Broadcasting & Cable - April 27, 2003

It's tough to be original. USA Network was so pleased with freshman drama The Dead Zone last summer that it promoted the show to a winter run for its second season. After a strong debut in January, though, Sunday nights in February proved far more competitive than Dead Zone's prior summer slot, and the show's numbers faded.

• Business
• Changing Hands
• Changing Hands

• Editorials
• Editorials
• Airtime
• Dereg? We Should Talk Re-Reg
• Jessell's Column
• Limit Your Lie-ability
• Two Cents
• Two Cents

• People
• Facetime
• Facetime
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• He Likes the Action in Covering Conflict

• Programming
• Fox in Summer Slightly Less Real
• Mississippi Courts To Test Cameras
• The Future Is Now for Nets
• Syndie Insider
• Market Focus
• Growing in the Springtime
• Syndication Watch
• The Show Found on the Web

• Special Report
• Original Cable Programming
• Strategy Sampler
• Orphan Genre: The Half-Hour Sitcom
• It's Production On the Cheap

• TV Buyer
• NBC Plans Post- Friends Era
• Telemundo Trumpets Hispanic Power
• Ebb and Flow
• Syndie's Fine, Report Confirms
• Hot Spots
• Hot Spots

• Technology
• Spectrum-Sharing Plan Hits Roadblock
• Patent Win Buoys Northpoint

• Top of the Week
• ET Spinoff, The Insider , Is Firm Go
• Clear Channel to Host Out-of-Home Upfront
• Leave Programming out of the Media-Ownership Debate
• Viacom Gets All Comedy's Laughs Now
• Iraq War, The Reality Series
• Karmazin Blames Sales For Poor Radio Results
• AOL TW 1Q: Good News, Bad News
• Sinclair's Pittsburgh Outlet Pares Staff
• Reality Central Seeks To Become a Reality
• Support Builds for 45% Cap
• ESPN, MSOs Face Off
• Feldman Accepts Challenge Of Restoring NATPE's Luster
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop

• Washington
• TV Duop Songs Differ
• NAB Wants DTV Leeway
• Capital Watch