You can take the producers out of Chicago, but you can’t take Chicago out of the producers. Diane Burroughs and Joey Gutierrez, creators and exec producers of CBS sitcom “Still Standing,” are injecting a little bit of Chicago lore into…
The family drama “The Days” will air on ABC this summer as the first production under a unique agreement with media agency MindShare North America that is being hailed as a new economic model for programming. The six-episode one-hour series…
Critics aren’t supposed to be ratings predictors, so jeering at a TV critic because a show he hated did well in the Nielsens is pointless. And yet (yes, there’s always an “and yet”), beats there a critic’s heart so cold…
Jeff Zucker, president of the NBC Entertainment, News and Cable Group, refused Friday to reply to CBS’s predictions that it will challenge NBC for the position of market leader in the 2004-05 upfront.Mr. Zucker, speaking during a press briefing in…
If the quarterly results of five station groups are any indication, fears of continued weakness in the advertising market and worries that political advertising spending might not meet expectations are abating.The station groups-Gannett, The New York Times Co., E.W. Scripps…
I had the pleasure and the privilege of meeting Oprah on various occasions, either as a guest on her show or on a more personal basis by singing at her recent 50th birthday bash. What strikes me is how wonderfully…
As video-on-demand finally comes into its own, expanding to include content beyond boxing, movies and porn, advertisers are getting into the act with long-form advertainment-content that sells a product but is sufficiently appealing that customers want to watch it.For instance,…
As The Walt Disney Co. works through the setback of a weak box-office opening of its latest film, “The Alamo,” Wall Street remains divided over what this bad news might portend for cable giant Comcast’s $54.1 billion takeover bid still…
In “20 Years of Lifetime” (TelevisionWeek, April 12), Lela Rochon appeared only in the first season of “The Division.” Also, the executive producers of the series are Deborah Joy LeVine and Aaron Lipstadt.
WDIO-TV in Duluth, Minn., let the dogs out with its season-long “Watch for Dogs” promotion centered around telecasts of University of Minnesota Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs hockey games.During on-air commentary for 17 games, the announcer would name a featured player…