Entertainment & Arts
Made-for-TV movies, once a staple on the broadcast networks, are helping more narrowly focused channels serve their audiences.
Dec. 15, 2002
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, the premium movie channels--Home Box Office, Showtime, Cinemax and The Movie Channel--were growing steadily.
July 28, 1991
Television
In the wrenching last act of the TV movie “Brian’s Song”--a three-hankie affair if there ever was one--dying football player Brian Piccolo hoarsely croaks to teammate Gale Sayers, “It’s fourth and eight, and they won’t let me punt.”
March 28, 2001
There may be no body, but there are plenty of suspects in the demise of the network movie--beginning with the networks themselves.
Aug. 19, 2001
It was the big bash for the launching of TNT, Ted Turner’s cable channel forclassic-movie buffs.
Jan. 23, 1990
Hollywood studio executives shook their heads in disbelief four years ago when maverick cable entrepreneur Ted Turner plunked down more than $1 billion for the dusty, largely black-and-white MGM film library.
Sept. 9, 1990
Once a Hollywood runt, the made-for-TV movie has quietly grown into a behemoth.
Sept. 30, 1990
Steve White supervised development of NBC’s TV movies until 1986, leaving the network not long before Fox crashed the prime-time party.
Feb. 29, 2000
The network devoted to movie news and reviews will require patience as well as deep pockets if it’s to become profitable within a crowded field.
Jan. 4, 2007