Broadcasting & Cable - December 1, 2002

Earlier this year, it seemed that it might happen: As the broadcast networks struggled with a difficult ad climate, a number of analysts predicted that home shopping network QVC might bring in more revenue than any other television channel in America. In the end, the broadcast nets' healthier-than-expected fall upfront market allowed NBC to keep its position as No.

• Business
• Failed DBS Merger May Drop Dead Sooner
• Changing Hands

• Editorials
• Editorials
• Airtime
• Hits and Myths From 'Cable Access'
• Jessell's Column
• Walters Gives 'Em Hell
• Open Mike
• Open Mike

• People
• Facetime
• Facetime
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• Knack for Stats Pays Off for 'TV Jack'

• Programming
• The Corporate Scoreboards
• Alarming News From 3 Stations
• It's December. Why Are These Shows Here?
• Syndie Insider
• Viacom Rules Television World
• Market Focus
• Young, Educated, Wealthy
• Syndication Watch
• Maury Keeps Plugging

• TV Buyer
• New Comcast Eyes Spot-TV Prize
• Ebb and Flow
• Syndication's Early Upfront
• Hot Spots
• Hot Spots

• Technology
• Telcos Move to Next Level
• A True HD Visionary
• JFK Film Gets Cleaned Up
• Cutting Edge
• Cutting Edge

• Top of the Week
• NBC Sweeps November
• VNS Revises Playbook
• 'Wimps'
• The NBC You Don't See
• Paramount to Clone ET
• HDTV: Make 'Em Pay
• KYW-TV's Kane Calls It Quits
• Frontline to Film Murder Trial
• Get Ready: Cable Rates Are Rising, Again
• NFL Kicks ESPN to Top Spot
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop
• Station Break
• Station Break

• Washington
• Has Comcast Got a Deal For You
• Capital Watch