Broadcasting & Cable articles from November 2008

Broadcasting & Cable archives from November 2008

They Want Your Vote.(Cable News Network)
November 3, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie It's time for networks to pull out the pundits and polls, gadgets and educated guesses.Here's what to watch for on Election Night. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters will go to the polls, and the long, strange presidential...

From Poll to Poll.
November 3, 2008... Staff Every election season, armies of math wonks brush off their statistical models and preside over the news divisions' all-important decision desks, deciding when to call each state. The networks use state-by-state exit data from the...

On Tuesday, Everyplace Is Election Central.
November 3, 2008... By Alex Weprin TV coverage extends beyond news networks The 2008 presidential election has veered back and forth between news and entertainment throughout its long process. It's also provided many entertainment networks a platform for...

The Election Year That Was-On YouTube.(YouTube Inc.)(Editorial)
November 3, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik If there isn't a photo of former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) hanging somewhere in the offices of YouTube, there ought to be. After all, it was Allen whose use of the racial epithet 'macaca' was caught on a video that...

30 Rock Benefits From Fey Spotlight.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Ben Grossman Sarah Palin is apparently the gift that keeps on giving for NBC after 30 Rock returned to its highest rating ever Thursday night with a preliminary 4.1 rating/10 share in the adult 18-49 demo. That number was...

Tribune Adds a Talk Show, Eyes George Lopez.(Tribune Broadcasting Co.)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Tribune Broadcasting plans to air a daytime talk show featuring preacher T.D. Jakes come fall 2009, according to sources close to the company. It's being developed by Dr. Phil McGraw's Stage 29 Productions to be...

Headlines from Multichannel News.(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... Staff Who Needs Cable? Cable operators are noticing consumer disconnects, as families economize-andturn to the Internet forprogramming. NCTA Says No On White Spaces, Too The National Cable & Telecommunications Association's...

Bravo Greenlights Runway Clone.(Bravo Media)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Mariel Bird Bravo Media has greenlit The Fashion Show (working title), following the heated lawsuit and subsequent loss of its hit fashion design series, Project Runway . Lifetime negotiated the rights to acquire Runway with...

CBS Reports $12.5B Loss in Third Quarter.(CBS Corp.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Michael Malone CBS Corp. last week reported a third-quarter loss of $12.5 billion, or $18.58 per share, partially reflecting the $14.1 billion writedown on ad-supported assets it announced in October, and an indication of the tough...

Dish Offers Election 'Mosaic'.(EchoStar Communications Corp.)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Glen Dickson Satellite operator Dish Network has updated its interactive mosaic, a channel that displays multiple live feeds on a single TV screen, to simultaneously air six 24-hour news channels during the 2008 election cycle....

Revenue Flat At Hearst-Argyle.(Hearst-Argyle Television Inc.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Michael Malone Healthy political advertising and a weak economy essentially canceled each other out at the Hearst-Argyle stations in its third quarter, the 26-station group reported. Total third-quarter revenue was $176.2 million-flat...

MTV Creating Beatles Video Game.(MTV Networks Inc. and Harmonix Corp.)
November 3, 2008... By Alex Weprin MTV, which owns video game publisher Harmonix, creators of last year's hit Rock Band , inked a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. to produce a Beatles music video game. It is expected to be ready in time for next year's holiday...

LIN, TWC Agree On Retrans Deal.(Time Warner Cable Inc. and LIN Television Corp.)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Michael Malone Time Warner Cable and LIN TV last week came to terms on retransmission consent rights after a four week-long battle. The pact brings LIN programming back to 12 stations and 1.5 million subscribers. Terms of the agreement...

Obama Owns Wednesday Night.(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Alex Weprin An appearance by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Oct. 29's edition of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart delivered the highest rating in the program's history, according to Comedy Central, with more than 3.6...

Comcast Q3 'Good, Not Great'.(Comcast Corp.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Mike Farrell, Multichannel News Comcast kicked off the cable earnings season Oct. 29 with strong third-quarter results, Revenue and operating cash flow rose a healthy 10% in the period ended Sept. 30, to $8.5 billion and $3.2 billion,...

