Telepictures is off to an early start in developing projects for the 2005 season, inking actress/comedienne Mo’Nique to a deal that could have her on the airwaves as a syndicated talk show host in the fall of that year.The actress,…
The Osbournes. Anna Nicole. Jessica and Nick. The burning question: Who is next for the reality treatment? Well, with the success of “The Apprentice,” here’s a suggestion: If The Donald is a hit, how about the most entertaining, outspoken, outrageous…
Some community activists and Fox station group executives are celebrating as a victory the delay until after the May sweeps of the rollout of the new Local People Meters TV ratings system in New York. However, the move by Nielsen…
Comcast Spotlight and Comcast Cable teamed with Dallas lifestyle publication D magazine to create the “Best of Big D” partnership.Each August, Dallas-area residents flock to their mailboxes and newsstands to get their copy of D’s “Best of Big D” issue…
As cable network executives crow about the possibility of gaining $1 billion in advertising revenue during this year’s upfront advertising market, syndication-TV’s other national distribution system in addition to broadcast and cable-also is poised to add big ad dollars. Syndication…
President, Sci Fi ChannelFormer director of programming, Lifetime“For me, it was a really wonderful feeling to be involved in the early stages of a channel targeting a wonderful demographic. Carole Black has done a brilliant job for the whole channel…
The concept of “communications planning,” a hot topic on Madison Avenue for a while now, got even hotter last week when Procter & Gamble, the nation’s largest advertiser, initiated what is believed to be the first large-scale review of a…
Lifetime has become much more than its slogan, “Television for Women.” In an effort to educate and inspire as well as entertain, the programmer has stepped into a leadership role on a host of social issues important to its core…
Just six weeks before ABC’s upfront in New York, no one is certain who will be onstage presenting the new fall schedule to advertisers. With ABC Entertainment Group Chairman Lloyd Braun out the door, uncertainty in the upper management ranks…
NBC is on track to complete its $14 billion merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment in May and is poised to realize $100 million in savings this year and another $300 million in savings next year, said Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and…