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JUST ONE MONTH AFTER being hired by then Fox Broadcasting president Jamie Kellner as head of the television network's advertising sales in the spring of 1989, Jon Nesvig was participating, [...]

IT'S THE STUFF OF 1950S-ERA SCIENCE FICTION, the sort of idea that, like the man who thought it up, is at once audacious and not just a little hilarious. And [...]

CORPORATE SYNERGY HAS RENDERED independent content suppliers virtually obsolete. The major TV studios--Warner Bros. TV, 20th Century Fox TV,, NBC Universal TV Studio, CBS Paramount Network TV and ABC TV [...]

xxxx2 If you glance at this year's national syndicated programming marketplace for key daytime, early fringe and prime-time access dayparts through the lens of New York-Los Angeles centrism, it looks [...]

Dean Valentine thought it was going to be easy. Two Augusts ago, when Disney chairman Michael Eisner asked him to add television animation to his duties as boss of prime-time [...]

When Mei Karmazin joined Michael H. Jordan at the start of a news conference last June announcing plans to merge Infinity Broadcasting Corp. and Westinghouse Electric Corp., many reporters covering [...]

A night-by-night preview of the matchups that promise to separate the contenders from the pretenders on the primetime schedule. Monday at 8 Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC) vs. Melrose Place [...]

It's a brave new world in Hollywood, as the network's in-house studios push more product onto primetime--and, eventually, into syndication's promised land. Who will get there first with the most? [...]

If, as Steve Allen once said, imitation is the sincerest form of television, then Warner Bros. is paying Paramount the sincerest of compliments these days. The biggest new show rolling [...]

It's one month into the nightly train wreck that is The Chevy Chase Show, and Chevy is fumbling his way through an interview with the new Miss America. After a [...]

The battle for prime-time supremacy between NBC and CBS is expected to intensify this season. While most agency media execs expect NBC to again prevail in the ratings race to [...]

Warren Littlefield still keeps a closet filled with Armani suits from his nine years as NBC's entertainment chief 'I walk by in the morning, and they reach out and try [...]

Persevering through 'mistakes,' ratings and disappearing hosts, NBC makes a late-night comeback Last week, on the heels of Twentieth Television's announcement that it intends to build a late-night talk franchise [...]

Last year, if anyone had predicted that the first big media story of 1997 would focus on Jack Valenti, his crucial position in the television industry and his use of [...]

A few days before the Nov. 17 premiere of the second season of the Fox comedy Ned & Stacey, star Thomas Haden Church was on the Sony lot riding a [...]

Two years after the players' strike, Major League Baseball's ratings are getting better, but it still has As the pennant races head for the home stretch, Major League Base; ball [...]

It was Paul Taylor's worst moment. The morning after the State of the Union speech, Taylor woke up, and though he knew he was awake, he was certain he was [...]

New York homicide cops know the M.O. The newly designated news president of Fox TV comes on board with a lot of hoopla from Rupert Murdoch. He makes a speech [...]

Playing the part at lunch last week, Rupert raised more questions than he answered Rupert Murdoch has been described as many things. But on Feb. 26 he revealed himself as [...]

Like the game-show scandals of the 1950s that it portrays, Quiz Show, the powerful new film from director Robert Redford, is at its core an examination of the seduction of [...]

New World's massive affiliation switch to Fox sent a shockwave that is reverberating through the media industry--even at stations in markets that have remained untouched by the deal. 'When Rupert [...]

The article discusses the competition between Spanish television networks Telemundo and Univision and the plans of Telemundo President Don Browne to create its own programming content. The network began producing novelas in 2003 and acquired Colombian production company RTI in 2003. The company has three studios, in Miami, Colombia and Mexico. Telemundo uses its novelas to generate product placement revenues. INSET: Citizen Programmers.

The article discusses the 2007 upfront advertising sales meetings for U.S. television networks. The networks secured $9.15 billion in upfront advertising revenue for the 2007-2008 season, a 4.5 percent increase over 2006, despite predictions that sales would be slow. Also detailed is media buying company Group M's deal with NBC, the fourth-place network, which some see as setting the bottom price on advertising spending too high.

The article examines the prime time television program schedules of the broadcast television networks for the 2007-2008 season. Advertising buyers were surprised that NBC, fourth in the ratings, will debut fewer shows than the other networks. The CW network continues to focus on attracting young viewers. Fox Broadcasting will present only reality programs on Thursday and Friday nights. There will be a record low number of situation comedy debuts.

The article reports on news pertaining to the Univision Hispanic television network during 2007. The author focuses on efforts taken by the network's chief executive officer, Joe Uva, in order to make the company more accessible to the public, the mass media, and advertisers. Similar efforts made by Hispanic television networks, such as MTV Tres and LATV, are discussed.

This article profiles the media market in Columbus, Ohio. The busiest intersection in Columbus, Ohio, are being rehabilitated as part of a mixed-use development project designed to help transform the capital city. The project will include luxury condominiums overlooking the State Capitol. The housing portion of the project will offer penthouse and mid-rise luxury condominiums. The facade of one of the buildings will feature bold visual effects, including lighted digital ticker tapes and Jumbotron-style billboards. Daktronics Inc. and Orange Barrel Media are the companies being used for the billboards. Dispatch Broadcast Group's CBS affiliate WBNS-TV is the long-time flagship broadcast television station. WBNS is also the market leader in Columbus, Ohio. WCMH-TV, currently an NBC Universal owned-and-operated station, is one of four stations that NBC has put up for sale. Media General announced on April 6, 2006 that it plans to buy WCMH.

