HBO wins 19 Emmys; b'casters gripe. (Home Box Office)

Multichannel News;  September 22, 1997 ;     585 words ......to claim that cable had an unfair edge over them. HBO countered by saying that the broadcasters are just sore losers. A verbal brouhaha erupted when HBO won 19 primetime Emmys Sept. 14 - less than NBC...than CBS (12), ABC (10) and Fox (5). In particular, HBO scored big with its original movie, Miss ...

'Sex' star shacks up with HBO for 2 years.(Sarah Jessica Parker signs deal...

Daily Variety;  March 8, 2005 ;     219 words ...HOLLYWOOD -- HBO and Sarah Jessica Parker are getting in bed together...produce series and longform programming exclusively for HBO via her Pretty Matches Prods. banner. Net entertainment president Carolyn Strauss said Parker's great talents and unique...guide a new generation of cutting-edge ...

Strauss' Big Dig.(HBO's Carolyn Strauss looking for the next big hit)

Broadcasting & Cable;  April 2, 2007 ;     536 words ...By Michael Malone HBO prez searches for the network...Deadwood and The Wire ending, HBO is hard at work to unearth...Heading up the big dig is Entertainment President Carolyn Strauss, who's placing...dips, Strauss insists the HBO philosophy remains unchanged...years, much has been made of ...

Alive and kicking.(In The Loop)(HBO's television program, Six Feet Under's...

Broadcasting & Cable;  September 20, 2004 ;     107 words ......rigor mortis? Not according to HBO Entertainment President Carolyn Strauss, who insists...stopped rolling the ratings for HBO's seven channels into one...it counted only viewers of HBO's main channel, which resulted...viewership dip for every top HBO show, including The Sopranos...

New Chief Unpacks HBO Pilots; Naegle Likes Look of Potential...

TelevisionWeek;  April 14, 2008 ;     658 words ......With Sue's contribution, we'll do even better work.'' HBO's management was shaken up last year when Chris Albrecht...well-publicized public altercation with his girlfriend after an HBO-televised boxing match in Las Vegas. A new management structure of longtime HBO executives was set up to replace him, ...

Rep brings fresh take to HBO fare.

Daily Variety;  April 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......your company. And it's not just that she understood HBO, but that we felt she had an invigorating sense of the future. Naegle admits she comes to HBO with a steep learning curve, having never served as a TV network exec. I'm lucky that HBO has experts in every corner of the building. And I'm...see them ...

Producer sounds death knell for HBO's acclaimed 'Six Feet Under'

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 8, 2004 ;     432 words ...LOS ANGELES -- HBO is preparing a eulogy for "Six Feet Under." The network...Series creator/executive producer Alan Ball recently told HBO executives that he felt the show will have run its creative...cast, staff and crew and I'll always be grateful to HBO for allowing and encouraging us to tell the story ...

Strauss picks HBO hits: the exec behind Sex, Sopranos and Deadwood lives...

Broadcasting & Cable;  January 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ...When critics laud HBO for innovative programming, they can thank the network's entertainment president, Carolyn Strauss. It was she...department. And she has been at HBO ever since, helping to carve...had an impressive tenure at HBO. One reason, she says, is...sharp as you can make them. ...

HBO stalls out; With "The Sopranos" out of the picture, HBO's family needs...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 29, 2007 ;     626 words ...Byline: Neal Justin; Staff Writer Los Angeles, Calif. -- HBO, the Rolls Royce of television, is experiencing engine...Las Vegas parking lot. One month later, The Sopranos, HBO's kingpin, went dark. Literally. With the absence of...increased competition from the likes of Showtime and FX, HBO appears to be at ...

HBO renders Sunday unprofitable for networks

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Angeles Times The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-07-2004 HBO renders Sunday unprofitable for networks By SCOTT...As "The Sopranos" returns for its fifth season on HBO, there's a nagging question hanging over America...cable premieres, such as Showtime's "The L-Word" and HBO's upcoming revisionist western ...

Capital Cities/ABC Inc. has extended ABC Entertainment President Ted...

Broadcasting & Cable;  September 19, 1994 ;     35 words ...Capital Cities/ABC Inc. has extended ABC Entertainment President Ted Harbert's contract for four more years. Harbert has been network entertainment president for two years, heading prime time entertainment programing for ABC.

HBO Turns to Its Bench.(Home Box Office, Bill Nelson )

Multichannel News;  June 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......After weeks of speculation, HBO named interim CEO Bill Nelson...They've helped to build HBO into one of the world's...In selecting the longtime HBO vets to fill the void left...and recently ousted NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly as potential...girlfriend in Las Vegas - HBO's ...

'Sopranos' hit Emmy high note.(HBO's television program)

Broadcasting & Cable;  July 26, 1999 ;     552 words ...Deborah D. McAdams and Joe Schlosser HBO series tops all shows with 16 nominations; NBC is network with the most (82) HBO's dramatic series about modern-day mobsters, The Sopranos...pay network received 74 nominations--not a record for HBO, but second only to NBC's 82. A spokesman for HBO said the ...

It's Showtime! Network scores with edgy hits; Pay-TV leader HBO still...

Crain's New York Business;  July 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......and producers who once reserved their best ideas for HBO. Choices such as running the controversial telepic The...of more mainstream programming designed to appeal to HBO viewers will help it ride the leader's coattails into millions of new homes. HBO has 28 million subscribers, and only 12 million of ...

Ousted NBC exec takes same duties at Fox in shakeup; Entertainment...

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 10, 2007 ;     163 words ......ANGELES -- Less than two months after being fired as NBC's entertainment president, Kevin Reilly has been hired by Fox for the same job...entertainment chairman. Liguori, who has served as Fox's entertainment president since 2005, and Reilly are being reunited: The two worked...