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USA Network: 25 Years: Celebrated ‘Monk’ Seen As Having Staying Power

By Lee Alan Hill Special to TelevisionWeek While it was not the network’s first original series, nor its highest-rated, “Monk” is the show that has accorded USA the most respect, by earning critical acclaim and awards. The series, which premiered…

PBS Battle Heads to Senate

After House Restores Funding, Critics Charge Efforts to Reshape Public Television Continue

USA Network: 25 Years: Giving USA Character

Bonnie Hammer, president of USA Network and the Sci Fi Channel, oversees all aspects of the networks, including programming, distribution, marketing, publishing and licensing. To mark the 25th anniversary of the USA Network, she was interviewed by TelevisionWeek Editor Alex…

Prices Off For Syndie In Upfront

NBC Takes Cuts in Stride

USA Network: 25 Years: Hammer Built Her Career the Old-Fashioned Way

“I can manage anything-oversee producing or executives or whatever,” said Bonnie Hammer, president of USA Network and the Sci Fi Channel. “I can take anybody criticizing any show, whether it’s ‘The 4400’ or ‘Battlestar Galactica.’ But if somebody takes a…

‘Reba’ The WB’s 1st Syndie Star

Network Flexes Muscles With Deal That Pre-Empts Earlier Station Sales

USA Network: 25 Years: Net’s Climb Up Ladder of Television Success

April 1977-Madison Square Garden and UA-Columbia Cablevision announce plans to distribute live sports and entertainment programming via satellite to cable systems. April 9, 1980-MSG Sports Network is reorganized as USA Network, under joint ownership of Madison Square Garden Network and…

Spike in a ‘Holding Pattern’ While Stern Mulls Offer

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USA Network: 25 Years: Wrapping Up a Philosophy

Campaign Promotes Clarity of Vision in USA’s Programming

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