If you think there are already too many reality series coming this summer, you may not be ready for what FX is expected to call the Friday Night Experience. Our sources say that under a plan still in development the…
Ted Turner spends a lot of his time and money opposing war and nuclear destruction, which has placed him at odds with his longtime nemesis Rupert Murdoch and what he says is Fox News’ exploitation of the war in Iraq…
TBS’s House Rules show represents 13 of the 24 hours of programming that Magna Global Entertainment, Magna’s advertiser-supported program-development arm, expects to see on television this coming season, according to Robert Riesenberg, executive VP and director of the programming unit,…
Mitsubishi this month launched an 82-inch wide-screen high-definition TV. Let me repeat that: 82 inches! This thing is wider than Anna Nicole Smith. The HD set, featuring new liquid crystal on silicon technology, delivers a picture so big and clear…
The Q factor. Some television shows have more of it than others, and those that have it usually flaunt it. If you’re a media buyer, you could grow to love Q.Unlike the Nielsens, which measure how many people are watching,…
That is the goal of a number of local stations with underperforming news programming that are investing in new equipment and personnel. Our monthly section on the news business also includes a look at Johnathan Rodgers’ plans as new head…
TBS Superstation has commissioned its first reality game show, a prime-time series tentatively titled House Rules that will turn home improvement into a competition.The show is expected to be sponsored by the Lowe’s home-improvement chain and will include extensive product…
Mr. Rodgers is returning to his neighborhood. A year after resigning as president of Discovery Networks U.S., Johnathan Rodgers is back leading a television network.The service, backed by Comcast Corp. and Radio One and tentatively called TV One, will target…
The new NBC affiliates futures committee is already being positioned as a “new cornerstone” in the network-affiliate relationship.The committee is still shy a couple of affiliate representatives and still must choose the one or two potential business partnerships for which…
April 4, the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., marked the birth of what could become the first 24-hour TV news service aimed at African American viewers. MBC, the 4-year-old Major Broadcasting Cable network, took…