Keep Doing It Until You Get It Right
When a show is pulled as quickly as “Keen Eddie” was pulled off Fox over the summer, it is usually a curse everyone involved wants to forget. However, in this case the team behind the show considers its work on…
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Murrow Awards Honor the Best
The numbers tell the story. The Radio-Television News Directors Association received 2,770 entries from 520 news organizations this year in contention for its annual Edward R. Murrow Awards. The number of entries is up 20 percent from last year’s 2,303…
KTVU, KNBC Score Big Ratings
During last week’s historic gubernatorial recall election in California, San Francisco’s powerhouse Fox station KTVU-TV continued its news dominance while independent KRON-TV showed it’s much more than an afterthought. The new kid on the block, NBC-owned KNTV, meanwhile, went out…
ARNOLD ON LENO AND OTHER SHAMELESS PLUGS
Jay Leno, what a sellout. Of course, that hardly makes him an oddity in Hollywood. Is he just a sellout for ratings-which hardly constitutes even a minor misdemeanor-or for some kind of political power, which would explain his making a…
Award Winners, Judges Offer Tips
It’s like the lottery. You can’t win if you don’t play.That’s the advice several of this year’s Murrow Award winners and judges offer to TV professionals.They also shared tips on how stations can win Murrow awards, from pre-assigning roles for…
Telemundo in Line for Internet Sites
NBC plans to introduce Internet sites for its 15 Telemundo stations within the next few months, a groundbreaking move that could position Telemundo as first out of the gate in the race to win the online Hispanic audience. Except for…
‘Broadband Upfront’ in the Works
Media agency Starcom MediaVest Group has launched phase one of what it calls the first “broadband upfront,” a series of advance advertising buys on top broadband video outlets.After four months of research, planning, talks and negotiations, SMG plunked down $5…
CNBC: Prime-Time Autonomy
CNBC President Pamela Thomas-Graham is ready for prime time. The executive, who already has redesigned the business news team that fills the 5 a.m.-to-7 p.m. business day, is taking control of CNBC prime time, a four-hour programming block that historically…
The Little Picture: Gore Would Be Wise to Give NWI Free Rein
In a post-9/11 world, you’d think an all-global-news channel’s time had finally come. You’d be wrong. Of the niche ideas still seeking a sizable cable footprint, global news is way down there with The Puppy Channel and Black Women’s Television….
Al Gore Plans to Launch All-News Cable Channel
Former Vice President Al Gore and a group of investors have plans to launch an all-news channel, but it won’t be up as a liberal alternative to Fox News. Instead, it will be aimed at the under-25 crowd. “Liberal TV…