Word: networked
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Russert moved up quickly in NBC's ranks, participating in daily conference calls to coordinate all of the network's news programs...
...only things you can do are what you've already made a success of,'" Lee says. "Mysteries, classic dramas, maybe the more conservative sitcoms from PBS." Instead BBC America opted to distinguish itself with shows "closer to the new Beetle than to the Jaguar: vibrant, contemporary, different." While the network is not yet rated by Nielsen, it's the edgier programming--running in blocks called Cool Britannia and the Britcom Zone--that has inspired a dedicated audience following and critical praise. But the channel also hedges its bets with BBC news and more traditional reruns like...
Given American producers' continuing taste for adapting Brit hits like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (from ITV, not the BBC), you might think that watching BBC America is watching the future of domestic network television. But in the Pax Nike era of American cultural tyranny, is there still any difference between TV and telly...
...always. The BBC film Sex 'n' Death, an acerbic, sharp if unsubtle send-up of shock TV recently shown on BBC America, owes not a little to the American Hollywood-spoof genre, from The Larry Sanders Show to Action and back to the movie Network. And some Britcoms, like the wacky-priests' caper Father Ted, prove the Brits can make implausible, laugh-track-saturated work just as well as we, but with poorer production values. The best of the offerings, though, are not just rougher and often saltier than U.S. broadcast-network standards permit; they're genuinely surprising...
This spring network executives faced the daunting challenge of choosing new shows from more than 130 pilots. How tough was it? Based on the following descriptions of pilots on offer, see if you can find the five shows picked up for next fall...