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Road to NATPE: Pitching ‘Two and a Half Men’
An Inside Look at How Warner Bros. Is Selling its Latest Off-Network Sitcom
25 Years of NAMIC: Comcast Chief Gets a Salute
NAMIC Honors Brian Roberts, Credited With Improving MSO’s Diversity Record
‘Judge Lopez’ Cleared in 45 Top Markets for ’06
‘Shield’ Reaches All Markets; Ray Talker Lines Up Stations
Entering the Spin Zone
For a PR person, nothing is more horrifying than a top executive saying something unscripted-in other words, honest. Case in point: NBC Chairman and CEO Bob Wright’s recent comment to Bloomberg News that “We’re definitely a desperate network right now.”…
Writers Guild Strikes Back
Guerrilla Protests Only Start of Action on Reality, Product Placements
ABC to End ‘Alias’ Run in May 2006
ABC has canceled its spy drama “Alias,” according to an announcement Wednesday by Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment. The show, which stars Jennifer Garner as CIA agent Sydney Bristow, will end its five-season run in May 2006. ABC already…
CTAM Takes Over Cable TCA
CTAM will soon take over management of the cable portion of the Television Critics Association, TCA President Rob Owen has announced. For 20 years the National Cable & Telecommunications Association has administered the cable portion of the semiannual press tour….
VH1 Renews ‘My Fair Brady’ for Second Season
VH1 has finalized a deal to bring back the reality series “My Fair Brady” for a second season, the network announced Wednesday. As originally reported by TelevisionWeek last month, VH1 is renewing the half-hour series, which was an under-the-radar success…
MTV Orders ‘The Shop’
MTV has ordered a new comedy reality series set in a barbershop, the network announced Tuesday.As originally reported in TelevisionWeek (Nov. 7), MTV will add a reality series set in a Queens, N.Y., barbershop where patrons discuss pop culture.The series,…