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`Good Morning, Miami’s’ Bill Prady Runs For Governor

Although other California Democrats supporting incumbent Gray Davis in the October recall election are staying out of the crowded race for governor, sitcom writer-producer Bill Prady has paid his money to the registrar of voters and collected signatures to get…

Proving Herself Ready for Battle

CBS News’ Lara Logan, 32, started figuring out what she wanted to do for a living at an early age.At 12, Ms. Logan, working for a veterinarian during vacation, learned she didn’t have the stomach for that job. She nearly…

Getting Schooled

I’m one of those people who keep in touch-with everybody. Yet I had let my friendship with my college friend Ben drift away many years ago and was never really sure why or how. Then a friend told me about…

Breaking News Archives

Cablevision Names General Counsel Cablevision Systems Corp. has appointed Jonathan D. Schwartz, a former Justice Department official, as the company’s executive VP and general counsel, overseeing all of Cablevision’s legal affairs, reporting directly to Cablevision President and CEO James L….

TV Writing Taught Him to Trust His Instincts

Hank Steinberg doesn’t watch television, and he’s never really liked episodic cop dramas. “I’m sort of a movie guy,” he said. That may sound odd, considering Mr. Steinberg, 33, is the head writer and executive producer of the CBS investigative…

The Ratings Wizard

Monday, July 21, 2003-Sunday, July 27, 2003TV Season Week No. 44NBC had seven of the top 10 programs in adults 18 to 49 last week, pushing the network to its ninth weekly victory in a row in the demo with…

Connecting With Writers Makes Hit Shows Happen

Leonard Goldstein’s first job in the TV industry taught him two things: the quickest ways to get around Los Angeles, and how to play the harmonica. He was a messenger for production company Kushner-Locke for a year and a half…

Cable a Threat on Tuesdays

“Peacemakers” has the masses, “Nip/Tuck” has the demos and “Queer Eye” has the legs-that’s how three of the most hyped new basic cable shows are stacking up in the summer premiere war. That two of the three shows air in…

Britney Talks TV

Pop star Britney Spears is in talks for a daily syndicated talk show, which she would executive produce and also occasionally appear on, usually in videotaped segments. There is already interest in the project from both King World and Telepictures,…

Success Stories: Courting Hispanic Viewers

Hispanics number 23 percent of the Las Vegas population, making them ever more important to local TV stations and their advertisers.Meredith Corp.-owned Fox affiliate KVVU-TV hosted a reception at Caesars Palace the second weekend in July for its viewers and…