Strike the band There will be something missing at the 45th Grammy Awards- namely, the orchestra. A report on EM contributor Aaron Barnhart’s TVbarn.com site confirmed that the ceremony, to be broadcast Sunday on CBS, will not have a musical…
‘Bachelorette’ finale scores big ratings The two-hour finale of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” was the highest-rated program of the night Wednesday in adults 18 to 49 and total viewers. From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. (ET), it scored a 9.2 rating…
Kaplan heads back to ABC It’s official, former CNN/U.S. President Rick Kaplan, who built a larger-than-life reputation as an award-winning producer during 18 years at ABC News, is returning to his old haunts at ABC News on the eve of…
Kent Turner chairman as Kellner returns to The WB Jamie Kellner is going back to The WB, which he launched, and will serve as its CEO and chairman until his contract runs out in the summer of 2004. At that…
When it comes to organizations and preparedness for war, the easy stuff is largely done. After months in hurry-up-and-wait mode, the networks have booked satellite time and purchased myriad satellite phones. Hotel suites in Kuwait and other staging points in…
Some Sundays many men wish they were watching the football game instead of being at the mall, helping the wife decide whether a dress makes her look fat. WATM-TV, an ABC affiliate in the Johnstown- Altoona, Pa., area has a…
Jennifer Kohl is living proof of the opportunities the rising influence of media planning is creating within agencies large and small. She also represents some of the headaches.Ms. Kohl, a longtime media planner with Young & Rubicam entities, is executive…
Title: Senior VP, creative director at Universal McCannBackground: Mr. Schulman joined Universal McCann early this year. He most recently served as global executive director of media and entertainment for FutureBrand Worldwide, the global brand consultancy of McCann-Erickson WorldGroup. He also…
There being so many other serious distractions in the world-for the foreseeable and unimaginable future-sexy TV is getting very little attention these days. On the one hand, it’s soothing to hear a beneficent silence from all those preachy pious pressure…
“`Bachelor’, `Joe Millionaire’ and `Shipmates’, et al., leaven their sexual content with equal amounts of faux romance, humiliation and suspense-allowing viewers to feel superior while soaking up the degradation of participants.”Eric Deggans, television critic, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times“Viewers can relate…