The content providers and distributors gathering this week for the annual conference of the National Association of Television Program Executives had better start thinking big and outside the box-outside of television, that is.All of the teeth gnashing over escalating program…
Too many choices-that’s what one psychological scholar says is a factor in more and more people becoming depressed and confused in today’s society. We have too many choices in superficial and frivolous things like breakfast foods and automobiles and not…
Time: 8 p.m. (ET) Jan. 25Network: NBCLocation: Beverly Hilton HotelHost: NoneMiss Golden Globe: Lily CostnerTotal number of awards to be presented: 25; 13 for motion pictures, 11 for television, 1 special awardPresenters: Confirmed presenters include Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Dustin…
Monday, Jan. 5, 2004-Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004TV Season Week No. 16“The Simpsons” and “The Simple Life” combined with a football playoff overrun helped propel Fox to victory in adults 18 to 49 last week with a 4.9/13. In total viewers…
For the past two years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has rewarded actors coming off their series’ freshman seasons. So if recent history is any guide, Anthony LaPaglia of NBC’s “Without a Trace” might soon be in possession of a…
From relative newcomer Troy Garity to multi-award-winning veteran Al Pacino, five talented stars are vying for recognition as best actor in a movie or miniseries at the Golden Globes this year. Antonio Banderas, James Brolin and Tom Wilkinson round out…
THE WB’S BEEFY BIRTHDAY BASHAnyone can order up cake and candles to observe a birthday. The WB-hereby re-nicknamed The WBeef-offered meatier fare to employees when it turned 9 years old recently. The netlet had In-N-Out Burger, the popular Southwestern drive-through…
In 1965, a family named King reigned on television. There were dozens of them, a bevy of singing sisters, their husbands and tow-headed progeny. For a year or so these Kings and their variety show were pretty big on the…
Merv Griffin was the all-time big winner on “Wheel of Fortune,” and he didn’t even have to clap and chant the “big money, big money” mantra while the wheel spun.Mr. Griffin sold his television production company to Columbia Pictures Television…
Former Jersey Television President John Landgraf is FX’s new head of original programming, the network has announced. Mr. Landgraf filled a position that has been open since Labor Day, when former President of Entertainment Kevin Reilly left the basic-cable network…