Another twig has sprouted on the Schwarzenegger branch of the extended NBC family tree. Mike Murphy, a hot-hot-hot Republican campaign strategist (for Sen. John McCain’s 2000 presidential bid, among many others) has been hired as consulting producer on “Dennis Miller.”…
Television and radio group Emmis Communications on Jan. 8 reported a nearly 5 percent rise in fiscal third-quarter earnings, as the Indianapolis-based company recorded gains in both its 27-station radio group and its 16-station TV group. Revenue advanced 3 percent…
As the weather turns chilly and Baby New Year has filled our heads with hopes of success and the promise of new beginnings, our thoughts turn to the warmer clime (hopefully) in Las Vegas and the promise of the National…
No, the woes of Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart, Kobe Bryant, Paris Hilton and Robert Blake aren’t the impetus behind Paramount Domestic Television’s launch of “Entertainment Tonight’s” first full-scale syndicated series spinoff. When “The Insider” debuts as a nightly half-hour newsmagazine…
January22-24 HDEXPO VariCamp WorkshopSponsored by High Def Expo, at the Production Group Studios, Los Angeles. Information: 818-247-3934 or www.hdexpo.net.24 RTNA Golden Mike AwardsThe Radio and Television News Association of Southern California holds its 54th annual Golden Mike Awards banquet at…
Lifetime will implement a rights management system this month to better manage its contracts.Rights management has become increasingly vital in the new digital world, where contracts are more complex and content is shown across multiple new platforms such as the…
The National Association of Broadcasters has quietly launched a series of strategic planning retreats to beef up the organization’s effectiveness.One of the key objects of the behind-the-scenes navel gazing, according to sources: Determining whether to woo the TV networks back…
Over the years E! Networks has introduced TV critics to a dazed Anna Nicole Smith and the odd, Johnny Carson-obsessed Michael Essany. Last week in L.A. the panel promoting the upcoming “The Brini Maxwell Show” appeared to flummox the critics…
Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Seinfeld and the cast of “Friends” once again make TelevisionWeek’s annual list of TV syndication’s most sure-fire attractions. New this year are Ellen DeGeneres, whose freshman talk show is a critical and ratings hit, and Jane Pauley,…
“Saturday Night Live” executive producer Lorne Michaels will receive the David Susskind Achievement Award in Television during the 15th Annual Producers Guild Awards Saturday evening in Los Angeles. Warren Beatty, James Cameron and Dino De Laurentiis will also be honored,…