Wired Science
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…
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NAB SUPPORT FOR FRITTS
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…
Reality Programming Still a Hot Topic at TCA
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…
FOX SETTING THE NEWS AGENDA
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…
News Briefs
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…
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Most of Fox’s Fall Schedule to Debut in October With the exception of drama “The O.C.,” Fox will roll out the majority of its new schedule after Major League baseball playoffs and the World Series end in October, Fox’s top…
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‘Queer Eye’ Breaks Bravo Ratings Records The premiere of Bravo’s “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” was the highest-rated show in the network’s history, with a 1.61 household rating. The program, which has garnered rave reviews from national media outlets,…
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Kelley Comes Clean on ‘The Practice’ The dismissal of half the cast of “The Practice” was a creative decision to reinvigorate the show, creator David E. Kelley told a packed room at the Television Critics Association press tour in Hollywood…
advance planning
oct. 10-14MIPCOM 2003Nineteenth edition of the international television program market, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Information: Margot Gardett, 33-01-41-90-45-59 or margot.gardett@reedmidem.com; or www.mipcom.com.oct. 14-17NAB Satellite Uplink Operators Training SeminarSponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, in Washington. Information: Cheryl Coleridge,…
News Briefs
“The Savage Nation” has been canceled by MSNBC after the show’s controversial call-in host, Michael Savage, went on a rant about “sodomites” and said the caller on the air at the time of the live TV tirade “should only get…