Vivendi Shares Decline as Bidding Deadline Arrives Shares in Vivendi Universal slipped more than 2.5 percent Monday to close at $17.06 as Wall Street awaited word on who would be entering the second round of bidding for Vivendi Universal Entertainment….
Atlanta’s ABC affiliate, WSB-TV, had crushed the local competition for so long that 10 years ago, the station’s general manager Greg Stone decided to raise the bar. He wanted the Cox-owned station to win across the board against all stations…
What some East Coast NBC interns did this summer would turn some producers green with envy: They pitched projects they had developed to network executives.The interns participated in a new pilot program created by NBC staffing manager Carrie Maltese.From the…
Door to Door * TNT * A Rosemont Productions International production in association with Angel/Brown Productions;David A. Rosemont, executive producer; Dan Angel, executive producer; Billy Brown, executive producer; Forest Whitaker, co-executive producer; Robert J. King, Co-executive producer; Warren Carr, producerHomeless…
* In “`Classmates,’ `Ambush’ Make Grade” (TelevisionWeek, Aug. 11), Twentieth Television has ordered six additional weeks of production for “Classmates” and “Ambush Makeover.”* In “News Shows Skew Gray” (TelevisionWeek, Aug. 11), the dominant demographic in prime time for Fox News…
Let’s get the puns out of the way. Sci Fi Channel has terminated future Schwarzenegger airings. FX has issued a total recall on all Arnold pics. HBO, USA and Turner say the Schwarzenegger ban is a raw deal and pledged…
It was the worst electrical blackout in U.S. history, severing service in parts of eight Midwestern and Eastern states as well as much of eastern Canada. But the long-term costs to the TV industry are expected to be contained, while…
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….