Tough Times Bring Out the Best in Buccieri.(Granada America ceo Paul Buccieri)
November 3, 2008... By Melissa Grego The Granada America CEO is like his favorite lunch spot: unassuming, enduring and classic The Dish: Everybody I meet in television knows Granada America President-CEO Paul Buccieri. His reputation as a top TV exec...

Spanish Nets Have Big Role Tuesday.(Interview)
November 3, 2008... Staff Perhaps often-overlooked, especially by many mainstream media outlets, the Hispanic vote is likely to be critical in the presidential election. Barack Obama and John McCain have campaigned vigorously in Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado...

Tartikoff Awards On Tap.(National Association of Television Program Executives)(Brandon Tartikoff)(Anne Sweeney)(Tyler Perry)
November 3, 2008... By Ben Grossman NATPE honors Silverman, Sweeney, Perry, Lorre Ben Silverman, Anne Sweeney, Tyler Perry and Chuck Lorre have been selected as honorees at the 2009 Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards on Jan. 26 at the National Association of...

Fuse to Air Rock Hall of Fame Ceremony Through 2011.(Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (Cleveland, Ohio))(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By Alex Weprin Cablevision-owned music network Fuse has signed a multiyear deal with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to televise its induction ceremony, beginning in 2009. The ceremony had been previously televised on VH1 Classic and...

White Spaces: Hot Issue.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief article)
November 3, 2008... By John Eggerton and Glen Dickson Critics take on FCC FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has told Congress that the commission did conduct a peer review of an FCC engineers' report on white spaces testing, and that it concluded the tests were...

Comedy Central Sets Standup Site.
November 3, 2008... By Alex Weprin Jokes.com to relaunch next month with more laughs Comedy Central is planning a relaunch of Jokes.com, the centerpiece of which will be an extensive video archive of the network's standup comedy material. Comedy is...

Sir Charles in Charge.(Interview)
November 3, 2008... By Ben Grossman If you are one of the dozen or so loyal readers of this column, you know we like to have a little fun here. And that doesn't seem like a half-bad idea lately, since your 401(k) is now about as empty as a politician's...

Where to be & what to watch-.(Insight Communications Company Inc.)(Cable News Network)
November 3, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, Nov. 3 It's Election Eve, and believe it or not, there are a few events that don't seem to have all that much to do with McCain-Obama. Insight Communications CEO Michael Willner shares the stage with Oxygen...

The Media Vote.(Editorial)
November 3, 2008... Staff Historically, Broadcasting & Cable does not pick favorites in political races. But we do have issues that drive our editorial page, and to a large degree determine the health and well-being of the media. First, the next...

Tapping Into Women's Market Power.(Lifetime Networks)
November 3, 2008... By Debbie Richman Last week, Lifetime Networks gathered nearly 200 of its top clients to do something networks rarely do. We spent the entire morning talking not about us, but about our audience. Our forum, 'Every Woman Counts: Marketing...

Fates & Fortunes.(Richard Kelley has joined KNTV San Jose as VP of sales.)(Gregg Schraufnagel has promoted at WTMJ Milwaukee)(Brent Struense has been promoted by WFTX Fort Myers-Naples)
November 3, 2008... Staff BROADCAST RICHARD KELLEY , senior director of acquisition sales, Monster Worldwide, has joined KNTV San Jose as VP of sales. GREGG SCHRAUFNAGEL , creative services director, WTMJ Milwaukee, has been promoted to manager of...

Flannigan: A Digital Pioneer With Passion.(MTV Networks Inc.)
November 3, 2008... By Alex Weprin MTV Networks' VP brings video sites to life Erik Flannigan has always been a big believer in digital media, and he's a big part of its evolving power. Graduating from the University of Washington in 1990, he found...

Friday Night Sites.
November 3, 2008... By Michael Malone Interest in stations' high school football coverage spikes Call it the grand opening of GrandStadium. Later this month, four stations across Kansas will offer live streams of two high school football state...

