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…
NBC, CBS Split First Night of Sweeps NBC and CBS each claimed victory on the first night of sweeps last night, with NBC winning adults 18 to 49 and CBS taking total viewers. CBS had the highest-rated show of the…
ABC Picks Up Freshman Shows ABC gave full-season orders to all of its freshman sitcoms and two freshman dramas. “Hope & Faith,” “I’m With Her,” “It’s All Relative,” “Married to the Kellys,” “10-8” and “Threat Matrix” all received back-nine episode…
NBC Gives ‘Whoopi,’ ‘Family’ Full Season Orders NBC picked up Tuesday night sitcoms “Whoopi” and “Happy Family” for a full season of 22 episodes. “Whoopi,” from Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, has averaged a 3.3 rating/10 share among adults 18 to 49 and 9.4…
NAACP Study Reports Continuing Lag in Minority Hires The broadcast networks have made progress hiring minority on-air talent but still lag in hiring minority talent behind the scenes, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s new…
I was kidnapped at knifepoint a few months back, by a fat guy who looked like Roger Ailes and a thin guy who looked like Bill O’Reilly-though I certainly do not mean to state, imply or even raise the possibility…
Continuing efforts to aggressively ramp up their theatrical acquisition activity, A&E Networks and Lifetime Television have cut deals with Paramount Domestic Television to share the broadcast window for the feature film “The Hours,” which received nine Academy Award nominations and…
* In “Fox Net, Affils Settle NFL Tab” (TelevisionWeek, Oct. 20) Robert Quicksilver is president of distribution and affiliate relations for Fox Broadcasting.* In “PBS Facing Crisis” (TelevisionWeek, Oct. 20), Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert, wrote in a…