After last February’s meeting between advertisers and members of the Syndicated Network Television Association-a gathering syndicators deemed triumphant in raising the profile of syndicated shows-distribution executives are waiting to see if dividends will roll in for the upfronts.Early projections indicate…
Lorenzo Lamas recently made headlines with a bitter divorce and with risque comments such as, “I’ve got a burrito cooking down here,” as a judge on ABC’s Are You Hot? Now he’s set to parlay his notoriety into being the…
The war with Iraq has affected TV advertising and programming in Phoenix. KNXV-TV, the ABC affiliate, had a commercial-free hour during a local town hall meeting with Peter Jennings. And popular independent KTVK-TV is airing promotional spots.The town hall meeting…
The broadcast upfront marketplace is expected to bring between $8.6 billion and $8.8 billion this year, marking a 5 percent to 7 percent year-to-year increase, media buyers and sellers told TelevisionWeek last week.That broadcast tally would be at least $200…
This week will rank among the busiest of the year for network executives as they huddle in screening rooms, making new series selections and putting finishing touches on their fall schedules.In advance of next week’s upfront presentations, where the networks…
TiVo has often been regarded by programmers, advertisers and others in the television business as a poison pill.Marty Yudkovitz’s job is to be the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down and in so doing radically broaden the…
WB’S FRIDAY FAREWELLThe WB’s Friday night lineup wraps this week with finales of What I Like About You at 8, Greetings From Tucson at 8:30, Reba at 9 and Grounded for Life at 9:30. Tonight, ABC will air what could…
Is there really any such thing as family programming anymore?In May of last year, ABC announced plans to broadcast “programming that an entire family of kids, teens and parents can watch together.” And earlier this year Federal Communications Commissioner Kevin…
What it is: NewsRider from AccuWeather, a PC-based graphics product for breaking news at local TV stations.What it does: The system is similar to the company’s Galileo system for weather, introduced at last year’s National Association of Broadcasters Convention. The…
The deal has been signed that will bring the animated series tentatively titled Howard Stern: The Teen Years [a k a Howard Stern’s High School Years] to Spike TV, Viacom’s newly rebranded network for men, TelevisionWeek has learned. A production…