AMC last week launched “Sunday Morning Shootout,” an industry gabfest hosted by producer and former Sony mogul Peter Guber, 61, and former studio exec turned Variety editor in chief Peter Bart, 71, airing Sunday mornings. If that is too early…
The star of “Pearl Harbor” came to accept an award last week in Beverly Hills, Calif., and to sound an alarm. The hero of “Armageddon” had a warning about another kind of danger-a danger to our freedom, free press and…
When “American Family” returns to the air, it is expected to have a new character-a Latino soldier who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq. It’s an interesting story line, but one that has been the subject of controversy. The…
That is “Friends” star Matthew Perry staring at the ground in disgust, not because his show is ending after this season, but because he just blew a shot during the 2nd Annual Childhelp Tennis Classic in Beverly Hills, Calif., last…
After months of tense negotiations, Fox Broadcasting has hammered out a new National Football League cost-sharing agreement with its affiliated stations that for the first time, gives the network the flexibility to repurpose up to four prime-time programs each season…
For the third time this week a client has asked for my point of view on the recent Yankee Group prediction that TiVo and other digital video recorders will be in 20 percent of U.S. TV homes by 2007. Couple…
RolesElvira, Mistress of the Dark, will host Game Show Network’s “Freakiest Freak Fest.” The Halloween-themed three-hour programming marathon will air Oct. 26 and repeat Oct. 31 starting at 9 p.m. (ET). … Alyson Hannigan (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) has inked…
There’s no crying about baseball for Fox this year.After two years of sagging playoff ratings, Fox is cleaning up with some of its highest-rated Major League Baseball games ever and killing the competition in the process. Through last Wednesday, Fox’s…
As if things weren’t tough enough already for small broadcasters, the Federal Communications Commission has been making things even tougher by denying deadline extensions for stations that have been unable to get their digital broadcast facilities operational on schedule. The…
Jon Lafayette has joined TelevisionWeek as senior editor, based in New York. The hiring marks a homecoming for Mr. Lafayette, who previously spent eight years at Electronic Media (now TelevisionWeek). In 2000 he left EM to become executive editor of…