Sizzling 'CSI' Reruns.(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)(Crime Scene Investigation)
November 3, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Off-net procedurals stay strong Echoing their primetime network performance, procedural dramas are burning up the off-net drama ratings charts. In its first year in syndication, CBS's CSI: New York is mimicking...

CNN's Virtual Election Night.(Cable News Network)
November 3, 2008... By Glen Dickson Tech advances include 3D Capitol, exit-poll display-and holographic correspondents In a television news landscape where high-definition cameras and 3D graphics have become commonplace, CNN still has a few technical...

Lifetime Goes Bi-Coastal With Signiant.(Lifetime Television Network)
November 3, 2008... By Glen Dickson Creates file-based delivery system between N.Y. and L.A. Cable programmer Lifetime Networks is now using a file-based distribution system from Burlington, Mass.-based Signiant to deliver promos and graphics between its...

Fairness Fears About Obama.(Barack Obama)(Fairness Doctrine brodcasting policy)
November 3, 2008... By John Eggerton He denies it, but some believe he'd revive banished doctrine If the Nov. 4 election plays out as the polls and pundits were predicting last week, Democrats will control the White House and increase their holds on the...

WDIV's Election Day Webcast.(WDIV-TV (Detroit, Michigan))(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... By Glen Dickson WDIV Detroit stepped up its political coverage for Election Day '08 by producing an all-day Webcast from its newsroom that was live-streamed on its Website, www.clickondetroit.com . The station built a unique set in...

CBS Uses Polatis to Catch POTUS.(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... By Glen Dickson When CBS is doing live coverage of the president and others at the White House, it's using optical video routing switches from Andover, Mass.-based Polatis. The network's Washington bureau is using Polatis' Trinity...

We Laughed, We Cried: Election Night on TV.(Editorial)
November 10, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik After so much anticipation and, yes, downright desperation for the presidential campaign to please, please finally be over, Election Night on TV did not disappoint. From the Big Four broadcasters to the cable news...

Fox Happy in Its 'Blues'.(Fox News Network L.L.C.)
November 10, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie Now more than ever, FNC feels like TV's right place at the right time Maybe it did all come down to Ohio-again. At least that's what it felt like at the Fox News Channel studios on Election Night. Brit Hume,...

A-OK in Sooner State.(Tulsa Cable Television Inc.)
November 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Tulsa business holding up amidst national angst Tulsa stations may not exactly be rolling in dough, but managers there say they're not taking their economic lumps like much of the rest of the nation. Some report local...

A Perfect 'Storm' for Stations.
November 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Local outlets put own stamp on syndicated version of Weather hit When syndication rookie Storm Stories airs on WSB Atlanta, it's got a decidedly local flavor. Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns offers 30-second intros...

When Networks Snooze, They Lose.
November 10, 2008... By David Bianculli This year, broadcasters are presenting 'November Sleeps' Without question, the real-life drama of the 2008 presidential campaign was the riveting, can't-miss, gotta-discuss TV event of the year. Now, without that,...

FCC Tells Broadcasters to Share.(Federal Communications Commission)
November 10, 2008... By John Eggerton Commission approves opening spectrum to unlicensed devices There was more than one big vote last week. The FCC, by a margin of 5-0, approved the use of unlicensed mobile devices in the unused TV spectrum band-the...

Don't Lose Ricky's Number.
November 10, 2008... By Ben Grossman I know a lot of people agree with me when I say that I want to see a lot more Ricky Gervais on television here in the States. But unfortunately, No We Can't. Gervais told me in a phone chat last week that he would love...

Where to be & what to watch-.
November 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, Nov. 10 The cable extravaganza known as the CTAM Summit is on at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The session 'Phone + Mobile + Internet + TV: Does It Add Up?' is moderated by Sanford C. Bernstein VP...

The Copyright Act a Decade Later.
November 10, 2008... By Dan Glickman and Robert Holleyman In 1998, Congress anticipated the information revolution and took steps to ensure that the potential of the transformative technologies that we now use every day would be realized. This week marks...

