Cabler’s Motives Under Question
Analysts Ponder Whether Move to Take Cablevision Private Is Guise for Selloff
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Buena Vista Clears ‘Scrubs’ for 2006
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USA: 25 Years: Channel Changed the TV Business
By Lee Alan Hill Special to TelevisionWeek It began in small quarters in Oakland, N.J., moving then to a bank building in the equally sleepy, mostly suburban residential New Jersey community of Glen Rock. All along, USA Network was creating…
Moriarity Takes on ‘Tyra Banks’
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USA: 25 Years: Getting Down to Brand Specifics
Net Built On General Programming Adopts New Focus, Slogan, Look
New CPB Head has PR, Political Background
Patricia de Stacy Harrison, the new president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, doesn’t bring a background in news or public television or radio to her new post. However, she does bring a record as Republican partisan and…
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
MTV Announces Slate of Series in Development
MTV announced nine new series in development on Friday. Most of the ethnically diverse offerings are reality shows, though there are fewer celebrity-driven projects than the network has depended on in the recent past, such as “Newlyweds” and “Meet the…
Ratings Climb for Game 7 of NBA Finals
Ratings climbed Thursday night for the deciding Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The San Antonio Spurs’ victory over the Detroit Pistons drew a 13.9 rating and 23 share in metered markets, up 32 percent from Game 6 Tuesday night….