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In the era of audience fragmentation and niche cable networks targeting narrow demographics, the USA Network is waving a different flag. “We’re not going to apologize for being a big and broad platform,” Doug Herzog, USA’s president, told Electronic Media…
NBC will speed up the debut of its reality series “Lost,” launching it during the first week of September. It will be given a cushy time slot, taking the place of a regularly scheduled scripted series for a six-week run….
The headline news thus far out of the television critics press tour is the controversial and imminent makeover of CNN Headline News.The press tour, now under way and sponsored by the Television Critics Association, is a semi-annual ritual at which…
Studios bring syndie stars to TCA stageAlmost a year after the formation of NBC’s syndication division, the studio closed out the new version of the syndication portion of the Television Critics Association summer press tour. With three co-hosts of NBC…
KELO’s news ratings soar to new heightsCBS affiliate KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, S.D., may have the highest-rated newscasts in the country, with numbers many stations haven’t seen in years. For the May book, KELO’s 10 p.m. newscast earned a 29 Nielsen…
The battle over whether to relax the broadcast ownership rules will heat up this week as a House lawmaker seeks to block the Federal Communications Commission from conducting a comprehensive review of the restrictions and the Senate holds a hearing…
A series finale proved to be one sure cure for the summertime blues, though most syndicated programs took minor hits in both households ratings and key demos compared with the same period a year ago, according to Nielsen Media Research…
Senate OKs DTV funding for public TVFour senators last week added digital television transition funding for public broadcasting to a supplemental budget bill that passed the upper chamber. The amendment was sponsored by Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C.; Sen. Ted Stevens,…
The television academy has long had a history of controversy, from its earliest days, when the Emmy categories changed almost yearly, through the rancor of the mid-’70s that resulted in the organization being divided into East Coast and West Coast…
All of us know that business hasn’t been great over the past several months. Memories of record growth in the ’90s have faded fast. But those of us in the local TV business need to keep this temporary advertising slowdown…