The article discusses how A&E Networks lowered the average age of its viewers and increased its ratings. The company named former WB programming executive Tana Nugent Jamieson to lead its scripted programming initiative. It also includes information on projects to be launched by the network. According to demographer Ken Dychtwald, the 40-to-60-year-old demography comprises $2.1 trillion in spending power. INSET: WHACK JOB.

The article provides information on the move of television station KRON-TV to switch from a traditional news gathering format to a group of video journalists, or one-man bands who report, photograph and produce their own stories themselves. The rise of video journalists is due in large part to the rapidly changing technologies associated with news gathering. Reporters working in the field traditionally transmit stories to their respective newsrooms via microwave or satellite trucks.

This article provides information on the plans of Gavin Harvey as president of U.S. television channel Outdoor Life Network (OLN) in 2005. While Harvey is tight-lipped about future acquisitions, Harvey insists OLN is not in the business of upsetting the national sports hegemony of ESPN. According to Harvey, rather than focus on competing with ESPN, the mission of OLN is to stitch together a menu of programming and a brand that makes it a must-have for operators.

The article reports on the claim of IAG Research that it builds a system that can help advertisers and networks understand how people are watching the shows and how they watch and remember the advertisements. The system covers every prime-time program on the six broadcast networks and ten top cable networks, about 70 shows per day. The company is looking to add early-morning programming and more cable as it increases its sample. Web surfers, television freaks and anyone else who stumbles across its www.rewardtv.com Web site are invited to play.

Interviews Peter Liguori, president and CEO of Fox Entertainment Group, regarding the television network. Changes made to the pilot programs of the network; Reason for putting "Bones" in a leadoff position; Opinion on some of the network's summer shows, including "Hell's Kitchen."

Reports on the condition of the television broadcasting market in Phoenix, Arizona as of January 14, 2002. Sales agreement of KPNX with local Paxson Communications Pax TV outlet, KPPX; News ratings of of KNXV-TV; Purchase of KZZA by Univision.

Reports developments in television broadcasting in Fort Worth, Texas as of August 2001. Rank of WFAA-TV in the television broadcast market; Value of KXAS; Increase in the ratings of KTVT; Decline in the ratings of KTXA.

Describes the television market of Fresno-Visalia in California as of June 2001. Changes in the management and news talent of KPGE; Plans of Pappas Telecasting Co. to launch Azteca America, a Spanish-language broadcasting network; Details on the radio broadcasting market in Fresno.

Focuses on the television (TV) market profile of San Antonio, Texas, as of January 29, 2001. TV networks owned by Belo Corp.; Information on the ratings of KENS-TV; Impact of the planned acquisition of Chris Kraft-United TV by News Corp.; Details on the station rebranding of KVDA television network; Changes on the state of local radio market in the area in 2000.

Deals with the appointment of Lydia Stephans, Olympic champion and Hall of Famer in speed skating, as president of Oxygen Sports, the sports division of Oxygen, a female-oriented cable channel. Goals of Stephans for Oxygen Sports; Comments from Robin Roberts, an ABC/ESPN commentator; Information on the jobs taken by Stephans aside from being an athlete.

Fourth quarter is heating up. NBC and the WB have exceeded their prime-time scatter goals, while ABC's soft overall ratings are forcing the network to offer makegoods for the fourth [...]

UPN and cable sibling TNN: The National Network have kicked off a venture that packages the Star Trek franchises airing on the two Viacom properties. CDW Computer Centers, the first [...]

In a long-expected move, Fox last week said it will pull its Fox Kids programming block off the network on weekdays from 2 to 4 p.m., allowing affiliates to schedule [...]

Family comedies, self-contained dramas may dominate development No season in recent memory has presented a greater sense of uncertainty than next fall. In the wake of the terrorist attacks, it's [...]

NBC's television station division has signed a partnership agreement with Internet Broadcasting System to operate Web sites for its 13 owned-and-operated stations, including New York's WNBC and Los Angeles' KNBC. [...]

CBS gave full-season orders late last week to three primetime series: the Friday sophomore drama That's Life; the struggling CIA-themed Thursday drama The Agency; and Sunday freshman drama The Education [...]

Following a spate of Viacom duopolies in major markets teaming to produce local shows, Philadelphia stations KYW-TV and WPSG-TV have joined forces to co-produce Studio 57, a Saturday-morning magazine show [...]

Sassa says network hopes to schedule non-movie fare by '03-'04 season NBC is developing a plan to program Saturday nights with non-movie fare, but the change will probably not happen [...]

Pappas Telecasting, a majority partner in Azteca America, a planned new Spanish- language TV network, has given up its ownership stake and will only be an owner of affiliated stations. [...]

Network's slow start this season adding to troubled giant's woes Walt Disney Co., already battered by declining attendance at its theme parks as a result of the lagging economy and [...]

ABC is reorganizing its sales division, setting up teams that will be able to sell across all dayparts, replacing the network's existing system in which separate sales units sold individual [...]

UPFRONT WAS A BUST AND RATINGS ARE DOWN BUT THE NETWORKS REMAIN HOPEFUL Network television took a major hit in this year's upfront buying, with advertisers committing to spend 15 [...]

Americans tuned in to their television sets in droves last week, transfixed by the nonstop coverage of their country under attack. Nielsen Media Research reported that in prime time on [...]

With so much on the line during hotly contested ratings periods, local TV stations are increasingly resorting to what's known as stunting--gimmicks (including promotions and cash giveaways) designed to lure [...]