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Messing, Mullally Honored at 2005 Crystal + Lucy Awards
Debra Messing and Megan Mullally looked more like Lucy and Ethel Friday night at the 2005 Crystal + Lucy awards hosted by Women in Film-except when Mullally fondled Ms. Messings’ breast during their acceptance speech to illustrate the trust the…
Library of Congress Adds TV Promo Collection
The Library of Congress in Washington will house the world’s largest public collection of television promos when it adds the Promax&BDA Collection to its Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. The collection contains more than 10,000 internationally recognized promos…
Numbers Dip for Game 1 of NBA Finals
With the Los Angeles Lakers failing to make the playoffs, ABC’s broadcast Thursday night of the first game of the NBA Finals drew an 8.8 Nielsen Media Research rating in metered markets and a 15 share, down 11.6/18 from last…
House Subcommittee Votes to Cut Federal Funds for Public Broadcasting
A House Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday voted to slash federal funding for public broadcasting from $400 million to $300 million next year-and to eliminate a $23 million program that provides funding for children’s TV programs such as “Sesame Street” and…
ABC to Premiere ‘Neighborhood,’ ‘Brat Camp’ in July
ABC will launch its six-episode unscripted one-hour series “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” Sunday, July 10 and begin the reality teen survival series “Brat Camp” with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, July 13.“Neighborhood” brings seven very different families to an Austin,…
July 10 Premiere Set for Fox’s ‘Princes of Malibu’
Fox will premiere its new reality series “Princes of Malibu,” starring Brandon and Brody Jenner, on Sunday, July 10, at 8:30 p.m. (ET).“Princes” features music composer and arranger David Foster, who married the Jenner brothers’ mother, former Elvis Presley girlfriend…
Ad Spending on the Rise
Advertising spending for the first quarter 2005 rose 2.4 percent from same period last year, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Spanish-language showed the biggest gains, up 19.3 percent. Cable TV was up 12.4 percent and network…
Logo to Launch New Original Series
Logo is going for laughs. The gay- and lesbian-oriented network plans to launch a new original series featuring stand-up comedians this summer, the network said Thursday. Logo also acquired three series featuring Graham Norton, two of which have not been…
Kurth Drops Out of FCC Running
Christine Kurth, the favored candidate of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, for a Republican vacancy at the Federal Communications Commission, has dropped out of the running for the post.In a statement, Ms. Kurth, who is currently deputy staff director for the…