC is putting an unusual amount of marketing firepower behind the Dec. 2 launch of “Line of Fire.” The crime…
‘Raymond’s’ Winning Ways
The marketing of TV’s latest off-network sitcom megahit began in 1998 on the living room set of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” when, with video cameras rolling, series star and co-creator Ray Romano sat down to write a letter about his show…
Reckoning at Hand for Stewart Empire
Are Martha Stewart’s television programs due for a makeover?Ms. Stewart will stand trial early next year on obstruction of justice and investor fraud charges, bringing to a head a string of legal troubles that has damaged her reputation, pummeled the…
News Briefs
Mitchell Stern, who has been chairman and CEO of Fox Television Stations Group for a decade, will run DirecTV when News Corp.’s acquisition is completed in the next few weeks, News Corp. announced Friday. Lachlan Murdoch, the News Corp. deputy…
Hot Market in Cable for Network Dramas
Thanks to cable, off-network dramas are selling better than ever. When Universal brought “Law & Order” to cable on A&E in 1994, the much-coveted NBC franchise player-now airing as many as five times a day on TNT-led a resurgence of…
TECHNOLOGY TO BE THANKFUL FOR
Last week I probably ruined the holidays for some people by dishing out my awards for the biggest turkeys in TV technology. So to even things up, I want to give thanks for the industry’s greatest accomplishments. In the spirit…
WGBH-TV Rolls Out Digital Asset System
PBS flagship station WGBH-TV in Boston unveiled a digital asset management center earlier this month that is designed to serve as a test lab for the television industry.The multimillion-dollar facility is also critical to the future of WGBH because it…