Fairly Unfair.(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... Stephen Roy Patrick Maines is right ('What Happened to the Fair Press?' Airtime, Oct. 20) that the news media are losing trust because they are losing news objectivity. And I speak as a liberal Democrat supporter of Barack Obama, and as...

WCVB Boston in Fine Hands.(WCVB-TV (Boston, Massachusetts))
November 10, 2008... By Michael Malone Former Hollywood hopeful still making pictures The election season surely brought back memories for WCVB Boston President/General Manager Bill Fine. It was 32 years ago that Fine, then a college student, spent two...

Relatively Big 'Deal'.(NBC Universal Inc.)
November 10, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Game show leads rookie class It's yet to hit the 2.0 mark but early in this syndication season, NBC Universal's Deal or No Deal looks like the MVP of this year's class. Since the show's premiere on Sept. 8, Deal or No...

Ion Juggles Digital Bits.(Ion Media Networks)
November 10, 2008... By Glen Dickson Takes hybrid approach to launching HD networks Several television engineers have said that the move to digital television has turned stations into 'bit managers, not broadcasters,' as they balance the multiple...

Fates & Fortunes.(Kelly Boan has joint WHNS-TV (Greenville, South Carolina))(Vittorio Suter has joint KSWB San DiegoVittorio Suter)(Ken Schwab has joint Discovery Communications Inc. Discovery Channel)
November 10, 2008... Staff BROADCAST VITTORIO SUTER , new-business manager, KSWB San Diego, has joined KBCW San Francisco as an account executive. KELLY BOAN , assistant news director, WHNS Greenville, S.C., has been named news director. ...

Fox Faces Supreme Test on Profanity.
November 10, 2008... By John Eggerton Justices seem intent on a narrow ruling on indecency In the best of all possible worlds for Fox, the Supreme Court would order the FCC to get out of the indecency-regulation business. But in oral arguments last week,...

Zaslav's Discovery Quest.(David Zaslav)(Discovery Communications Inc.)(Interview)
November 10, 2008... David Goetzl Oprah, streaming, going public on his mind ahead of CTAM Cable marketers convene in Boston Nov. 9-11 for the annual Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) confab, and as the cable industry spreads into...

A Homer for the MLB.(MLB Network)(Interview)
November 10, 2008... David Goetzl Network's Jan. 1 launch will enter 50 million homes When the MLB Network goes live in high-definition on Jan. 1, it will be in more homes initially than any cable network ever-50 million. Art Marquez leads the effort, as...

NDS, TNS Tap DVRs For Targeted Ads.(TNS Media Research )(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... By Glen Dickson Interactive-TV software and conditional-access supplier NDS and audience-measurement firm TNS Media Research want to use the existing base of set-top digital video recorders (DVRs) to deliver targeted ads to satellite and...

Friedman Is Named MTV General Manager.(Stephen Friedman has appointed by MTV Networks On Campus Inc.)(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... By Alex Weprin Stephen Friedman, executive VP and general manager of mtvU, is being promoted to general manager of MTV: Music Television, overseeing MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, MTV Jams and MTV Hits, as well as their digital assets. He will also...

Ski Channel Set To Launch.(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... By John Eggerton The Ski Channel, which has missed several earlier launch dates, is gearing up again. Founder Steve Bellamy has completed a deal for additional capital to "fully finance" the channel. Bellamy says he has carriage deals...

Scripps Reports 5% Bump in Q3 Station Revenue.(E.W. Scripps Co.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... By Michael Malone E.W. Scripps Co.'s 10 television stations reported $76.9 million in revenue for the third quarter, a 5% bump over the third quarter last year. Local advertising was down 6.4% and national was down 14.6%. But more...

Fox Revamps Schedule.(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... By Alex Weprin Fringe , Fox's most successful new fall series, will get another major push from the network, which is moving the show to Tuesdays following American Idol starting Jan. 20. Also getting an Idol bump is new series Lie to...

