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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…
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AOL TW Makes Deal to Sell Atlanta Thrashers, Hawks AOL Time Warner has signed a letter of intent to hold exclusive negotiations with Atlanta auto dealer David McDavid to sell him the Atlanta Thrashers professional hockey team and the Atlanta…
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Sorkin, Schlamme Leaving ‘West Wing’ Aaron Sorkin, creator and executive producer of NBC’s The West Wing, is leaving the show after four years. Thomas Schlamme, who was the series’ principal director, is also stepping down as executive producer. Mr. Sorkin…
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Yudkovitz New TiVo President NBC veteran Martin Yudkovitz has been named president of TiVo, replacing Morgan Guenther, who resigned in January. Mr. Yudkovitz, who resigned his posts as president of NBC Digital Media and executive VP of NBC, will be…
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ABC Pulls ‘All American Girl’ ABC pulled All American Girl off its schedule and is shifting it to sister cable network ABC Family. Two episodes of Girl have yet to air. The next episode will air on Thursday, May 1,…
An unlikely mogul produces feature television
About two years ago, CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves asked for a meeting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and others associated with the hit show CSI. “He called in all the principals and said, `I want to do another CSI,” recalls Mr….
Quick Takes
“Both, in a strange way. Appropriate for the amazing reports from embedded and nonembedded journalists who offered a picture of the war often more detailed than the Pentagon’s briefings, and excessive in the amounts of jingoism, self-promotion and ideological nonsense…
A tale of two giants
The back-to-back quarterly earnings calls of AOL Time Warner and Viacom-in addition to delivering better-than-expected results-offered an interesting and unexpected contrast in how the media giants are growing, leveraging their resources and meeting challenges. In cost cutting, growing advertising and…
Missing in Action:The 2002 Clutter Report
Every year about this time the trade press is full of articles from frustrated media buyers and advertisers complaining about the increased clutter reported in the AAAA/ANA Television Commercial Monitoring Report. This remarkably complete and disciplined report has been produced…
Editorial: Rick Feldman Urged to Return NATPE to Roots
We wish Rick Feldman the best of luck as he succeeds Bruce Johansen as head of the National Association of Television Program Executives. We think he is a good choice. Mr. Feldman brings wide-ranging experience and a solid record to…