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Guest Commentary: Copycat TV Doesn’t Play in Peoria or in Trailer Park

Around the office, I’m known more or less as the lowest common denominator. When we’re writing about a marketing idea in the newsroom and discussing whether it will have broad appeal, at some point all heads at the conference table…

Discovery Branches Out Online

Planet Green’s Planned Multiplatform Strategy Is Augmented by TreeHugger.com Acquisition

Ratings Rise May Be Fleeting

In the first season under its $3.6 billion contract with the National Football League, NBC drew an average of 17.5 million viewers with “Sunday Night Football,” up 2.5 percent from what ABC drew in its final season of “Monday Night…

Sundance Focuses on Green Documentaries

Cable Net Stays True to Its Roots

Discovery HQ Goes Carbon-Neutral

Company Positions Headquarters to Win U.S. Green Building Council’s Certification

R. Kelly’s ‘Trapped in the Closet’ Generates Online Rush for IFC

“Trapped in the Closet,” the hip-hop opera from rapper R. Kelly, generated lots of traffic for IFC’s Web site last month. The spike in viewership should translate to online ad revenue for IFC, as it attracted viewers to IFC who…

Ken Burns Goes Back to Nature on PBS

Documentarian’s 12-Hour History of America’s National Parks Likely to Boost Interest in Them

Discovery Preps Series on Rebuilding of Greensburg as Green Town

On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kan., a small town of 1,500 inhabitants, was annihilated by a tornado. Ten people were killed and 95 percent of the town was destroyed, including the local hospital. Before the dust had settled, Kansas Gov….

John Larroquette Adapting to ‘Boston Legal’ Ensemble

John Larroquette is joining the cast of “Boston Legal” for its upcoming fourth season, playing Carl Sack, a senior partner who transfers from the New York office to Beantown. He’ll be a rival of sorts to Denny Crane (William Shatner)…

HGTV Builds Green House

House Project Part of Bigger Environmental Picture for Cable Net