Nicktoons to Add Four Series in 2004 Nickelodeon’s digital spin-off Nicktoons will add four new series in 2004 – one original and three overseas acquisitions. The names of the series were not announced. The net has also added a general…
The big deal at the TV Guide party at The Lot in West Hollywood was a concert by the Foo Fighters. Lead singer Dave Grohl took time out to thank two fetching young women perched on their dates’ shoulders and…
Monday, Sept. 15, 2003-Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003TV Season Week No. 52Boosted by the premiere of CBS’s “Survivor: Pearl Islands” and Fox’s “55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,” the two networks tied for first in adults 18 to 49 for the week…
Whatever happened to the days when there was a level of excitement, energy, creativity and innovation that made the entertainment industry great? Are those days gone forever? With the enormous consolidation that has taken place, the countless jobs that have…
On the Red CarpetA parade of television’s top executives, creative talent and stars made its way down the red carpet and into the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for the 55th Annual Emmy Awards Sept. 21.1. ABC’s Lloyd Braun, his…
Advertisers this season have made adjustments to their TV ad spending commitments later than the broadcast networks have ever seen-which has some executives expressing anger. “Advertisers were still making adjustments as of last week,” said one senior cable ad sales…
Regarding “The Reality of Honoring Reality” (TelevisionWeek, Sept. 15), about ABC’s proposed award show: I have to comment on a quote attributed to Bertram van Munster, creator and executive producer of “The Amazing Race.” “Hopefully, something like this has legs,…
That’s very drunk French movie star Gerard Depardieu singing with the Glenn Miller Band as winners, losers and schmoozers networked their way through the two-level official Emmy after-party at the Shrine Auditorium. Jon Stewart had glittering awards in both fists…
A pair of national syndication debuts on NBC owned-and-operated stations were hit by midweek pre-emptions due to coverage of the 9/11 anniversary and a decline in overall daytime viewership across the country.For the week ending Sept. 14, Telepictures’ “The Ellen…
Throwing a monkey wrench into the congressional effort to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s media ownership deregulation, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has put a hold on appropriations legislation that would roll back the cap on national TV ownership to 35…