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NBC takes off with Louis-Dreyfus pilotNBC has made a pilot commitment to a fall 2001 sitcom starring former “Seinfeld” cast member Julia Louis-Dreyfus, from independent studio Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Co. The yet-to-be-titled sitcom, to be executive produced by former standup comic Brad…
Call it a meeting of the minds.It seems that the technology is there but money is getting scarcer, making it a good time for those in the tech end of TV to get together, swap war stories and ideas about…
In a political reversal on quotas, GOP officials recently put out the word that they want to reserve one of the Federal Communications Commission’s two Republican vacancies for a woman.And at deadline last week, sources said three major contenders had…
John Malone is doing what comes naturally as he waits out grinding negotiations to become part of Rupert Murdoch’s proposed satellite domination play in the United States by buying DirecTV. He’s taking the rest of the world’s budding cable territories…
Teaching must be in the blood for the Friendly family, with King World executive Andy Friendly leaving his post atop the syndicator for a spot behind the lectern at USC.Mr. Friendly will leave King World following 51/2 years with the…
Nickelodeon didn’t take long to line up takers for scatter ad spots on its Nick Jr./CBS Saturday morning block. It signed three major companies to first-quarter scatter deals last week.Scatter advertisers include Tootsie Roll, Disney Home Video and toy maker…
The last person left standing on “Survivor: The Australian Outback” may take home $1 million, but the real winner is CBS.Most of the advertising time for “Survivor II” was sold in advance to nine sponsors, who are each paying about…
President Bush last week proposed requiring the nation’s commercial TV stations to start paying $200 million in annual spectrum fees, at least until they return their analog channels to the government.The proposal for an “analog spectrum lease fee,” which was…
For a show whose very premise sets out to make believers out of the audience, the credibility that matters most right now is that of its distributor.Three skeptical national reports about behind-the-scenes action on the Sci-Fi Channel hit “Crossing Over…
AMPTP says union is being `unrealistic’After the Writers Guild of America broke off six weeks of labor negotiations Thursday with the Hollywood studios and networks, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said the union was being “unrealistic” in…