This will be the year of Michael Jackson, Robert Blake, Martha Stewart, Princess Diana, Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant and, no doubt, many other celebrities whose scandals have yet to materialize. As American journalists can stray across the line into the…
As young viewers headed back to school after the winter holiday, syndication numbers dipped for nearly every genre. The exception was, however, weeklies, with each of the top seven shows showing improvement for the week ending Jan. 18, according to…
“Friends” producers ran everyone but essential personnel out of the sitcom’s Warner Bros. studio home of the past 10 seasons while final scenes of the finale were shot and tears were shed. But on Saturday, Jan. 24, grins were in…
Now that Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., has taken himself out of the running to succeed Jack Valenti as head of the Motion Picture Association of America, the man to beat is said to be Sen. John Breaux, D-La.-if he will…
“The highly viewed award shows cannot help but influence our viewing choices. Not that we stop watching our favorites when they lose, but we are encouraged to sample the winners that we may not have seen before.”Bill Carroll, VP, director…
Food Network has teamed with the exhibition company DMG World Media to launch “Food Network’s Great Big Food Show,” a consumer exhibition scheduled for Nov. 5 to 7 in Philadelphia and Nov. 12 to 14 in Cleveland. The live food…
In a period of transformation, uncertainty and rapid change for the TV industry, at least one of the changes on the broadcasting horizon is a welcome one. That change is the widespread introduction of Nielsen Media Research’s People Meter systems,…
ROLESWorld champion skateboarder and video game star Tony Hawk will host GSN’s “Video Game Invasion: The History of a Global Obsession.” The two-hour documentary covers the creation and evolution of video games. David Carr and David Comtois of Beantown Productions…
“Luckily, I don’t have to shoot you.”That was the not very comforting message delivered by a female police officer as TelevisionWeek publisher Chuck Ross and I took a wrong turn trying to find our way to the Beverly Hilton last…
Bunim-Murray Productions was devastated last week with the passing of two executives, including reality television matriarch and co-founder Mary-Ellis Bunim.Ms. Bunim fought a long battle with cancer and passed away Thursday in Los Angeles at 57. She is survived by…