When Regency Entertainment President Robin Schwartz worked in development for NBC in the late 1990s, she often took pitch meetings with then-NBC Studios development executive Josh Berman. She recalled one pitch meeting with a writer she knew personally. When Mr….
“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…
Kristen Bell has done Broadway, TV and movies for the big and small screen. She sings. She dances. She’s equally convincing as the girl next door-whether Mark Twain’s Becky Thatcher or bearing false witness in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”-or as…
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,…
Cartoon Network Worldwide General Manager Jim Samples loves the attitude of Marc Buhaj, VP of programming and scheduling for Cartoon Network and Boomerang.“I don’t think I’ve ever seen the guy in a bad mood once,” Mr. Samples said. “Being in…
Net Takes Ad Campaign to N.Y. Streets
They don’t hit tape-measure home runs, field hard-hit grounders or pitch perfect games, but the 10 up-and-comers on the 2005 Hot List are definitely in the game in terms of the television industry. The list was selected by a consensus…
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…
Forum Seeks Programs That Deal Responsibly With Moral Issues-and Draw Eyeballs
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…