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Anthrax at ABC Bio-terrorism targeting the American media now has reached a second television network, ABC. The 7-month-old infant child of an ABC News producer has contracted the cutaneous form of the bacterial disease. Following this latest outbreak, the New…
NBC’s proposed $2.7 billion acquisition of Telemundo, while a catalyst for accelerated broadcast TV station consolidation, also signals a critical change in NBC’s strategy to aggressively grow through acquisition and to continue to pursue digital interactivity.Sources close to the company…
ABCAD a k a ATHLETIC DIRECTORColumbia TriStar; Pariah script. Auspices: Pizzo, Angelo (EP/W pilot); Polone, Gavin (EP). Logline: A drama series about an athletic director. Pizzo is a feature writer who wrote the screenplays for “Hoosiers” and “Rudy.”ASTRONAUTSTwentieth Script. Auspices:…
What’s a local news department to do, more than a month after Sept. 11? That latest consultants’ report, the latest ratings tracking, the focus groups last summer-none of those offer a hint to what local newscasts should do now.Now we…
In committee meetings Monday and a board meeting Tuesday, the brain trust of the National Association of Television Program Executives will be wrestling with potential responses to the mounting attendance, participation and economic challenges faced by the organization’s annual convention.“We…
If a critic or a columnist dares to write that George W. Bush lacks communication skills-or that as a television president he comes up far short of predecessors Ronald Reagan (the gold standard) and Bill Clinton, there will be an…
Among the last of the broadcast networks to premiere new fall-season programming, The WB and CBS finally had something to really brag about last week, courtesy of strong openings for “Gilmore Girls” and “Survivor: Africa.”Midway through week 3 of the…
NBC is hoping the results of a poll underscoring viewer comfort level with regular programming and advertising during a time of crisis will help bring regular advertisers back to stay.Like other broadcast networks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, NBC…
To the dismay of the broadcast networks, the coming November sweeps period is going to be less about event-type programming or series stunting than about getting the 2001-02 season into a consistent running pattern. Plagued by frequent news pre-emptions of…
After an assistant to NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw tested positive for anthrax Friday morning, authorities began testing other employees at NBC’s New York headquarters to see whether the infection had spread. They also sealed off portions of the network’s…