Talent Moves
Dan Aykroyd and David Paymer have joined the cast of “RFK” for FX. Artisan Television and Fox Television Studios are producers of the project in which Mr. Aykroyd will play Lyndon B. Johnson and Mr. Paymer will play Dick Goodwin,…
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‘Blue’s Clues’ giving top non-dog a sendoff
If you run with the preschool set, you already know that a big change is coming to “Blue’s Clues.” After nearly 100 episodes, Steve is going off to college and his younger brother Joe is coming in to replace him…
Equipment makers seeing stations stepping up orders
Television stations are starting to spend money again, according to equipment makers such as Thomson Multimedia, Leitch and Editware, which offered encouraging but cautious news last week at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas.New broadcasters will also…
Product Spotlight: AirNews
What it is: AirNews from Harris Corp. is an end-to-end automation software system that links a newsroom computer system, video servers and video equipment, allowing the automation of a newscast from story creation to show production.What it does: AirNews links…
Stations head back to school: Yale sponsorship and on-campus live shots
Education is paying off for ABC affiliate WTNH-TV in Hartford.The station has had success selling a project called “Making the Grade,” which includes segments on education that appear once a week in the 5 p.m. news as well as public…
Profile: Peter Phillips
Title: VP of new business development/media director, PCF Virtual, an advertising and marketing firm based in Hawaii and Los Angeles. Clients include Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins. Mr. Phillips is the former director of spot broadcast for Paramount Pictures…
Ratings
see publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of April 1-7Ratings for the week of April 1-7
Eclectic mix for Viacom
TV Land will launch “60 Minutes Classics,” a weekly half-hour show featuring interviews with TV personalities such as Jerry Seinfeld and Carol Burnett from the archives of the long-running CBS newsmagazine. “60 Minutes” correspondent Ed Bradley will host the show,…
Electronics lobby softens on DTV
In a fast about-face, Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, said last week that his organization will reconsider its opposition to a Federal Communications Commission plan to expedite the digital TV transition.Under a proposal unveiled April…
Growing NBC
As NBC, backed by corporate giant General Electric, cruises into acquisition mode, the network’s biggest challenge is to produce the next generation of hit prime-time series to sustain NBC’s ratings and financial dominance.But that task has been complicated by mounting…