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Monk the series was also let go from the big leagues. It was developed for ABC, which passed on this charming but quirky comedy-drama. But now that Monk is a hit on cable--and ABC is starved for hits of its own--it seems ABC's opinion of the series has improved. The network exercised a clause that gave it the right to rerun the show, and it's now airing Monk repeats Tuesdays...
...common for network shows to cut rerun deals on cable (the Law & Order family, 24). But Monk's reverse trip shows how business has changed for ABC and TV as a whole. Monk was in development at ABC back in the heyday of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which now seems as quaint a turn-of-the-century phenomenon as gains on one's 401(k). Since then, the network has tumbled from first place to fourth in the ratings, and it has started looking outside for help. Earlier this month, it made a production deal with HBO (owned...
...networks, but plenty of other practices aren't, such as sending flowers or paying for travel. And dirty tricks don't cost anything--like the Good Morning America booker who, a rival claims, impersonated a Today booker on the phone to grab an interview away from the NBC show. ABC denies it. Isn't this fun? --By Benjamin Nugent and Richard Zoglin
...real New Yorkers are superheroes by night, but each seeks to transcend the ordinary by excelling with indomitable spirit. Those rabid Yankee fans, like one of my co-workers at ABC, at once express their individuality and collective identity through their almost-excessive paraphernalia and fanaticism. Even the owner and manager of the local Subway franchise lives a second life. As a day trader, he most likely makes more money and derives more excitement playing the volatile stock market than managing his “sandwich artists...
Ganesh N. Sitaraman ’04, a Crimson editor, is a government concentrator in Currier House. As an intern for ABC News’ Investigative Unit this summer, he’s busy digging up dirt on terrorists and corporate executives...