Broadcasting & Cable - January 6, 2003

Ellen DeGeneres is coming back to television with her own variety/talk strip that will highlight her comedy and her "everywoman" approach to life. "Ellen is a sensational talent who has spent the past twenty years preparing herself to do this show," says Jim Paratore, executive vice president of Warner Bros.

• Editorials
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• Jessell's Column
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• Fifth Estater
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• Programming
• AFTRA-NBC Battle Heats Up
• For Last Time, NATPE Goes to The Big Easy
• Affils Irked by Shifting Practice
• When Good Press Does Little Good
• Syndie Insider
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• Scarred but Positive
• Syndication Watch
• Inside Edition's a Quiet Hit

• Special Report
• NATPE Buyers Guide
• Second-Year Shows Prepare to Go Nationwide
• Smaller Distributors Offer Some Goodies, Too
• Hip Mom Wants to Have a Chat
• Syndicators Roll Out New Talkers, Formats
• Off-Net Shopping List Is Short for '03
• Sony Seeks Bidders for eBayTV
• Daytime Gets Royal Treatment
• Going for Two in a Row
• At NBC, Real World Grows Up

• TV Buyer
• Automakers Drive Ad Sales Again in '02
• Ford Goes Interactive With Spots
• Ebb and Flow
• Local TV Pleased by ADS Growth
• Hot Spots
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• Technology
• Let's Put It in Bayonne
• Maintaining Server Sanity
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• Top of the Week
• Fox Cooks Up Fix for DTV
• Layoffs: Hang On in '03
• Stations Mean Business on Retrans
• Over Our Dead Bodies
• Acme's Got No Debt; No Cash Flow Either
• NAB Unveils Duop Plan
• Killing VNS May Be Way to Fix Voter Polling
• Sinclair Speeds Centralcasting
• AOL/TW Plays Tough with Fox Sports
• FCC Report: Cable Subs Slipping
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop
• Station Break
• Station Break

• Washington
• NAB Pushes DTV 'Flex Time'
• Capital Watch