Back in the 1980s KUSA-TV’s Patti Dennis once won a Halloween contest by dressing up as Michael Jackson and moonwalking through the newsroom. It certainly doesn’t hurt to have a sense of humor if you work in a business where…
Jeez, Louise, look what you could’ve watched on television Sunday night: The third-season premiere of HBO’s “Six Feet Under,” a compelling drama that dabbles bravely in issues of life, death, truth, beauty and the precarious line between reality and illusion….
ABC drama* 10-8 (Spelling TV/Touchstone TV) About rookie cops and their training officers at the L.A. Sheriff’s Department. EP: Jorge Zamacona (writer), Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent.* 111 Gramercy Park (Warner Bros. Television) Revolves around the politics, drama and…
When I was 13 years old growing up in Syracuse, N.Y., I had the TV Guide memorized. As snow fell during the long winter months, there was little else I wanted to do but curl up and get lost in…
Who are the really difficult “gets” for the Sunday morning talk shows–and who is so high maintenance that it’s almost not worth the hassle anyway? In our second annual survey of the best and worst Washington newsmakers, TelevisionWeek talks to…
More consolidation hit the kids business with last week’s announcement that Cartoon Network will take over responsibility for national ad sales in Kids’ WB programming in September.The unification of sales efforts under Kim McQuilken, Cartoon Network’s executive VP for ad…
For alchemists in the Middle Ages, it was turning base metals into gold.For Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell today, it’s finding a mathematical formula spelling out how many media properties a single company can own.“It’s as close to science…
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Despite the reality TV wave, the broadcast networks are spending just as much money on scripted dramas and comedies as they ever have. But showrunners still find the climate to be a tough sell. See page 20.
The Insider is supposed to be an equal-opportunity suck-up but last week she found herself at a nice Bob Wright function at New York’s Plaza Hotel for the second time in four months. In November, the Plaza’s ornate ballroom was…