Hecht: TNN Launching Spike ‘As Fast As Possible’ TNN will relaunch as Spike TV “as fast as possible, within a month,” said network president Albie Hecht. “We’ve de-Spiked, now we have to re-Spike” Mr. Hecht’s statement came on the heels…
I hate “Sex and the City.” The HBO comedy oozes with smarmy double entendres that only seem edgy because they come from the mouths of babes. If the show starred a bunch of guys, it wouldn’t last more than a…
The best show on TV is on HBO-but there’s not a mobster, a cadaver or a Manolo Blahnik in sight. TV critics have anointed second-year drama “The Wire” as the best show on TV, according to the 38th installment of…
Title: Senior VP, associate director, national broadcast, Carat USA Recent interesting deal: “A recent deal that Carat did for Kia was a sponsorship of the “Dawson’s Creek” final episode and movie finale on The WB. This sponsorship included television, print…
Barely a week goes by that some big media shop doesn’t introduce a new function or department with a goal of transforming media planning and buying. And while one of the newest such titles-channel account planner-may sound like a very…
A documentary from “Hoop Dreams”’ Peter Gilbert is among 10 original documentaries in the works at the 4-month-old Discovery Times Channel.The programming roster is the result of Discovery Communications’ collaboration with its content partner and co-owner, The New York Times….
It was a rainy June day in New York City and Bruce McKay, the executive producer of the upcoming syndicated talk show “Living It Up! With Ali & Jack,” was trying his hardest to be whimsical.“`Whimsical’ is the word for…
Gannett, Sinclair and the other major TV groups may soon have some competition from an unlikely source: former AOL Time Warner exec and MTV co-founder Bob Pittman. Mr. Pittman’s recently formed investment company, The Pilot Group, wants to become a…
Fox Television Stations’ $108 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Viacom-owned UPN appears headed to a California court after a New York Supreme Court judge dismissed the suit. The judge gave Fox 60 days in which to refile its action in California….
In with the old and out with the new. That seemingly was the TV critics’ reality mantra as they chose the sixth edition of “Survivor” as their favorite reality show and the fourth edition of “The Amazing Race” No. 2….