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Summer has become a time during which network news divisions stretch their wings. This summer will be no different as CBS’s “48 Hours” again works to make crime pay off ratingswise with murder mysteries on Mondays, and “Dateline NBC” uses…
CBS affiliates expected Viacom President and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin to again tell them, “We suck less” than the other networks at this year’s CBS affiliates meeting. Instead, a more mellow Mel surprised the crowd by saying their network-affiliate…
A&E Networks, the History Channel and Atlas Media Corp., a New York-based production company known for its documentaries, are defendants in a California civil suit brought by the estate of the late Donna Reed and five actors who were in…
see publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of May 20-26Ratings for the week of May 20-26
The 1995 repeal of the financial interest and syndication rules has turned out to be a financial bust for broadcast networks, whose profits are dwindling despite their increased program investments in search of rare perennial hits.Although they are no better…
History repeats itself, both times as farce.In 1982 Roone Arledge, president of ABC News, had lunch with Dan Rather. Dan’s friends sensed he was restless. He had distinguished himself as a White House correspondent and he was already semi-famous because…
Coming off “a hell of a ride” in the eighth season, “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman insists there was no specific game plan for spiking the NBC series’ popularity. “Honestly, we always try to do the best job we can. This…
Fox News Channel extended its ratings win streak to five months, finishing May as the most-watched cable news network. In May, for total day, Fox averaged 594,000 viewers (up 153 percent year to year), followed by CNN with 480,000 viewers…
Upfront: all in the gameThe annual upfront market is, of course, a high-stakes game where (almost) anything goes, so it’s only fitting that it has become a computer game, too, courtesy of G4, Comcast’s new network for gamers. The arcade-style…
Karmazin promises improved network-affiliates relationship CBS affiliates expected Viacom President and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin to again tell them, “We suck less” than the other networks at this year’s CBS affiliates meeting. Instead, a more mellow Mel surprised the…