Nine Cable Industry Leaders to be Honored at The Cable Show 2010 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bonnie Hammer, President, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions, and James L. Dolan, President and CEO, Cablevision Systems Corporation and Executive Chairman, Madison…
By Andrew HamppAdvertising Age For years, Fox News’ pitch to advertisers and the press was that it was bigger and better than any other cable- news network. Now that it’s crushed that competition in ratings (if not in CPMs), the…
Brian Steinberg Advertising Age The day when commercials are indistinguishable from the programs they support finally arrived — just before 10 p.m. Eastern last Thursday night [March 11]. That’s when an ad for Dr Pepper ran after NBC’s insider-y sitcom…
O’Brien has sent this Tweet about his tour: Hey Internet: I’m headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. Go to http://TeamCoco.com for tix. I repeat: It’s half-assed. Second dates have already been added in Chicaco and…
Football great Merlin Olsen, who starred as the title character in the TV series "Father Murphy," has succumbed to cancer at age 69, USA Today reports. Olsen had been diagnosed with mesothelioma. In January he filed a lawsuit against NBC Studios,…
Our guesses are probably as good as yours. Though we DID once win a contest the Village Voice had for picking Oscar winners. The best thing about our choices is that they give you a great out…If you use our choices…