Clarification
In last week’s issue, the following photos were supplied by the Associated Press: the World Trade Center, Page 2; the World Trade Center, Pages 4 and 5; and the Pentagon, Page 7.
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Tribune close to deal for more `Friends’The Tribune station group is reportedly close to sealing a second-cycle renewal of Warner Bros.’ off-network sitcom “Friends.” A major-market Tribune station source says Tribune’s head of group programming, Marc Schacher, is “going through…
Guest Commentary: The view from Air Force One
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, clocks onboard Air Force One glowed with urgency as the president’s plane began a rapid forward roll, taking off under the gravest emergency in its history. President Bush was being evacuated-a term the White House…
Stations start to regroup after attack
With no roadmap, no precedents and no glimmer of light at the end of any tunnel, the television industry, like the nation, put one foot in front of the other last week as it tried to balance the needs of…
Aftermath television
No, we aren’t prepared for terrorist attacks. Not as a nation and not, alas, as individuals. Broadcast news hasn’t done enough to prepare us, for one thing. Did the average American have any idea how significant or horrible a role…
Briefly Noted
KNBC news director heading to KCALNancy Bauer-Gonzales will be named news director at Young Broadcasting’s KCAL-TV, Los Angeles, this week, sources said. Ms. Bauer-Gonzales is currently the news director at NBC owned-and-operated KNBC-TV, Los Angeles. The station had been searching…
Stepping lightly in uncertain times
The terrorist attacks that brought down the twin towers of the World Trade Center and killed thousands struck a body blow to the American economy, too.The television advertising marketplace took a multimillion-dollar hit as the broadcast and ad-supported cable networks…
The Insider
Of patron saints, hindsight, and looking forwardIf indeed New York station WCBS-TV’s star has risen from the ashes of the World Trade Center, it will not be simply because the station threw itself into the story. If Peter Lund had…
Networks could see the light
Previously hamstrung by a slowing ad economy, the recent terrorist attacks may alter the series development process for the 2002-03 season. Development executives, who are trying to wrap up drama script commitments and put comedy development in full swing for…
Satellite must-carry has its day in court
The satellite television industry’s effort to rid itself of must-carry requirements that take effect Jan. 1 will enter a critical phase Sept. 25, when a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., hears oral arguments on the industry’s challenge to the…