Syndie Market Sees Lull in Hits
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In Depth
In-Store TV Networks Make Inroads
Technology, Business Conditions Combine to Open Up the Possibilities in a Previously Underutilized
TV Guide, E! Spin Gold From Globes
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The Secret Life of Virginia Mayo
“Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it…
Morning Shows Aim at Sweeps
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Working Toward Common Goals
NBCU’s Huntsberry Has His Whole Team on the Same Page
Fox Super Bowl Sweeps Up Respect
The broadcast networks are pulling out all the stops to drive ratings during the upcoming February sweeps, with specials and original episodes of all the top shows. But most of them plan to take off a day or two, notably…
Tech Briefs
Cellphone Video Service in WorksDiscovery Networks is developing plans for a mobile Discovery service that will play on cellphones. The content will be geared toward the smaller screen and the shorter attention span for video on cellphones. “What research has…
TCA Notes
NBC Pre-Empts ‘ER’ for ‘Trial by Jury’ DebutThe first episode of NBC’s “Law & Order: Trial by Jury” will pre-empt “ER” on two consecutive Thursdays-March 17 and 24-before the series debuts in its regular 10 p.m. Friday time period April…
Roger Ebert Tribute: 30 Years At The Movies With Roger Ebert
1975 Roger Ebert wins the Pulitzer Prize for film criticism, the first Pulitzer awarded in that category. Producer Thea Flaum of PBS affiliate WTTW-TV in Chicago develops an idea for the original series, “Opening Soon at a Theater Near You.”…