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The next time NBC Television Network Chairman and CEO Robert Wright sends out a memo seeking to probe the popularity of HBO’s dark dramedy “The Sopranos,” he should consider addressing it to the nation’s TV critics.The critics responding to Electronic…
CNN chairman’s farewells further offThe going-away party for Tom Johnson, who recently left CNN’s public relations machine spinning its wheels with his abrupt declaration he was resigning after more than a decade as chairman of the all-news channel, has been…
Advertising & AgenciesDavid Cordova to vice president/partner, Blast Television Productions, from vice president/general manager, WSNS-TV, Chicago.BroadcastingSpencer Neumann to executive vice president, ABC Television Network, from executive vice president and chief financial officer, Walt Disney Internet Group.Christine Peacock to research director,…
Will Friday the 13th turn out to be lucky for cable?By then, many ad-supported-cable upfront deals are expected to be concluded, according to several veteran players in the upfront cable game. Almost universally, these sellers expect the upfront to be…
Congress pressuringFCC to keep station capWashington-Congress is putting pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to avoid relaxing the 35 percent broadcast ownership cap. In a June 29 letter to the agency, 14 Senate and House lawmakers, including both Democrats and…
Two House members on Friday asked GOP leaders to remove from a pending campaign finance bill provisions that make it easier for federal candidates to buy television ad time.Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., want those and…
Execs on board for `Talk or Walk’ stripTribune Entertainment Company and Scott Sternberg Productions have named the senior production executives for their new weekday strip “Talk or Walk,” to be executive-produced by Scott Sternberg. Joining Sternberg will be Tracy Mazuer…
Cable operators may soon be presented with a potentially controversial new digital-only must-carry proposal from broadcasters.Here’s what could be the contentious part: Cable operators would have to pay for and ensure the digital conversion of lingering analog TV signals during…
About 20 members of the diversity coalition that wants the broadcast networks to increase their minority count met on June 29 in Washington and formed a committee to explore legal actions to take against the networks. In addition to celebrity…
New Line Television is rushing to make a deal to save upstart weekly hour “The Lost World” from an abrupt cancellation, according to executives with knowledge of the situation. New Line’s challenge proves the importance of international financing in the…