Article: `Desperate Networks' author goes behind the screens of eventful TV season.

Article: Desperate networks
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Desperate networks do desperate things. And ABC, mired in fourth place in the ratings, has certainly taken a different approach for the upcoming ...

Article: 'DESPERATE NETWORKS': AN EYE-OPENER.(TV ...
TelevisionWeek;  June 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the many telling accounts from "Desperate Networks,'' a just-published book from ... producers. That's what a lot of "Desperate Networks'' is about. But for me, the real ... have to admit the dust jacket for "Desperate Networks'' turned me off. It reads like ...

Article: Desperate Networks BOOKS / Nonfiction
International Herald Tribune;  May 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... International Herald Tribune 05-22-2006 Desperate Networks By Bill Carter 404 pages. $26 ... teams, agents and seraphim. ''Desperate Networks'' is Carter's awestruck insider ... dazed him into stenography: ''Desperate Networks'' is a more or less linear compilation ...

Article: Tome buzz nettles biz.(Bill Carter's new book "Desperate ...
Daily Variety;  March 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... making their way around the biz. "Desperate Networks," by New York Times TV reporter ... There are plenty more. Because "Desperate Networks" is being aimed at a wide audience ... Sheridan replied. "No problem." "Desperate Networks," from Doubleday, is set to hit ...

Article: Desperate Networks.(Book review)
Daily Variety;  May 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... on one reference and "Steve" the next. Despite Carter's thorough reporting, the vague concept behind "Desperate Networks" ultimately defeats him, resulting in little more than a curiosity for Hollywood bigwigs eager to see how well ...

Article: Crime Scene Investigation: L.A.(Desperate ...
Columbia Journalism Review;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... of stupidity while attending, of all things, a Jewish charity event. When he got back to the table, Moonves told the CBS group: "We were fucked by Arafat again." from DESPERATE NETWORKS by Bill Carter Doubleday, 416 pp. $26.95

Article: Carter Dishes on 'Zippy,' 'Purple Steve'.(Bill Carter's ...
Broadcasting & Cable;  March 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Instead, look for CBS Corp. 's Les Moonves and ex-ABC President Lloyd Braun to lead the toasts. Carter's Desperate Networks isn't due out until May, but the uncorrected galleys have been burning up the executive suites of the industry ...