In this summer of the self-referential, movies are about movies (either their special effects or the other movie they’re a sequel to) and the news is about the news. Last week’s big news-news was, of course, the furrowed-brow debate about…
Bob Hope Dead at 100 Funnyman Bob Hope, the movie and radio star who made a seamless transition to television in its earliest days and entertained America’s troops around the world during World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian…
The largest marketer in one of the fastest-growing TV ad categories is writing a new script for planning and buying television time, but telecasters so far are largely oblivious to it. In a dramatic shift, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun…
The 400-21 vote by the U.S. House of Representatives last week to approve appropriations legislation that would roll back the national TV station ownership cap to 35 percent has added so much momentum to the re-regulatory drive that veteran political…
1. Supporting Carl Reiner, second from right, as he accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Television Critics Association July 16 in Hollywood are, from left, TV Land and Nick at Nite executive VP and general manager Larry Jones, producer…
High-definition TV is finally coming into its own. Set prices are plummeting, operators are aggressively rolling out HD capability and the amount of HD programming has grown during the past year at most of the broadcast, premium and sports networks-the…
Tribune Entertainment has acquired the exclusive syndication rights, including barter advertising sales, to DreamWorks SKG’s library of feature films, which includes such films as “Saving Private Ryan,” “Gladiator” and “Shrek.” The agreement represents one of the largest domestic television distribution…
Anyone doubting America’s fascination with crime need only look at the TV ratings to see that shows about criminal justice are more popular than ever. Now crime and TV come together in a powerful way in “Law & Order: Crime…
Since The Insider has been, from the get-go in 1992, a member of the cult that worships “World News Now,” the seriocomic overnight newscast that gives ABC News bragging rights to the insomniac news audience, she took it upon herself…
DirecTV will get national People Meter numbers for the first time under a new deal with Nielsen Media Research.The numbers from Nielsen’s national People Meter sample are expected to become a centerpiece of the DirecTV ad sales efforts by Sony…