Fox Sports Net is going shorthand. Beginning a gradual rollout this week, the name will be changed to simply FSN. During the transition, promotions will include both FSN and the full name, Fox Sports Net, underneath, according to Advertising Age….
If Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner’s daily necktie choices are an indication of how he thinks his day might go, the tie he chose to wear for last Wednesday’s annual shareholders meeting suggested he was bracing for the worst….
It looks like goodbye for “Good Morning, Miami.” While NBC hasn’t officially canceled the show or released any of the actors, all signs point to the show not being renewed for next year, despite a ratings performance that is on…
The much-improved Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who won nine of 10 Super Tuesday primaries, is regarded as a shoo-in for the Democratic presidential nomination and is “most likely to have the chance” to play a key role long-term in party…
The votes have been cast and counted in TelevisionWeek’s third annual ranking of the most sought-after guests on political news and talk shows, both on broadcast news outlets and on the cable news networks. We asked a dozen-plus producers, moderators…
The domestic-train-wreck-as-reality-show has been done before with “The Osbournes” and “The Anna Nicole Show,” but a concept now being shopped to networks could make both shows seem positively “Brady Bunch” by comparison: Life with the Carters. No, not Jimmy and…
Surely the game-winning kick by the New England Patriots’ Adam Vinatieri was what Vyvx had in mind for the maiden voyage of its expanded technology during last month’s Super Bowl broadcast. Instead, overexposure of a pop singer’s anatomy was what…
The winner in this category usually earns the bittersweet honor in a good way. Although some feel Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) “always pulls his punch” on TV, most believe he is “the new John McCain.” That means he is overexposed,…
The end of the February sweeps on March 3 offered good news for talk shows in the overnight metered markets, with the top tier showing gains off lead-in or against year-ago time slot averages. According to Nielsen Media Research for…
Young television viewers defied the current trend of declining viewership by actually growing in numbers in the fourth quarter of 2003. Kids TV advertising in 2004 could move upstream as well. In a world where virtually all TV demographics have…