For the first time, the conclusion of the National Association of Television Program Executives convention may leave industry pundits with more questions than answers.Will hotel rooms work for distributors exiting the convention floor? How will NATPE adapt or change to…
While many station managers are not attending the National Association of Television Program Executives convention this year, the ranks are not exactly deserting, either. Some station groups will have representation, even if it’s top brass on hand just to keep…
ABCTHE FUNKHOUSERSTouchstone; Jersey pilot pickup. Auspices: Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein (EP/W pilot); John Landgraf (EP); Danny DeVito (EP); Michael Shamberg (EP); Stacy Sher (EP). Logline: A single-camera series centering on the exploits of a multigenerational, eccentric extended family that…
ABCBELTWAYDreamWorks Television; Touchstone put pilot. Auspices: Rod Lurie (EP/W pilot); Marc Frydman (EP-N/W). Logline: A dramatic series set against the political machinations of the U.S. Congress. Lead character is a young female rookie congressional staffer.JOHN RIDLEY PROJECTTouchstone put pilot. Auspices:…
4Kids gets Fox blockLos Angeles-4Kids Entertainment signed a deal late Friday to lease Fox’s Saturday morning time slots for more than $26 million over four years, sources said. 4Kids, which produces the Kids’ WB series “Pokemon,” outbid DIC Entertainment, among…
The National Association of Broadcasters board voted unanimously last week to help the Federal Communications Commission come up with new equal-employment-opportunity regulations that can pass court muster.Federal courts have thrown out as unconstitutional the agency’s two previous versions of EEO…
A quickly evolving television landscape has kept Warner Bros. Television Group Executive Vice President Bruce Rosenblum on the cutting edge of the new millennium of television deal making. With oversight of all of Warner Bros.’ vast television operations, including Warner…
Most significant professional accomplishment: “The AOL Time Warner merger.”What she watches on TV: “Most recently it’s been CNN.”Hobbies: “It’s a deep stretch from investment banking, but I have been painting. I have some of my paintings in my office. I…
Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., a leading critic of a Bush administration plan to dramatically restructure how the government reviews media mergers and other deals, has begun a dialogue with federal regulators on the proposal.The veteran senator played a key role…
“I am attending, and our key program purchases have been made. As a NATPE board member, I’m more interested in what attendees are looking for. It will help us with plans to keep the convention relevant in our changing business…