No matter who wins the heated auction for Vivendi Universal Entertainment, the buyer will be hard-pressed to do more than generate modest revenue and cash flow growth, pay down debt and wrestle with integration.Why? Because that is how even the…
Amid reports that NBC executives hope to be able to make an announcement later this week to TV critics, it appears that the long-rumored spinoff of “Friends” starring Matt LeBlanc is very close to being a done deal. The negotiations…
Last October, ABC affiliate KSTP-TV in Minneapolis ran a news story about the reliability of eyewitness testimony. To demonstrate how difficult it is for eyewitnesses to accurately recall details of an incident, KSTP aired staged footage of a briefcase-snatching on…
Work seen on the Public Broadcasting Service amassed 31 of the news and documentary Emmy nominations announced last week by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Big 3 network news organizations followed in a tight cluster. CBS…
The CTAM Summit may feel like a science fair this year. The association expects nearly 2,300 attendees for the Seattle conference, which focuses on the art and science of marketing. “It’s really the first time we have ever focused a…
National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Eddie Fritts caught so much flak from affiliates over the association’s legislative reversal that sources said he asked the association’s executive committee for a vote of confidence last week.While no official vote was…
If the Television Critics Association Press Tour last week is any indication, the furor over reality programming still hasn’t died down.David E. Kelley blasted it. ABC executives admitted they made mistakes with it. Fox executives said it allows them to…
Once upon a time, TV news executives who got equal numbers of complaints on opposite sides of an issue told themselves they were doing their job right. But then Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, the former Republican strategist and master…
Sci Fi Channel has decided not to produce any additional episodes of “Tremors: The Series,” due to soft ratings, the network confirmed Friday. The last original episode will air Aug. 8 at 8 p.m. Since premiering March 28 with back-to-back…
Game Show Network President and CEO Rich Cronin will moderate “The Mad Science of Rebranding,” the closing brunch for the CTAM Summit, which runs through July 23 in Seattle. About 2,300 attendees are expected to discuss the art and science…