The selection of the congenial ensemble of hosts who star on the cult hit “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” came about because of an approach to casting akin to bringing a family together. Creator and executive producer David Collins,…
Give us a chance.That’s the plea cable operators are making to the movie studios, implicitly promising that video-on-demand will drive tremendous revenue, perhaps more so than the hallowed video store.Cable operators currently receive movies about 45 to 52 days after…
The on-again, off-again network courtship of Army Pvt. Jessica Lynch received a fresh influx of speculation last week amid reports that NBC was in serious negotiations for her life story for an upcoming telepic. Previously, CBS attempted to entice the…
“Fox KASA es su casa” could easily be the slogan for the Albuquerque-Santa Fe, N.M., Fox affiliate, KASA-TV. “We used to be `Welcome Home …’ before CBS started using it,” said VP and general manager Erick Steffens. Now the Raycom…
On a balmy evening last week, Chuck Bachrach was addressing a room full of advertising executives and station reps at a hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., for the 20th year in a row. He was back the next morning to…
1. Marc Hirsch of Paramount Advertiser Sales, left, and Dennis Emerson of Paramount Domestic TV join “Entertainment Tonight’s” Bob Goen on the links as he hosts this summer’s Bob Goen Toyota Invitational charity event at the U.S. Air Force Academy…
Monday, July 28, 2003-Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003TV Season Week No. 45NBC and CBS dominated the top 10 programs of the week in adults 18 to 49, with NBC shows taking six spots and CBS the other four. NBC won its…
As promised last January, NBC Enterprises and Sony Pictures will exhibit on the convention floor during NATPE. Their return promises to liven up a convention that had seen a mass exodus in recent years to hotel suites. NATPE 2004 will…
As moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Tim Russert plays hardball with Washington’s newsmakers and power brokers. As the son of a father and the father of a son who have bonded in baseball stadiums and in the Baseball Hall…
A cable TV industry-sponsored study filed at the Federal Communications Commission last week contends that News Corp.’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV would increase the incentive and ability of News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch to raise the prices charged to competitors…