Broadcasting & Cable - August 17, 2003

Syndicators are bracing for a light fall season this year with only four major new first-run strips being launched this yearWarner Bros.' The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Warner Bros.' The Sharon Osbourne Show, NBC Enterprises' Starting Over, and King World's Living It Up! With Ali mp; Jack. The slow fall is being attributed to vertical integration and the relative success of last year's crop...

• Business
• EchoStar Up, But at a Cost
• Thanks to Idol and Joe, Fox Ent. Is Looking Good

• Editorials
• Editorials
• Airtime
• We Have Our Radios. Now What?
• Jessell's Column
• God Bless AM Radio
• Open Mike
• Missing the Real News
• Two Cents
• Two Cents

• People
• Fates and Fortunes
• Fates & Fortunes
• Fifth Estater
• Making His Cable News Dream Come True

• Programming
• Cartoon Is for Kids Again
• What's In A Name? Court TV May Want to Investigate That
• ESPN Ready To Kick Off Its First Dramatic Series
• Market Focus
• After a Wait, EBay Is a Go
• A Healthy Hyphenate
• Syndication Watch
• Syndie Insider
• Pauley 'Leaps' Ahead

• Special Report
• Syndication 2003
• The Reality Is Off-Net Is Thinning
• It's Never Too Early To Start Thinking About Syndie '04
• Reality TV? These Two Producers Wrote the Book

• TV Buyer
• What? Sex and Violence Don't Sell?
• Home Depot 'Trades Spaces' With Lowe's
• Ebb and Flow
• Strong Syndie Scatter Seen

• Technology
• RealOne Goes Mobile
• ContentProbe Keeps an Eye on Signals
• Cutting Edge

• Top of the Week
• FCC Thaws Station Sales Freeze
• Fall in the Family
• Shop & Style Is No Sale in NBC Test
• Univision Gets Backing From Hispanic Democrats
• Calif. TV Loves a Recall: Great Story, Great CPMs
• No Lights! Cameras! Action!
• Generating Fox News
• Sinclair Wants To Get Into Direct Mail
• CCTA Hopes for a Western Show Grand Finale
• Breaking...
• Breaking…
• Fast Track
• Fast Track
• In the Loop
• In the Loop

• Washington
• Re-Reg Guns of August
• Capital Watch
• Capital Watch