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...winning five Emmy awards. The banner could go on to say (but does not), "Sorry about that nearly-canceling-you-at-the-end-of-last-season business!" Being the funniest show on TV goes only so far, after all, when you're No. 116 in the 2003-04 broadcast ratings. So when Arrested's name was called out as Outstanding Comedy Series in September, besting contenders like Everybody Loves Raymond and Sex and the City, "it was like somebody punched us in the stomach," says cast member Tony Hale. "Punched in a good...
What caused the Sinclair Broadcast Group, whose top executives have been large contributors to President George W. Bush and the Republican Party, to seemingly backtrack on plans to air a documentary attacking Senator John Kerry? Stolen Honor, in which some Vietnam veterans assail Kerry's antiwar activism, had reportedly been scheduled to air on 62 Sinclair affiliates. Instead, on 40 affiliates Sinclair aired A POW Story on Friday, a "news special" that drew on portions of Stolen Honor but also delved into the way politics and the media influence one another. Sinclair denies any about-face, saying that the company...
...three days, Stopsinclair.org raised enough for full-page newspaper ads opposing Sinclair in four swing-state markets. Burger King announced it would pull ads from Sinclair stations, and $90 million was wiped off the value of Sinclair shares, though the stock rebounded after Sinclair altered its broadcast. Sinclair officials claim opponents hurt their own cause. "They turned what would have been a relatively minor story in 25% of the country into a much larger story in 100% of the country," says Barry Faber, vice president and general counsel at Sinclair. "If they had just let us do the show...
Coming at a time when broadcast networks have to work harder and harder to keep viewers from choosing alternatives like cable, video games and the Internet, the challenge faced by NBC and Zucker is their most serious in at least a decade. Not only has the once geriatric CBS raced to the top of the network pack with its powerful CSI franchise, but perennial also-ran ABC has the season's sole breakout hits, Lost and Desperate Housewives, a steamy evening soap that Zucker passed on. If the ratings slide continues, it could put a dent in NBC's well...
...leaving the iconic beauty pageant without a network home for the first time since its first televised pageant 50 years ago. The move, a result of sinking ratings, has the potential to devastate the 84-year-old nonprofit organization, which was financially dependent on its income from the annual broadcast. Pageant officials say they are optimistic that the show will appear on another channel...