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...that Survivor has begun luring the very same demographics, considerably buffing CBS's stodgy profile in the process, Sassa and his colleagues have finally seen the light. "Reality programming is definitely here," he announced last week. "It isn't a fad; it's a trend...
...Here is CBS, reaping a summer-ratings bonanza with Survivor (and lesser returns with Big Brother). ABC, which doesn't need much help since it began airing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 24 hours a day last August, had a quasi-documentary series called Making the Band this spring. But NBC does not have a single example of that oxymoron "reality TV" on the air. Nothing to try out this summer. Nothing for the fall, either. The peacock network is momentarily without feathers--and so desperate that it seems ready to import Chains of Love, a "funny" bondage...
...staying up until 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. most nights over the past few weeks. Like I've been mastering a Rachmaninoff concerto. Or doing endless stomach crunches to build those washboard abs. But no. I've been staring at bigbrother2000.com on my computer screen, watching the webcast of CBS's reality show Big Brother. The TV show ("10 strangers, three months, no privacy") is hit or miss. But the website is totally addictive...
...conventions will also receive less network attention this year than they have in the past. ABC and CBS will each carry five hours of live primetime convention coverage, while NBC will televise only the last two nights for two and a half hours of total coverage...
...Ortiz, an executive producer for CBS News involved with the network's scheduling of the conventions, justified the reduced coverage, saying the election process has changed over time...