The crown jewels of station lineups have only gained in value, as indicated by TelevisionWeek’s 2004 list of the Most Bankable Stars in Syndication.Human money machines may be more and more difficult to find in an age when formats are…
After weeks of second-guessing among cable insiders about the Game Show Network’s rebranding, the network last week revealed its new name: GSN.“During the last two years we brainstormed dozens of names-Game TV, Gamevision-a lot of names with the word `game’…
The difference between large and small cable operators is about to get bigger.With News Corp. in the process of putting its stamp on No. 1 satellite operator DirecTV, analysts predict that size and system location will be even stronger factors…
Monday, Dec. 29, 2003-Sunday, Jan. 4, 2004TV Season Week No. 15Football was very good to ABC, which won the week in adults 18 to 49 (4.9/14) and total viewers (13.9 million) with a lineup of college football bowl games and…
Cyma Zarghami has been promoted to the newly created position of president, Nickelodeon Television. Ms. Zarghami will oversee all Nickelodeon Television operations, including Nickelodeon’s digital services, Noggin/The N, Nickelodeon Games and Sports and Nicktoons, and will continue to oversee all…
Following a lackluster November book, Buena Vista axed “The Wayne Brady Show” in its second season and Tony Danza now appears set to move in. “Wayne Brady” will remain in production through the rest of the year, with original episodes…
Makeover shows have been the rage throughout the cable and prime-time television landscapes for years, but their popularity arguably achieved new highs last year, when series such as “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and “Extreme Makeover” took off. As…
John Lansing has been named executive VP for Scripps Networks. Scripps Networks, a division of The E. W. Scripps Co., operates Home & Garden Television, Food Network, the DIY-Do It Yourself Network and Fine Living. Mr. Lansing is being appointed…
Billy Campbell and his mother were watching “Today” on NBC together shortly after New Year’s Day, though they were many miles apart. The president of Discovery Networks had just returned to his home in Washington from Greenville, S.C., where he…
Diane Dimond, Court TV’s “Hollywood at Large” anchor and freshly signed analyst for NBC’s “Today,” is back in California. She is on the case in Santa Barbara, where pop star Michael Jackson is due to be arraigned Thursday, Jan. 15,…