Up until now, Carolyn Strauss acknowledges, she has been extraordinarily fortunate. She arrived at HBO at a time when the network aimed to create ambitious original programming. “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City,” “Six Feet Under” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”…
The Tribune station group has made a pass on Sharon Osbourne, and not in a good way.
Mitch Burg, the newly appointed president of the Syndicated Network Television Association, thinks his organization may be the most underappreciated in the television business.
Touchstone Television President Steve McPherson was excited about the new season last September, until John Ritter, star of the studio’s “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter” died suddenly from a heart attack. Mr. McPherson quickly became an emotional…
Actor-producer-director James Woods was among longtime friends at the annual Caucus for Television Producers, Writers & Directors (which bills itself as the “conscience of the TV industry”) awards dinner Jan. 16 in Beverly Hills, Calif. The star of the USA…
“Digital must-carry” was a refrain often heard in Las Vegas during NBC’s, Fox’s and UPN’s affiliate advisory board meetings with executives.
In the next five years, whether it’s a high-definition TV, a digital video recorder or some other device, products with new TV technology will be in millions of U.S. homes. The companies that make or deliver the new services stand…
Ryan Seacrest is facing a big year. Besides being booked to take over Casey Kasem’s longtime throne as host of radio’s “American Top 40,” he’s being counted on to pull a double whammy at Fox: bolstering the prime-time lineup with…
Don’t Blink! Jane Pauley has not been cloned. That is Ms. Pauley, 53, with her older sister Ann Pauley, at NATPE, where the two drew frequent double-takes and the odd comparison to the Olsen twins. Ann, who’s working with Jane…
Broadcast and cable company E.W. Scripps last week said its fourth-quarter and full-year profits surged, thanks to strong results at the company’s cable interests, particularly Scripps’ Home & Garden Television and Food Network properties. The Cincinnati-based company, which owns 10…