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With the February book now over, several series on the bubble have all but learned their fate for the upcoming fall season, and not all the news is good.Meanwhile, upcoming series are quickly moving in to cement their own spots…
CBS affiliates met with the network last week to air complaints that repeating “The Amazing Race 2” on UPN violates their affiliation agreement.After hearing affiliate complaints, CBS officials are said to be rethinking their repurposing model as it pertains to…
ABC cancels `Once and Again’Citing ongoing ratings problems, ABC has decided to cancel the critically received drama “Once and Again,” setting Monday, April 15, as its final airdate. Announcement of the series finale, though not entirely unexpected, comes amid a…
Oscars, pre-show numbers up in L.A.In spite of his recent thyroid cancer surgery, Roger Ebert was back in full force at his annual live gig co-hosting the pre- and post-Oscars show, “An Evening at the Academy Awards.” Produced in Los…
Virtually all television journalists have one thing in common: They are employees. Hardly an owner-capitalist among them.But after three decades, Louis Rukeyser, 69, had to believe that along with Jim Lehrer and Robin McNeil he was an elite exception.He was,…
Capitalizing on uniquely Alaskan events is one thing that drives advertisers in Anchorage, Alaska. For example, last month NBC affiliate KTUU-TV aired “Yukon Quest,” an annual dog sled race between Alaska and Canada. The Canadian tourism board and the race…
Thanks to recent advances in graphics card capabilities for PCs, TV stations that once viewed the adoption of virtual studio technology as too expensive can now consider implementing such solutions, since the costs have dropped drastically this year.Broadcasters no longer…
Uncle Miltie dead at 93Milton Berle, the legendary vaudeville comedian who became TV’s first comic superstar, died in his sleep on March 27 at his home in Los Angeles at age 93, according to his publicist Warren Cowan. Since suffering…
Some insiders are calling it television’s “anti-Enquirer.”Telepictures’ upcoming newsmagazine strip “Celebrity Justice” has already garnered the kind of national attention that most upcoming shows drool over. Currently a regular segment on fellow Telepictures series “Extra,” “Celebrity Justice” found and aired…
They moved in and out of the room at a five-minute clip-same lines, same verse. But it was the syncopated rhythm of the pro watching these actors audition that was worth noting.His name is Joseph Middleton, and he is a…