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Gray Television Q3 Profits Double Gray Television on Wednesday reported that third-quarter profit more than doubled, while revenue soared 73 percent, largely thanks to the addition of television stations acquired in late 2002. The Atlanta-based station group said profit for…
Art Carney Dead at 85 Art Carney, who won seven Emmys and an Academy Award but will always be remembered as Jackie Gleason’s pal Norton in “The Honeymooners,” has died at age 85 in Chester, Conn., of natural causes. Mr….
‘Smart,’ ‘Lynch’ Capture Viewers In the battle of made-for-TV movies Sunday night, CBS’s “The Elizabeth Smart Story” tied NBC’s “Saving Jessica Lynch” in adults 18 to 49, while “Elizabeth Smart” just edged the NBC movie in total viewers. “Elizabeth Smart”…
Paul Allen’s Charter Communications last week reported a third-quarter profit, an uptick in revenue, lower capital spending and a jump in Internet subscribers. So why isn’t Wall Street impressed?Much of the reason is tied to how Charter achieved the results….
The two pals chowing down on Chinese backstage at the Marquis Theater in New York are Dixie Carter and Delta Burke, who is still in costume from her role as a down-on-her-luck actress who runs a sleazy hotel in the…
The CBS 75th anniversary special, “CBS at 75,” lovingly produced by Gil Cates, gathered an impressive group of stars, including Alan Alda, Loni Anderson, Carol Burnett, Martin Landau, Mary Tyler Moore, Tom Selleck and the Smothers Brothers as well as…
Brian Graden, president of entertainment for MTV and VH1, is up front about the fact that he doesn’t actively court female viewers. “For broad brands like MTV or VH1, you have to draw both men [and] women. Therefore, we’d rather…
When Billy Campbell arrived at Discovery Networks less than a year and a half ago, he was surprised to discover that so many of the cable empire’s successful shows were driven by female viewers.“The top-rated night on Discovery Channel is…
Lawyers at the Fox Cable Networks Group could be kept busy this week figuring out whether they really can file criminal charges against staffers who disseminated an e-mail last week listing the take-home pay of everyone in the division, from…
Some industry insiders shook their heads when Dawn Ostroff, who made a name for herself developing programming for women at Lifetime Television, was named president of entertainment at UPN.UPN had earned a reputation as the testosterone network because of its…