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A selected list of nominees for work done during the 2004-05 television season, as chosen by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The winners will be announced Sept. 18 during the Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be…
Although the stunningly realistic, controversial and politically charged one-hour drama “Over There” is the first scripted Hollywood series set in a current U.S. military conflict, über-producer Steven Bochco didn’t bother calling the Pentagon for cooperation. “I just didn’t want to…
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A new cable network about Africa has secured a corporate carriage agreement with Cox Communications.The network, The Africa Channel, is backed by former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young and National Basketball Association players Dikembe Mutombo and Theo Ratliff. It will be…
Unable to agree on how to proceed with the controversy over media ownership deregulation, the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday put an indefinite hold on discussing the relaxation of rules. The FCC commissioners had been scheduled to formally unveil a…
Three months after becoming executive producer of NBC’s “Today,” Jim Bell finds the learning curve less steep and the wakeup routine less daunting. The bank of stories and commitments that were in the pipeline when he replaced Tom Touchet has…
‘Housewives,’ ‘Will & Grace’ Help Swing Pendulum
HBO has renewed its Hollywood ensemble comedy “Entourage” for a third season, network Chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht announced Friday. Addressing reporters at the Television Critics Association’s semiannual press tour in Beverly Hills, Mr. Albrecht said the series will be…
HBO announced some greenlighted projects at the Television Critics Association semi-annual press tour in Beverly Hills Friday, including its first multicamera comedy and a miniseries produced by Tom Hanks.The as-yet-untitled 13-episode comedy series stars Louis C.K. (writer for “The Chris…