To avoid becoming a network of shows that clone the redecorating success of “Trading Spaces,” The Learning Channel is planning new programs that display a broad range of interests.The shows hitting the air in this quarter and the next address…
Now that’s scaryText: Who is that masked woman? It’s Joy Behar, the comedienne best known as a member of “The View,” attending Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project 6th Annual Hulaween party in Manhattan last week. And yes, members of…
KNBC-TV newsman Chuck Henry’s decision last week to wait until the last possible second to evacuate, despite pleas from firefighters, has raised questions among viewers and media pundits about the value of the one-foot-in-the-flames reporting style on display throughout the…
As the debate rages over the precise reasons for the precipitous decline in network viewing among young adult men this season, the problem seems far more academic for media planners.Whether it’s being caused by changes in the viewing habits of…
Where do you turn for urgent health-care information? Why, to your friendly neighborhood cable network, of course-or so suggests Discovery Communications. Last week the company announced a new project called Discovery Hospital, where health-care facilities can license a 5,000-page medical…
“We have positioned ourselves just like another TV station,” said Jim Gallagher, VP and general manager of Comcast Philadelphia. It is this tactic, he said, that has helped the multiple system operator’s revenues grow in the double digits over the…
Just in time for the start of the crucial November “sweeps” period, Nielsen Media Research says the sudden and alarming drop in broadcast network TV viewers during the first weeks of the fall season, especially among young males, appears to…
Four years ago, none of the 26 new prime-time shows on the Big 4 broadcast networks featured a minority actor in a starring or leading role, spurring minority advocacy groups to form the Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition and demand change from…
Paramount, according to sources, is hoping television networks turn up the volume when bidding this week for a trio of films, most prominently “School of Rock,” the Jack Black comedy that has become a surprise hit, with a box office…
Many of the risks and reservations Wall Street has fixed to Cablevision Systems’ latest restructuring plan will likely come to pass if logic and experience count for anything. But the one factor that has been lost in the shuffle, and…