Since the successful SNTA presentation in New York earlier this year, major syndicators have been looking for other ways to push their message that syndication has more programs and more reach and should be part of all advertising schedules. While…
Dylan McDermott Out of ‘The Practice’ in Major Reshuffle Dylan McDermott will not return to The Practice this season as attorney Bobby Donnell as part of a major reshuffling of the cast on the long-running one-hour legal drama that airs…
When U.S. and coalition forces marched into Baghdad recently, hundreds of journalists from around the world had a front-row seat for the drama, thanks to the Pentagon’s decision to embed reporters with the troops.It was all part of a historic…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. swung to a fiscal third-quarter profit of $275 million, or 9 cents per American depository receipt, as revenue for the company rose, in part on the strength of Fox Entertainment Group.The company reported last week that…
Not-so-idle ‘Idol’Viewer worship of American Idol is shaping up to hit an all-time high this week. Fox has scheduled a Monday night special leading up to the two-night finale on Tuesday and Wednesday. After finalists Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard…
The Radio-Television News Directors Association recommends that news directors ask the following questions before airing coverage live:* Beyond competitive factors, what are your motivations for “going live”? Why do your viewers need to know about this story before journalists have…
The first American miniseries? It’s one of those debate-until-sunrise questions. NBC’s The Blue Knight? Maybe. Or ABC’s QB VII? Arguably, the Davy Crockett phenomenon of the mid-1950s, also on ABC, was a miniseries tucked into Disneyland.But less debatable is the…
Dan Weiss has been named to the newly created post of executive VP, worldwide marketing, for Universal’s domestic and international television divisions. Mr. Weiss will oversee all marketing functions for both the domestic and international television markets, including worldwide pay-per-view…
When WBFS-TV anchors Jennifer Santiago and Danielle Knox spend the last 15 minutes of their newscast on their feet, it’s not because it’s a new trend in news coverage. They stand because sister station WFOR-TV needs the space occupied by…
The following excerpt is from the introduction to the book ABC Wide World of Sports: A Journal of the Best Programs of the Year 1964 by Robert Riger (American Broadcasting Co., 1965). At the time it was written, the late…