Like many local news leaders, KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Mo., isn’t content to simply measure itself against its neighbors. The Hearst-Argyle ABC affiliate also stacks up nicely when compared with other ABC stations around the country. KMBC has been the…
Those who couldn’t wait to see how conservative commentator Pat Buchanan behaved during the Aug. 12 visit to MSNBC’s “Buchanan and Press” by “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s” Fab Five were struck by Mr. Buchanan’s conspicuous absence. Those who…
James Dolan, 48-year-old CEO of Cablevision Systems Corp., does not grant a lot of interviews, even though his company is often in the news. However, last week, in his office suite at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Mr….
With consolidation and technology putting increasing pressure on news operations nationwide, the very survival of local news at times appears to be in question. But it is exactly those pressures that make support for local news more important and its…
Court TV today is introducing a new tagline the network hopes will convey its evolution from a telecaster of court trials to a channel whose focus is crime investigation. Calling itself “The Investigation Channel,” the new tagline is part of…
Fashion guru Carson Kressley, left, of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” is shown here with gay Republican “Rod” backstage at the Broadway show “Avenue Q” in New York last week. While they discussed puppet makeover, last week’s episode of…
People in television tend to lose sight of how TV looks to the rest of the world, the ordinary Americans, rich and poor, who have accepted it as part of their lives but still, after more than half a century,…
Citing weakening attendance and industry consolidation, the California Cable & Telecommunications Association is pulling the plug on The Western Show after this year’s event in December. The association blamed market conditions and the need by cable operators, suppliers and programmers…
* Repeats of numerous returning series have settled into their new fall time slots in attempts to make viewers aware of their new homes. But not a lot of people are watching them. Those series are ABC’s “Dragnet” on Saturdays…
Des Moines, Iowa, CBS affiliate KCCI-TV claims an astounding distinction: Its late local newscast at 10 p.m. has been the highest-rated newscast of any local broadcast station in the country several times during the past few years, said Dave Busiek,…