Correction.(Correction notice)
November 10, 2008... Staff CBS Television Distribution renegotiated its deal to keep airing CSI: Miami on cable network A&E, not CSI: New York , as reported in the Nov. 3 issue.

Headlines from Multichannel News.(Brief article)
November 10, 2008... Staff What Cable Can Expect From Obama Change has come to America, but the cable industry isn't sure that will be a good thing for the business. Viacom's Picture Not Pretty The national cable TV ad market showed third-quarter...

America's Next Top Soccer Star.
November 10, 2008... By Michael Malone KING Seattle running post-Super Bowl special KING Seattle will feature not one but two kinds of football on Super Bowl Sunday. The Belo station and the Seattle Sounders professional soccer squad are beating the bushes...

Yes They Did.(President-elect Barack Obama)
November 10, 2008... Staff Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama. Americans need someone to believe in. And even if the cynics say he is an invention of marketing, successful people always have been. It just that sometimes it wasn't called marketing....

BC Beat.
November 17, 2008... Edited by Joel Topcik Media Duped by 'Martin Eisenstadt' Show Joel Topcik When the history of the 2008 presidential election is written, Martin Eisenstadt just might make it as a footnote. The tale of this fraudulent...

Will a Staggering Economy Upend Mobile TV?
November 17, 2008... By Wayne Friedman Downturn may prevent technology from gaining market share For the last few years, the promise of mobile TV has turned itself into one fascinating and challenging puzzle. What to do with it? How to monetize it? ...

Mobile DTV Speeds Toward Standard.(degital television)
November 17, 2008... By Glen Dickson Broadcasters tout potential of new, free delivery path Development of a new technical standard that would allow digital TV (DTV) stations to broadcast to cellphones and other portable devices is moving at a rapid pace,...

Blue Hawaii.
November 17, 2008... By Michael Malone Obama helps Honolulu forget money problems Clouds have moved in on Hawaii's famously blue skies. When the nation's--and the globe's--economy sours, big-ticket vacations are often the first luxury people slash. Tourism...

ABC Daytime Chief Loves an Edgy 'View'.
November 17, 2008... By Melissa Grego Brian Frons sees continued success from spicy talker in Obama era The Dish: The day ABC Daytime President Brian Frons and I meet at Madeo in West Hollywood is the 10,000th episode of ABC soap All My Children , and...

Kings of the Hill.
November 17, 2008... By Michael Malone News leaders swear by Washington bureaus even as stations slash costs John McCain and Barack Obama might have finally gotten a chance to breathe as darkness fell Nov. 4, but the day was just kicking into gear for...

If 'Oprah' Goes, Slot War Starts.(Discovery Communications Inc. Discovery Channel)
November 17, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Industry ponders first-run replacement versus local news Whether The Oprah Winfrey Show will remain on the air after its contract expires in fall 2011 is an open question. By 2011, the Discovery-owned Oprah Winfrey...

YouTube Taking Long View.(contract between YouTube Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.)
November 17, 2008... Alex Weprin A big chip in YouTube's effort to monetize its content is the professionally produced material it gets from content partners. The Google-owned video site has deals with Discovery, CBS, the BBC, PBS, Sony, HBO, Lionsgate and...

Broadcast Forecast: Dark and Stormy.
November 17, 2008... By Michael Malone 'Consumer lockdown' clouds 2009 view If the Television Bureau of Advertising's initial 2009 forecast was bad, the revised one issued nine weeks later can only be described as superbad. As the prospects for a...

Prepping for the President.(Barack Obama)
November 17, 2008... By John Eggerton Trade groups, activists say Obama will make media a bigger issue Broadcasters, media activists and others are lining up to catch the ear of the new administration, looking for an opportunity to push initiatives backing...

A Pair of Real Aces.
November 17, 2008... By Ben Grossman If you thought the smackdown between Barack Obama and John McCain was the most hard-hitting reality television out there, prepare for a surprise. There are a couple of projects being pitched around right now that might put...

Where to be & what to watch--.
November 17, 2008... By Michael Malone Monday, Nov. 17 The Wall Street Journal holds its CEO Council at the Four Seasons in Washington. "Shaping the New Agenda" is the theme, with a stellar lineup of media and banking bigwigs working out some sort of...

