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Last week, after David Letterman decided to stay at CBS, Ted Koppel received a call from his boss, Michael Eisner, chairman of The Walt Disney Co., who was in Paris. Mr. Koppel had just issued a statement asking for “serious…
The powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee is quietly planning a hearing later this year on NBC’s maverick decision to air hard-liquor ads. The panel’s move could strike a blow to the network as it faces mounting criticism from watchdog…
Nielsen Household Ratings in the top 15 markets for the February SweepsText: see publication for listings
An unusual February sweeps brought a bevy of bad news to talk shows, with all of the veterans down compared with the book one year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research.Although the Winter Olympics on NBC caused a number of…
With talk show distributors plodding methodically and tinkering with new financial models, one upcoming strip, “The Wayne Brady Show,” could have all the elements to stick-a well-known host, a successful producer and a distributor who’s being picky.After clearing the ABC…
To interconnect or not to interconnect? That is the question for the local-market advertiser.The Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau, which represents national and local cable, says yes, enthusiastically. The Television Advertising Bureau, which represents local broadcasting, says no with just as much…
see publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of March 4-10Ratings for the week of March 4-10
This year will herald the arrival of standards for the next generation of set-top boxes as well as the introduction of the next generation of standards-based modems.Those were the pronouncements made by executives at CableLabs during a Denver conference last…
Bringing Letterman into the Viacom familyNow that “Late Show With David Letterman” has promised to stay at CBS and the network has promised to promote David Letterman more often on Viacom-family platforms, what can we expect to show up where,…
`Will & Grace’ gets three more seasonsNBC has inked a three-season licensing renewal, estimated at roughly $3.5 million to $4 million per episode, for the NBC Studios-produced sitcom “Will & Grace.” The new deal, valued at $231 million to $264…