Concerned that Federal Communications Commission Republicans will launch a new effort to relax media ownership rules, FCC Democrat Michael Copps urged watchdog representatives Saturday to “jump in with both feet” to organize opposition now. “Don’t let the usual suspects inside…
MTV has greenlighted a new reality series “Run’s House,” produced by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs,’ Bad Boy TV and Russell Simmons, the network announced Monday. Dubbed “television’s first hip-hop reality sitcom,” the series centers on the real-life family of Reverend…
NBC announced its fall 2005 schedule Monday, putting three new series in the 8 p.m. (ET) hour, a chronic problem area for the network over the past season.Kevin Reilly, president of NBC Entertainment, said in a conference call with reporters…
ABC’s “All My Children” and public broadcasting’s “Reading Rainbow” earned four Emmys each to lead the list of honorees at Saturday’s 32nd Annual Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards ceremonies, held simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles and presented by…
Starting Tuesday, the last three contestants on Fox’s musical reality series “American Idol” will each get an additional phone line for voting purposes. At the end of each finalist episode, viewers are able to call in and vote for their…
Fox announced Monday it has ordered a second season of its family reality show “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.”In “Trading Spouses,” families trade a parent for one week with a family much different from their own. Families participating in…
Company Launching as Many as Three ‘Vertical’ Channels This Year
Tinker’s Philosophy Influenced Industry
Considering ABC brought back only two of its dramas for the 2004-05 season-“Alias” and “NYPD Blue,” in its swan song season-one agent described the return of at least four one-hour shows for 2005-06 as a “miracle.” Of course, “Desperate Housewives,”…
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