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Game Show Network has ordered 65 episodes of “Whammy!,” a new version of “Press Your Luck” that will debut in prime time on April 15.GSN also telecasts the original “Press Your Luck,” which earns an average 0.7 rating. The order…
Viacom President and Chief Operating Officer Mel Karmazin says he’s just getting started on a deregulation-spurred buying binge.Topping his list are big-market TV and radio stations-preferably among the top four in any city-cable program services and a second major broadcast…
Time Warner says YESNew York-Time Warner Cable will carry the Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) on all its cable systems in New York state and New Jersey. The deal, which was announced Friday, goes into effect next month. Time…
The media mergers and acquisitions sure to be spawned by imminent ownership deregulation has even heavily in debt players sprinting toward a new finish line.Last week’s liberating U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that lifts restrictions against same-market TV, cable and…
Meredith Broadcasting Group President Kevin O’Brien has declared war on Paramount Domestic Television Distribution. Mr. O’Brien sent a letter Feb. 11 to Paramount Domestic TV President John Nogawski-sending copies to 132 of his TV peers-stating that no Meredith station would…
Members of the ABC affiliate advisory board were peeved on the morning of Jan. 24.They had been notified the night before that ABC did not plan to discuss any of the issues-among them the NFL agreement that expires this summer-the…
U.S. vows not to spread false infoThe Pentagon has distanced itself from a report in The New York Times last week that said it may leak erroneous news stories to the foreign media to sway public opinion in overseas hotspots….
Don’t ever dare suggest reality TV is nothing more than a passing fad to David Goldberg.As president of Endemol Entertainment USA, Mr. Goldberg’s exploitation of the reality TV genre-most recently in the form of NBC’s breakout ratings hit “Fear Factor”-could…
Ebert undergoing cancer surgeryRoger Ebert, co-host of Buena Vista Television’s “Ebert & Roeper,” was scheduled to have a cancerous growth on his thyroid gland surgically removed Friday, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times. The Sun-Times film critic, who…
A business program hosted by former Secretary of State Alexander Haig that airs on some public television stations flagrantly violates the federal government’s ban on public stations running ads.That’s the conclusion of NPR’s “On the Media” radio show, which conducted…