Comcast Spotlight met the needs of three clients in the Dallas-Fort Worth market through a Family Reunion Sweepstakes offer presented to the public.Viewers were invited to visit any of the 80-plus Church’s Chicken locations in the area to nominate their…
English-Language Television Nominees for the 15th Annual GLAAD Media Awards*OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES* “Degrassi: The Next Generation” (The N) * “Nip/Tuck” (FX)* “Playmakers” (ESPN)* “Queer as Folk” (Showtime)* “Six Feet Under” (HBO)OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES* “It’s All Relative” (ABC)* “Oliver Beene” (Fox)*…
The creative promotion types who usually attend Promax & BDA’s annual conference in June will get a dose of reality this year.The organization has scheduled what it’s calling a “business boot camp,” designed to help its members focus on the…
Monday, March 8, 2004-Sunday, March 14, 2004TV Season Week No. 24A double dose of “American Idol” gave Fox a weekly victory in adults 18 to 49 with a 4.1/12. In total viewers, CBS won the week with 12 million viewers….
Brenda Hampton, creator of The WB drama “7th Heaven,” has a history of tackling social issues on the show. The latest, scheduled for May 3, is the plight of the Lost Boys of Sudan. “Lost Boys” refers to thousands of…
High-definition TV set maker Samsung and a coalition of eight cable operators have linked up to promote HDTV in a massive marketing campaign that will blanket leading Web sites and cable markets nationwide with the message that cable is the…
The watchdog General Accounting Office announced last week that it has launched an inquiry into the propriety of a recent series of Bush administration video news releases promoting the new Medicare law, which featured a public relations professional posing as…
Foreman Joins ‘The Contender’ George Foreman is the latest champion boxer to sign on to NBC’s reality show “The Contender.” He will appear in the show, along with boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and actor Sylvester Stallone. “The Contender” is a…
MTV, Telepictures Sued Over Osbournes Shows The “Osbournes’” designer says it wasn’t paid for all of its work. California design company Bountiful Inc. filed a lawsuit Thursday against MTV Networks Enterprises and Telepictures Productions claiming breach of contract and negligence,…
MSNBC Slates High-Tech Summit After focusing on big-picture, high-tech moguls in previous tech summits, MSNBC is stocking up on consumer gadgets and celebrity panelists for “The Future Is Now: Tech Summit 2004,” a two-hour live program scheduled for telecast at…