Exclusive Q&A: NBC’s Ben Silverman
Co-Chairman Looks to Turn Around Fourth-Place Network
In Depth
CBS Net Courts Affils for Couric
Goal: Seamless News Toss to ‘Evening’
New Data Adopted for Upfronts
Nielsen’s Commercial Ratings Mark ‘Unprecedented’ Selling Season
Old Media Horses Try New Tricks
TV Vets Face Startup Realities in Next Phase of Careers
Peabody Awards: Serious News
Peabody Awards Laud Commitment to Important Stories as They Honor Journalism That Can Make a Difference
Emmy Spotlight 2007: Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Regardless of its one-episode-and-done voting process, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences tends to pay attention to an actor’s cumulative performance in a memorable role. This summer no actor is bringing a more estimable body of work to the…
WISH-TV: Command Mistake
Every day on the 5 p.m. news, WISH-TV features photos and e-mails from soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan or wherever they are stationed. “We were trying to get more in the mindset of what our Hoosier guys are doing,” said reporter/anchor…
Quick Takes: Did NBC make the right move replacing Reilly?
“NBC’s problems are beyond the scope of any one man. When Grant Tinker was in charge, the key word at NBC was patience. It paid off against all odds. Giving Reilly a quick hook only two weeks after the upfronts,…
Emmy Spotlight 2007: Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
If you were going to risk a fortune predicting one sure thing when the nominations for the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards are announced July 19, put your money on Tony Shalhoub. As the obsessive-compulsive private detective Adrian Monk on…
WTHR-TV: Cause For Alarm And Prescription Privacy
In February 2006, investigative reporter Bob Segall jumped from Milwaukee’s Fox affiliate WITI-TV, where he had won a 2004 Peabody Award, to Indianapolis NBC affiliate WTHR-TV. Mr. Segall didn’t disappoint in his first year at his new station, as he…