Ads Tame for Super Game
Racy Commercials Disappear as Some Campaigns End and National Mood Turns Conservative
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NFL Net Replays Bowl Spots
You can’t watch the Super Bowl on NFL Network, but you can watch the commercials. For the second straight year, NFL Network will follow the big game on Feb. 6 with “Super Bowl XXXIX Commercials,” a 30-minute special replaying the…
Unscripted Series All the Rage at TCA
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DISCOVERY PLANS VOD EXPANSION IN 2005
While Discovery was one of the last programmers out of the gate with a video-on-demand offering last fall, it is making up for lost time with ambitious on-demand plans for 2005. As part of its on-demand growth strategy, Discovery Communications…
HEYWARDS IN THE RACE
Bernard “Bernie” Ecclestone, the richest man in the United Kingdom, with a fortune Forbes estimates at more than $3.5 billion, called Los Angeles nearly three years ago to discuss an intriguing business proposal. It involved some U.S. broadcast television rights…
january Jan. 18Museum of Television
january Jan. 18 Museum of Television & Radio Industry Forum Comedy Central President Doug Herzog will speak, at the Museum of Television & Radio, Beverly Hills. Check-in, 12:45 p.m.; program, 1 p.m. w www.mtr.org Jan. 20-22 HD Expo Workshops: VariCamp…
WB MEMORIES
Greg Berlanti The WB really was the network that led the way for me to run a show. I happened to be the only man left standing in the third season of “Dawson’s Creek,” and I had only worked on…
WB MEMORIES Susanne Daniels
From a ratings standpoint, “7th Heaven” was our first big breakthrough show. But from a publicity standpoint, it was “Dawson’s Creek.” Newsweek did this hilarious article, where they took a scenario from “Dawson’s Creek,” then interviewed real teens, and printed…
FOXX SCORES MULTIPLE SAG NOMINATIONS; ORBACH GETS POSTHUMOUS NOD
Foxx Scores multiple SAG Nominations; Orbach Gets Posthumous Nod By Ryan Bornheimer Jamie Foxx emerged as the biggest story of the Screen Actors Guild nominations, which were announced last week. The nominations honor guild members for their work in feature…
Fuse Starts ’05 With a Bang
Music Network Launches 300 Episodes of Original Programming, 8 New Shows