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Two longtime archrivals will throw knockout punches this month in what promises to be the biggest card of the summer.Tyson vs. Lewis? Not quite. Try McCain vs. Broadcasters, a fight that will last longer and, given the way Washington works,…
Some blame Dr. Laura. Some blame the studios or the economy. Some blame the TCA and critics. Some just don’t care.For the first time in over a decade, there will be no formal syndication presence at this summer’s Television Critics…
Michael Seth Starr’s warm and rewarding “Art Carney: A Biography” is just out in paperback. As a parting shot, Starr notes that although Carney won six Emmys over the years for his great television work with Jackie Gleason and others,…
‘This Week’s’ candidates So at long last we are about to get the announcement from ABC News that George Stephanopoulos will be moderator of “This Week.” What took so dadgum long? you might well ask. To which The Insider would…
CBS affiliates are getting a chance to give their input on how to revamp CBS’s struggling “Early Show.”A CBS affiliate board subcommittee will fly to New York June 19 to meet with “Early Show’s” new executive producer Michael Bass to…
ABC to host July affiliates meetingNew York-ABC will host an affiliates convention July 10 in Chicago. The schedule is still under discussion, said a network spokeswoman, but it is likely to include traditional daypart presentations by executives from news, sports,…
Even if Adelphia Communications files for bankruptcy that will not put the cable operator out of its misery any time soon.According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing the company made last week, attorneys for the company, shareholders, creditors and…
When David Nutter signed on to direct a segment of the World War II miniseries “Band of Brothers” for HBO last year, it was a return to his roots in cinema and a departure from the type of work he…
The broadcast-network upfront marketplace turned fast and furious late last week.By last Friday, the buyers and sellers were “swapping spit,” one buyer said. “Some people are in the corner jumping each other’s bones, others are on third base.”In fact, serious…
When it comes to network ownership of programming, the pendulum may be swinging back the other way.Almost a decade after the abolition of the government’s financial interest and syndication rules that prohibited broadcast networks from having ownership stakes in their…