ABC plans a live broadcast of the special “The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose,” marking the first time the “Bachelor” franchise will air a live event. The special, which will mark the couple’s first public appearance, has traditionally been taped…
Grant Aleksander, who plays Phillip Spaulding on CBS’s “Guiding Light,” said he has spent most of his 22-year daytime career trying “to stay under the radar.” Too bad for Mr. Aleksander, a strapping, blond, buff bodybuilder type who this year…
Despite the Academy Awards’ red-carpet imagery, Eureka vacuum cleaners probably don’t spring to mind when you think of Oscars. Nevertheless, Eureka is advertising on Court TV for the first time, and its six-figure buy is based around a “Guess Who’s…
Injured Snowboarder to Return to ‘Letterman’ Gold Medal snowboarder Tara Dakides, who was hospitalized after she wiped out while taping a stunt for Thursday night’s “Late Show With David Letterman,” is scheduled to appear Monday, Feb. 9, on the CBS…
NBC Renews ‘Apprentice’ NBC has picked up a second season of “The Apprentice,” targeted for a fall premiere date. “Apprentice” has helped lift NBC’s fortunes on Thursday nights. In three Thursday night airings the show has averaged a 9.4 rating…
NBC Making Last-Minute Edit on ‘ER’ NBC has decided that Thursday’s heavily promoted, sweeps-opening “ER” will be edited to remove the frames in which an elderly patient’s bare breast is seen briefly but clearly. The network decided Tuesday night to…
Post-Super Bowl, Bare Breasts on ‘ER’ Raise Alarm Only days after the firestorm created when Janet Jackson exposed her breast during the Super Bowl, the possibility to air an episode of “ER” on NBC Thursday evening that includes a view…
Giving a shot of testosterone to what already looks like a regulatory behemoth, the Bush administration last week endorsed legislation to crack down on indecent broadcasts by jacking up the maximum fine for airing off-color programming from $27,500 to $275,000.“As…
Bliss hits Stuckeyville on NBC’s “Ed” as the season concludes Friday with Ed and Carol getting married in a circus-themed setting. Ed Stevens (played by Tom Cavanagh), a former hotshot New York lawyer who now owns a bowling alley, and…
Monday, Jan. 19, 2004-Sunday, Jan. 25, 2004TV Season Week No. 18The three-night premiere of “American Idol’s” third season helped Fox win adults 18 to 49 for the week with a 5.6 average rating/14 share. The network also won total viewers…