The E.W. Scripps Co.’s consolidated revenues for February increased 14 percent year over year to $146 million. Scripps is reporting its February revenues as if it had owned the Shop At Home Network since January 2002. Excluding Shop at Home,…
While Univision and Telemundo dominate Hispanic television, new entrants have cropped up in their space during the past year seeking to deliver niche audiences among the estimated 37 million Americans who consider Spanish their first language.Sorpresa!, which means surprise in…
Last year, 8 Simple Rules star John Ritter, 55, guested on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a killer psychiatrist. On March 28, his son Jason, 23, guests as one of two brothers under investigation for murder. It’s the…
Special to TelevisionWeekESPN launches a new era in sports television March 30 with a high-definition simulcast of the game between the world champion Anaheim Angels and the Texas Rangers from Anaheim’s Edison Field. It’s the first of 100 live events…
Cold winds and ice charged the syndicated ratings race as increased HUT levels boosted a slew of series. During the February sweeps, which ran from Jan. 30 through Feb. 26, daytime series enjoyed a 6 percent increase in HUT levels…
In “D.C. Talkers” (TelevisionWeek, March 3), Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Senator from New York.
The first night of my embed with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, was spent sleeping on the tarmac under the wing of our delayed military transport. Just as I was getting some sleep the second night, somewhere in flight…
After a long wait in Kuwait City he has just joined an Army unit in the field. But he can’t forget the phone plea from his 7-year-old daughter, Emma: “Daddy, why don’t you fire yourself and come home?”Twenty-four hours into…
Just like the hit movie and Best Picture Oscar nominee, this dessert served at the New York Oscar Party at Le Cirque honoring Chicago has got “legs.”Submit your picture of the week to TVWBlink@crain.com.
Special to TelevisionWeekThis is the 75th anniversary of the Academy Awards and the 50th year that the Oscars have been presented on a live television broadcast. It is also the first year winners (and losers) won’t be able to hide…