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…
After House Restores Funding, Critics Charge Efforts to Reshape Public Television Continue
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…
NBC Takes Cuts in Stride
“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…
Network Flexes Muscles With Deal That Pre-Empts Earlier Station Sales
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…
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