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John McEnroe’s struggling talk show has been canceled by CNBC after five months of failing to find an audience on the business news channel’s prime-time lineup. The move was expected (TelevisionWeek, Nov. 29). “McEnroe” will end its run at the…
No Longer the ‘Geezer Network,’ Eye Sees First November Win in Adults 18 to 49 Since 1980
NBC Universal synergy has produced yet another assignment for Amy Rosenblum, who already has two NBC Universal Domestic Television day jobs-as executive producer of both “Maury,” which is having a good seventh season in syndication, and “Home Delivery,” which is…
Station Groups Turning to Internet to Reduce Impact of Cyclical Volatility
By all accounts, it takes a unique breed of professional to be the showrunner of a syndicated strip. That’s because the top job on a strip has for a variety of reasons long been considered among the toughest gigs in…
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Title: Executive producer Show distributor/title: Paramount Domestic Television’s “The Insider” Date of birth: March 6 Birthplace: Monett, Mo. Other credits: Executive producer, Paramount’s “Entertainment Tonight”; executive producer, CBS special “The Stars’ First Time on Entertainment Tonight With Mary Hart”;…
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a case that could determine whether cable operators will be required to open their broadband networks to competing Internet service providers.In the so-called “Brand X” case decision at issue, a federal appeals…
MTV has given the go-ahead to two new reality shows — “Meet the Barkers” (yet another chronicle of a music star’s spare time, featuring Blink 182’s Travis Barker) and “Nick Lachey Project” (working title, a show following the singer as…
Fox Broadcasting Co. and the vast majority of the network’s affiliates on Friday challenged a $1.183 million Federal Communications Commission indecency fine, charging that the agency’s action ran afoul of the First Amendment.Breaking new ground, the FCC recently imposed a…