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Hot List 2005: Eric Schrier

Fast tracks don’t come much faster than the track enjoyed by Eric Schrier, VP of current series and alternative programming at FX. Mr. Schrier went from agency temp to executive assistant to network programming executive in three years. It’s a…

Hot List 2005: Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes, the creator and executive producer of ABC’s midseason medical series “Grey’s Anatomy,” said her family finds her newfound success as a television hit maker “hysterical.”Growing up in the Chicago suburbs with her five older siblings, Ms. Rhimes described…

Hot List: Roster 2004 Where Are They Now?

The 12 industry professionals who made up TelevisionWeek‘s 2004 Hot List have continued to make their mark in the year since they were profiled. Here’s an update on their latest projects, deals and achievements:Billy Bush continues to dish out celebrity…

Engagement the New Measure

Viewer Involvement With Ads Becoming as Important as Rating Points

NAB Supports DTV ‘Hard Date’

Move Comes as Surprise; Group Open to Must-Carry Deal

Nick at Nite Nabs ‘Foxworthy Show’

New Life for Short-Lived ’90s Sitcom

PBS Says It Will Stay Its Course

Funds Restored, Pubcaster Hopes to Dodge Strings

PBS Sets Scorsese’s ‘Dylan’; Web Site To Get Downloadable ‘Nerd’

“NerdTV,” broadcast television’s first fully downloadable series, will become available via the Internet Sept. 6 on PBS.org, the public broadcaster announced last week during its Television Critics Association press tour presentations. Cable networks also presented last week. CBS makes its…

Cable Execs Find Reasons to Smile; HBO Remains No. 1

Both pay and basic cable executives kept their chins up late last week after seeing the broadcast networks regain dominance over the Primetime Emmy nominations.Even with “The Sopranos,” “Angels in America” and “Sex and the City” out of its lineup,…

Court Mounts All-Out Effort

Net Takes Ad Campaign to N.Y. Streets