By Mark Mix
Home day care providers would be forced into unions
The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.
Jimmy Kimmel's lacerating dissection of the industry has become an annual highlight of the week when television's biggest networks reveal programming plans to advertisers. This year he nailed the pie-eyed suspension of disbelief that characterizes each sales job.
NBC is looking to revitalize its prime-time lineup with the appointment of a cable TV executive who transformed the once-maligned Showtime channel into a worthy rival to HBO.
"The audience gets a vote," Ted Harbert, chairman of NBC Broadcasting, added.
"The audience gets a vote," said Ted Harbert, chairman of NBC Broadcasting.
