Executive producer Michael Gelman thinks more than 4 million viewers each day can’t be wrong. He hopes to end “Live With Regis and Kelly’s” Susan Lucci-ish string of Daytime Emmy nominations without a win as best talk show by competing…
Effectiveness Study May Pump Life Into Advertising Model
Upcoming game show strip “Let’s Play Crosswords!” has cleared more than 65 percent of the country and has been declared a “firm go” for the fall. The half-hour strip is now set in 30 of the top 40 markets in…
House Committee Threatens Monthly Oversight Hearings
Misses … Let’s face it: A day that starts without Regis Philbin is a day that starts on the wrong side of the TV. The Insider means no disrespect whatsoever to Kelly Ripa, who probably could share the host chat…
Development continues at Fox Interactive Media on a MySpace News portal that will aggregate items in real time from various sites and blogs. By introducing interactivity that fosters discussion about and the rating of items posted, MySpace News will add…
Cold winds and celebrity scandals fueled a hot February sweep for syndicated programs, with most genres showing improvement within their already top-ranked series for the period Feb. 1 through Feb. 28, according to Nielsen Media Research. Newsmagazines in particular were…
Experts Assess Legal Merits of Copyright Lawsuit
TV networks consider a number of issues when deciding whether to build the software capabilities for a new online project or to outsource to a vendor. Albert Cheng, executive VP for digital media at the Disney-ABC Television Group, said the…
‘L&O: SVU’ Sold for Saturday-Sunday Play on Fox Stations