OK, Insiderettes, grab your magnetic scheduling and personnel boards. Here’s what oddsmakers say about some key developments related to the January debut of Dennis Miller on CNBC’s prime-time lineup:Most likely to get a thumbs up and a knowing nod from…
ABC is shaking up its Wednesday schedule. Freshman drama “Karen Sisco” is taking a breather, and “Celebrity Mole Yucatan” will take its time slot. “Mole” premieres Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 10 p.m. Also on Jan. 14, “The Bachelorette” will premiere…
Half-minute-long interstitials from the Fine Living Network not only educate viewers with how-to tips on photography, wine or care of the American Flag but also can provide multiple system operators with additional ad revenue-even if they don’t carry the Fine…
Make-goods is still a word that strikes fear in the hearts of many broadcast network executives, even in these days of extreme fragmentation and interactive competition. The reasons will become obvious again as the networks begin reconciling make-goods in a…
AMC Sues Time Warner Cable for $250M Rainbow Media’s American Movie Classics filed a $250 million breach-of-contract lawsuit Friday against Time Warner Cable, alleging the multiple system operator violated an affiliation agreement as part of a broader tactic to gain…
Fox, Cable Nets Join for ‘School of Rock’ TV Deal Fox Broadcasting bought the first broadcast rights to the hit movie “School of Rock” as part of a complicated deal with Paramount that also involved three cable networks. Paramount is…
Gray Television Q3 Profits Double Gray Television on Wednesday reported that third-quarter profit more than doubled, while revenue soared 73 percent, largely thanks to the addition of television stations acquired in late 2002. The Atlanta-based station group said profit for…
Art Carney Dead at 85 Art Carney, who won seven Emmys and an Academy Award but will always be remembered as Jackie Gleason’s pal Norton in “The Honeymooners,” has died at age 85 in Chester, Conn., of natural causes. Mr….
Brian Graden, president of entertainment for MTV and VH1, is up front about the fact that he doesn’t actively court female viewers. “For broad brands like MTV or VH1, you have to draw both men [and] women. Therefore, we’d rather…
Nine years ago, when The WB recruited Jordan Levin to its founding programming team, the nascent broadcast network hadn’t yet developed what would become its winning strategy-targeting young females. Mr. Levin (along with then-programming colleagues Garth Ancier and Suzanne Daniels)…