Don't Play Games.(NFL Network)
November 17, 2008... Staff Is the ability to watch the New York Jets-New England Patriots game an inalienable right? No, of course not. But last week, the NFL Network--again--complained that it's just unfair that Comcast, the biggest cable operator, only runs...

Let's Praise (Not Bury) Linear TV.
November 17, 2008... By Ron Quartararo Last month, I attended the national SMPTE technology conference in Los Angeles and was struck by some of the comments in one session. The panel, an eclectic mix of producers of various television shows in the sci-fi...

Fates & Fortunes.(Dave Aiken has been promoted by WOLO Columbia)(Jason Ball has been appointed by KCBS-TV (Los Angeles, California))(Wilke Marty has been appointed by Tribune Broadcasting Co. Tribune Television)
November 17, 2008... Staff BROADCAST Staff DAVE AIKEN , program operations manager, WOLO Columbia, S.C., has been promoted to station manager. JASON BALL , senior executive producer, KCBS/KCAL Los Angeles, has joined KTLA Los Angeles as assistant...

WBNS Anchor Pick Dies at 38.(Obituary)
November 17, 2008... Michael Malone WBNS Columbus anchor Heather Pick passed away on Nov. 7 from breast cancer. She was 38. In her last public appearance, she helped raise almost $500,000 for the Columbus Cancer Clinic. She is survived by her husband, Joe...

BET Names Jones, Hill Co-Programming Chiefs.(BET has appointed Loretha Jones and Stephen Hill )(Brief article)
November 17, 2008... Staff BET has named Loretha Jones and Stephen Hill co-presidents of programming. Jones will be responsible for original programming, news, development, acquisitions and planning, while Hill will oversee all music programming and specials...

For Healy, Movie-Making Is Child's Play.(Walt Disney Co. Walt Disney Studios)
November 17, 2008... By Allison Romano Disney executive has a way of finding longform programs that score with kids With runaway hit movies Camp Rock and the High School Musical series to his credit, Disney Channel's Senior VP of Original Movies Michael...

Dramatic Moves.
November 17, 2008... By Paige Albiniak Minds, Numb3rs find station homes In 2010, stations are slated to lose two syndicated off-net shows that have already proved themselves top performers in late fringe: CSI: New York and CSI: Miami . But fear not; CBS...

Fox, NBC Dive Into Pool.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)
November 17, 2008... By Michael Malone Launching Local News Service in Philly Fox and NBC, shedding light on their blockbuster local news partnership, envision the venture (working title: Local News Service, or LNS) playing a role similar to the one The...

Barbara Cochran Exiting RTNDA.(Radio-Television News Directors Association)(Brief article)
November 17, 2008... By John Eggerton Radio-Television News Directors Association President Barbara Cochran will retire in June 2009 after 12 years with the association. She will continue on as a consultant to the group and as president emeritus. The RTNDA...

TV Land Greenlights Three Series for "Prime" Block.(How'd You Get So Rich?)(First Love, Second Chance)(Make My Day)(Brief article)
November 17, 2008... By Marisa Guthrie TV Land is adding three new unscripted series to its TV Land Prime lineup. How'd You Get So Rich? , First Love, Second Chance and Make My Day will bow on the cabler in 2009. TV Land has ordered six episodes of each...

Ski Channel Hits Slopes at Christmas.(Verizon Communications Inc.)(DIRECTV Inc.)(Brief article)
November 17, 2008... By John Eggerton The ad-supported VOD Ski Channel will launch Christmas Day with new, long-term carriage deals from DirecTV and Verizon to add to carriage on Time Warner, Cox and Brighthouse, according to Steve Bellamy, the new channel's...

NBC Pulls Plug on Worst Enemy, Lipstick.(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief article)
November 17, 2008... By Staff NBC is pulling the plug on My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle . While there is no official word from NBC, sources say My Own Worst Enemy will complete its ninth episode and no further episodes will be produced. The...