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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…
Silverman Spectacle Sets a Poor Example
The outcome probably will benefit NBC. Getting there wasn’t pretty. Last week, after a spate of blog and news reports predicting the action, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker pushed out his entertainment chief, Kevin Reilly. Mr. Zucker brought in the…
CBS Affils Discuss NAB, Promos
The affiliate meeting in Las Vegas was awash in talk about the National Association of Broadcasters, CBS’ promotional campaign, digital plans, regulation and the network’s fall lineup. Among the news heard at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas: Unconfirmed reports…
Emmy Spotlight 2007: Lead Actress in a Drama Series
The good news is that the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has one more chance to finally honor “Gilmore Girls’” Lauren Graham. The bad news is that Ms. Graham stars on a frequently funny drama with a largely female…
WTNH-TV: Defective Parts In Sikorsky Helicopters
David went up against Goliath when New Haven, Conn., station WTNH-TV reported that Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.—a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. with posted 2006 revenues of $47.8 billion—was installing defective parts on its Blackhawk helicopters. The potential for…