Tom Shales is on vacation. The following column originally appeared in the Oct. 27, 2003, issue of TelevisionWeek. I was kidnapped at knifepoint a few months back, by a fat guy who looked like Roger Ailes and a thin guy…
ABC Getting $550,000 Per 30-Second Spot, a 10 Percent Increase Over Fox’s 2003 Price Tag ABC, which will air “The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” Sept. 19, is getting $550,000 for an average 30-second commercial during the telecast, representing a…
| Associations | Academy Tackles Industry Criticism Head-On
Top 2003 Emmy Advertisers Buick Motor Div. $4,160,000 Capital One Financial $2,600,000 Nextel Communications $2,080,000 Sprint PCS $2,080,000 Visa Intl. $2,080,000 Burger King $1,560,000 Lee Apparel $1,560,000 Playtex Apparel $1,560,000 Sony Pictures’ “Radio” $1,040,000 GMC Truck Div. $1,040,000 Source: Nielsen…
| Cable | News Channel Aims to Be ‘Destination’
Hold on. There’s still one convention to go. Republicans this time, in New York. Again more journalists than delegates. Newspaper reporters filing stories about the insipid, tasteless, unnecessary repeats the TV networks will be showing instead of the convention proceedings….
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences last week announced the Emmy winners for outstanding voice-over performance, individual achievement in animation and outstanding costumes for a variety or music program. The voice-over Emmy was awarded to Dan Castellaneta as Homer,…
John Malone’s Liberty Media last week reported a narrowed second-quarter loss of $314 million compared with a year-earlier loss of $464 million, buoyed by brisk business at the company’s home shopping channel QVC as well as advertising and affiliate-fee gains…
Emmy Category Was Once Dominated by Prime-Time Variety
| Finances | Company Expects to Launch Four New Networks