Syndie Insider

Entertainment magazines got a bump from the Jan 25 Golden Globes. Coverage of the awards extravaganza on Monday, Jan. 26 boosted Paramount's Entertainment Tonight by 4% year-to-year, with a 7.6 rating/11 share, according to Nielsen's primary-run weighted metered-market average for the night. ET's number was 49% higher than its nearest rival, King World's Inside Edition, which did a 5.1/11, up 21% from last year. NBC Enterprises' Access Hollywood was up 4% with a 4.7/8, and Warner Bros.' Extra jumped 5%, to a 3.9/7.

Record low temperatures in the Northeast kept people indoors during the week ended Jan. 18, but only two of the top 10 off-net sitcoms benefited from the captive TV audiences.

Carsey-Werner-Mandabach's That '70s Show, in its second off-net season, rose 10% to a series-high 4.3 national household rating, according to Nielsen. Sony rookie The King of Queens was up 3% to a best-yet 3.1.

Other off-nets were mixed, with Warner Bros.' Friends leading the group despite dipping 1% to a 6.6 and Sony's Seinfeld in second place, sliding 3% to 6.5.

In rookie action, Twentieth's On Air With Ryan Seacrest debuted on the national chart at a 1.0. That put On Air right in the middle of this season's rookie premieres, not as strong as Warner Bros.' Ellen DeGeneres or Sharon Osbourne but higher than the opening weeks of NBC Enterprises' Starting Over and Buena Vista's Wayne Brady Show.

Steve Mulderrig has been promoted to executive vice president of domestic and cable sales at Tribune Entertainment. Mulderrig will manage all program-distribution rights that Tribune Entertainment acquired last year from Hearst Entertainment, production of the company's first-run weekly series, and Tribune's Chicago production office. Mulderrig is based in New York, where he has been Tribune's senior vice president of domestic and cable sales since 1995.