There is no cure for reality TV. This fact will no doubt crush many who work in the business of television, people who have silently prayed for the end of unscripted programming ever since Richard Hatch first strutted naked across the small screen on “Survivor” in the summer of 2000. These folks generally...
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Frances Berwick, general manager of Bravo, met early one morning last month with senior members of her research and marketing team to find compelling arguments the network can employ in its upfront presentations to advertisers. Various studies show that Bravo’s audience is growing increasingly upscale...
The Insider’s love affair with television developed relatively late in life. For four Air Force brats who spent three formative years in Germany, English-language TV was often unavailable. And it would be years before a sense of irony would develop to make hearing Tonto address the Lone Ranger with ...
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For television, there seem to be more questions than answers as 2008 comes to a close: How many industry pros will lose their jobs? How long will the recession last? How badly will the advertising market that is TV’s lifeblood falter? Wave after wave of anxiety-provoking headlines don’t help matters...
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“Project Runway” is leaving Bravo with a runway show that includes more whimpers than big bangs from the five designers who showed collections Friday in what has become the coda to New York City’s Fashion Week in Bryant Park. Over its five years on Bravo, the runway taping has turned into a must-be-there...
Bravo not only wants viewers to watch, it wants them to throw a party for its shows. The NBC Universal-owned cable network has launched a viewer party promotion called B-Hive to go with the current season of “Project Runway.” Viewers who host get-togethers and post pictures of the festivities online...