The story you are about to read is true. The veteran producer and his longtime agent were working United Talent Agency’s annual upfront bash at Light in NYC last week. They were excited because ABC had just renewed their new…
TiVo is the talk of the town. The digital video recorder service, which enables viewers to pause live TV and fast-forward through commercials, has been called “God’s Machine” by Federal Communications Commission chief Michael Powell. However, after five years, TiVo…
After scrambling last season to assemble the lucrative kids block on the Fox affiliates, 4Kids is looking to build on early successes next season with a lineup that includes new series Sonic X and Shaman King.“We were proud of what…
Monday, May 5 – Sunday, May 11TV Season Week No. 33Sweeps Day Nos. 12-18NBC and Fox tied during the second week of May sweeps with a 4.3/12 in adults 18 to 49, while CBS won in total viewers with an…
Barbara Walters has called the late Leonard Goldenson, founder of the modern American Broadcasting Company, “The quiet giant of broadcasting.” In some ways, perhaps too quiet. Despite significant accomplishments in television, business and philanthropy, he has taken a back seat…
NBC has a good shot at solving its Thursday post-Friends problem with Coupling, its reworking of a wildly popular and sexy British sitcom. CBS may have a winner in Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen’s new Monday night sitcom;…
You know the television industry’s ethical standards are in trouble when Walter Cronkite, once celebrated as the most trusted man in America, becomes ensnared along with a number of other high-profile broadcast journalists in a scheme to dress up drug…
The president has declared an end to combat, the troops are coming home and local reporters have returned to their stations.But for many of the local broadcasters that took the bold and expensive step of sending local talent to cover…
ABC has scored touchdown after touchdown on the technology field, beginning with a long list of innovations for sports coverage. “Instant replay, slow-motion and super slo-mo, freeze frames and the development of lavalier micophones came from ABC,” said Carl Girod,…
Refusing to yield to escalating pressure from Democrats, GOP Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell last week announced that the agency will stick to his longtime plan to vote on new media ownership rules June 2.Earlier in the week, the…