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Twentieth Century Fox Television’s sale of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” to UPN perhaps symbolizes parent company News Corp.’s growing involvement and cooperation with Viacom in their future joint ownership of UPN. The fall 2001 series deal seemed to spur rumors…
A year’s reign was enough for Paramount Domestic Television’s “Queen of Swords.”The Chris-Craft Industries stations opted not to renew the weekly action hour, and the plug will be pulled on the series. “Queen of Swords” holds a 1.3 season-to-date household…
Negotiations for a new Writers Guild of America contract are coming down to the wire. The WGA’s current contract, which covers some 11,000 film and TV writers, expires Tuesday at midnight. A strike, if it comes to that, won’t begin…
Hogan a ringmaster?Los Angeles-Former World Wrestling Federation star Hulk Hogan is in talks with Universal Studios to create a new wrestling federation to compete with the WWF, sources said. Plans call for live event tapings at Universal Studios, Orlando, Fla.,…
Legislation designed to make phone companies more competitive with cable in the broadband arena passed a House panel last week. But the vote was contentious, and several lawmakers insisted the measure would hurt competition in the name of helping it.The…
For Buena Vista, it’s all about the franchise. The company that took “Live” host Regis Philbin and spun him into the blockbuster platform that is “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” also was firmly behind Barbara Walters adding new dimensions…
The Federal Trade Commission thinks the entertainment industry has made “positive changes” to its advertising practices but hasn’t gone far enough to curb the marketing of adult-rated fare to kids.In a six-month update to a September report on the marketing…
see publication for following charts:Demographic Ratings (Broadcast Prime Time, Syndication)Night-by-night Nielsen Prime-Time ratings for the week of April 16-22Ratings for the week of April 16-22
Downey loses `Ally’ job after latest arrestAs a result of his latest brush with the law on drug charges, Robert Downey Jr. is losing the role on “Ally McBeal” that earned him a Golden Globe this year. The actor, who…
Million-dollar prize in WRTV promotion From April 23 through May 25, Indianapolis ABC affiliate WRTV is conducting a contest in which viewers could win $1 million. Each day during the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts, two four-digit numbers are…