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Syndication Stunts Aim to Leverage Interest in Election

Election Day won’t just be a ratings boon for news programming; several syndicators are taking advantage of the occasion to provide a launching pad for their November sweeps fare. CBS Television Distribution’s “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is holding a two-day…

Broadcast Schedule Could Look Wholly Different by Midseason

January could be the new September in TV land. After a ho-hum autumn filled with fewer fall launches than usual, networks are gearing up for a blizzard of midseason programming changes. And unlike past seasons, the schedule shuffles aren’t just…

Adalian Column: Election Coverage: Is It Over? Wait, Keep It Coming!

I want it to be over, and yet I can’t bear to let it go. No, I’m not talking about Fox’s “’Til Death,” which the network mercifully put on hiatus last week. As much as I enjoy using Brad Garrett’s…

The Insider: SpectacularLee Funny

Debra L. Lee can take a joke. And the BET Networks CEO can deliver one, too. You may or may not agree with The Insider that it’s just funny—and not in a ha-ha way—that of the 25 recipients of the…

Turner, Nielsen Team to Track Out-of-Home Baseball Viewership

As the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” suggests, not everyone who’s watching baseball on television is doing it in his living room. Turner Broadcasting, which televised baseball’s American League Championship Series last month, commissioned new research to…

NFL Network Gets Ready to Rumble

The NFL Network is ready for some football. After spending much of its energy battling cable operators for carriage, the NFL Network is hitting the sweet spots of its year this week, when it begins to air its slate of…

Column: Rudolph Has a Sexy Mama

I didn’t know that Rudolph’s mom was a leggy, sexy doe. But she is, oh she sure is. How do I know? I know because I checked her out on iTunes because I don’t have cable or satellite television programming…

Fuse Rocks the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Fuse, the youthful music television challenger to MTV, will be playing some classic licks next year. The Cablevision-owned network has made a deal to televise live the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for three years beginning…

SAG’s Planned Crackdown on Non-Union Web Shows Alters Production Plans

The Screen Actors Guild plans to crack down on Web shows using SAG actors without an agreement at the start of the new year. As a result, some Web video producers have begun refusing to work with SAG actors. Web…

Web Series Will Have to Be Self-Supporting in Tough Economic Times

The economic crisis ripped through the Internet video business late last month, as well-funded Web video shops ManiaTV, Break and Revision3 eliminated about 40 employees among them. THE AX FALLS: “Internet Superstar” is among five web series canceled by Revision3….