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Posted Tuesday, Sept. 10 Fox Movie Channel, National Geographic top survey Fox Movie Channel and National Geographic Channel scored highest among emerging/digital cable networks in the latest Beta Research Corp. want-to-see survey of potential viewers. Other emerging/digital networks with a…
Posted Monday, Sept. 9 America Online will miss revenue targets AOL Time Warner said early today advertising at its America Online unit is coming up short and the unit will miss its previously stated targets. But the company as a…
No single fingerprint left on television has been greater than that of Roone Arledge during his reigns as president of ABC Sports (1968-1986) and ABC News (1977-1997).He’s given couch potatoes an armchair pass to obscure competitions and highly personalized Olympic…
Kabul, AfghanistanThe morning of Nov. 13, 2001, as Taliban and al Qaeda forces fled Kabul, Radio Afghanistan resumed broadcasting. It began with a reading from the Koran followed by the first song to be broadcast after six years of Draconian…
EM TICKER38.6 Percent of women who make up the television news work force, down from last year’s 39.7 percent.25.9 Percent of news directors who are women, up from 20.2 percent last year.20.6 Percent of minorities who make up the television…
“CBS will improve the most, if their 10 p.m. shows catch on,” said Matt Roush, senior TV critic, TV Guide. “`CSI: Miami’ should be much stiffer competition for [NBC’s] `Crossing Jordan’ than the mediocre `Family Law’ ever was. And `Without…
Ashleigh Banfield could use some rest.“I am seeking out a very plush queen-size bed. I could sleep for a year,” she said with a snigger as she walked along Las Vegas Boulevard, cellphone in hand. Ms. Banfield and her crew…
The man behind ‘Nightline’ and ‘Monday Night Football’ at ABC is being honored in New York this week by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. We take a look back at his many accomplishments in both news and…
Wrapping up its final two episodes last week, Fox’s “American Idol” firmly established itself as the highest-rated breakout hit of summer 2002-and the first summer breakout since “Survivor’s” inaugural run on CBS in 2000. As the accompanying chart indicates, the…
With networks dutifully programming daylong broadcasts to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11 on Wednesday, syndicators are being pre-emptive in their own programming plans. Last year’s terrorist attacks caused a number of series that had only recently debuted to flounder,…