“I get my morning political briefing from ABCNews.com’s The Note, which I download every morning. The Note is terrific because it’s well-written, comprehensive and has links to all the actual publications it quotes. When you’re through reading it, you’ve scoured…
On the upcoming ABC miniseries “Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital,” Bruce Davison plays Dr. Stegman, the chief neurologist of a very strange medical facility who is described in media notes as “hopelessly arrogant and mean-spirited.”Though Mr. Davison has enjoyed a varied…
Love is not only in the air but also on the air as stations from coast to coast found success with wedding ad sales promotions in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day.LIN Television Corp.’s NBC affiliate WWLP-TV in Springfield,…
NBC Buys a ‘Contender’ NBC knocked out the competition to buy the rights to “The Contender,” the latest project to come from reality guru Mark Burnett. “The Contender,” produced by DreamWorks Television and Mark Burnett Productions, will follow a nationwide…
ESPN, Cox Renew Carriage Contract After an unusually public and contentious negotiation, ESPN and Cox Communications today announced an agreement to renew and extend Cox’s carriage of multiple ESPN networks and services. Under the long-term deal, Cox will continue to…
Fox Stations Snare ‘Raymond’ Under the eye of new Fox Television Stations Chairman Lachlan Murdoch, the Fox owned-and-operated stations are about to go two-for-two. The station group has snagged the second-cycle rights to King World’s off-net hit “Everybody Loves Raymond”…
Disney, Ex-Board Members Cross Swords in Letters to Shareholders The back-and-forth between The Walt Disney Co.’s leadership and former board members Roy Disney and Stanley Gold continued Tuesday as both sides traded barbs in letters sent to shareholders further explaining…
1. Rick Sirvaitis, left, and John Miles of GM Mediaworks take part in Advertising Age’s Second Annual Madison+Vine Conference Feb. 4 in Beverly Hills.2. Steven Melnick, senior VP of marketing at 20th Century Fox TV, attends the Madison+Vine conference.3. National…
“In the space of two days, in the top half of the news, we saw sexual offenders on the loose, cybersex predators, a sexual peeper in San Marcos and, on the lighter side, a story about sexual rejuvenation through surgery.”Jeanne…
I just came back from the Grammys! Well, not quite, but it feels like it after watching the live broadcast on a 65-inch high-definition TV. The picture was so vivid and detailed, I can’t imagine that it could have looked…