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It’s all about the buzz.A show may be launched with a lot of noise through publicity, marketing and promotion, but it has buzz only when its reputation is enhanced through critical acclaim and word of mouth among friends, around the…
I was kidnapped at knifepoint a few months back, by a fat guy who looked like Roger Ailes and a thin guy who looked like Bill O’Reilly-though I certainly do not mean to state, imply or even raise the possibility…
Notes from the gathering at New York’s Tao in honor of “Law & Order: SVU” having reached the 100th-episode milestone: When the crowd wasn’t talking about the centennial episode, which is scheduled to air Nov. 18 and marks the first…
When the BBC made TLC aware of its makeover series “What Not to Wear” about a year and a half ago, there was no doubt that the hit United Kingdom series had major potential in the United States. After all,…
If you were one of the millions who weren’t caught up in Pepsi’s “Play for a Billion” bottle-cap sweepstakes on The WB this past summer, you may be surprised to learn serious talks are under way to renew both the…
The big news in the prime-time television season under way is not the networks’ overpriced and overhyped series, many of which will be canceled before it’s over. It is the upset in TV’s status quo that threatens to shift millions…
The battle between cable operators and programmers over who’s to blame for skyrocketing cable rates took an unexpected turn last week, with the General Accounting Office pointing the federal government’s finger at both parties.In a rapidly escalating public relations war,…
“The Next Joe Millionaire” and “Skin” may have flopped in the ratings for their premieres last week, but that shouldn’t cost the network significant ad dollars.“The Next Joe Millionaire” was sold to advertisers with modest expectations. Though last season’s 12.1…
Television journalist Faith Fancher, who chronicled her struggle with breast cancer for her viewers, succumbed to the disease Oct. 19. Ms. Fancher died in her Oakland, Calif., home, where she was surrounded by family and friends. She was 53. A…
When ESPN execs found ratings success last year with two original movies of the week, they knew they were ready to take the next step. They wanted a scripted dramatic series on their prime-time schedule.“We were already getting the hardcore…