Series in for Early Endings
For CBS’s Becker and NBC’s Scrubs, the doctor will be out this May. And don’t look for NBC’s Boomtown to boom or ABC’s Life With Bonnie to show any signs of life during the upcoming sweeps period. Surprisingly, they are…
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The Ratings Wizard
Monday, April 7-Sunday, April 13TV Season Week No. 29 Fox won the week in adults 18 to 49, while CBS won the week in total viewers. Top Shows This WeekAdults 18 to 49: CSI (CBS) 9.8/25Total viewers: CSI (CBS) 26.5…
News Briefs
Leslie Moonves has been boosted from president to chairman and CEO of CBS under a new four-year contract negotiated more than a year before his old contract was to expire. Mr. Moonves has presided over a turnaround that started when…
Success Stories: ‘Today’ a Source of Good Ideas
NBC’s Today show is not only popular with viewers but also with station managers, who cull ideas from the morning program.KNSD-TV, the National Broadcasting Co.-owned affiliate in San Diego, has found success with Friday concerts on the square, picture windows…
Corrections
* In “Is ‘Mega Man’ the Next ‘Pokemon’?” (TelevisionWeek, April 14), ShoPro Entertainment is the U.S. producer of Mega Man: NT Warrior and the Japanese producer of Pokemon. 4Kids Productions is the U.S. producer of both Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!* In…
The Insider
Some three months after former CNN News Group Chairman Walter Isaacson vacated his office overlooking the newsroom at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, his successor, Jim Walton, has finally moved in. What took so long? The Insider hears it was a…
FX Network Ready to Experience Reality in Bunches
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…
TURNER ON WAR, MURDOCH, MEDIA
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…
Breaking News Archives
‘Angel’ Wins Thursday The WB’s Angel, which is on the bubble for renewal next year, scored its highest adults 18 to 49 ratings last night since its Oct. 6 premiere. It pulled a 2.3 rating and 6 share, tying a…
Breaking News Archives
Tollin/Robbins Moves to Touchstone Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins are moving their production shingle Tollin/Robbins Productions to Touchstone Television from Warner Bros. Mr. Tollin and Mr. Robbins signed a multiyear deal with Touchstone. “I couldn’t be more excited about getting…