HBO: The Tough Act TV Tries to Follow
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After a virtual sweep at this year's Emmys, HBO says the best is yet to come, but rival television executives, perhaps thinking wishfully, say they are not so sure.
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Still, it&#39;s careful to follow TV&#39;s new rules: Shows can be as smart as they want, but only if they solve a straight-ahead case each hour.
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The deal with âThe Dealâ is that for HBO itâs a safe but unexciting offering, a reheated British leftover at a time when this cable network could badly use a fresh, sizzling platter.
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The different directions of Foxâs âHouseâ and âPrison Breakâ demonstrate some of the difficulties that television producers face as a successful series begins to age.
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&quot;Law & Order&quot; may  stumble in its quest to replace &quot;Gunsmoke&quot; as the longest  running primetime drama in television history.
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Cable network HBO ran away with the  Emmy Awards on Sunday night as its gangster hit "The Sopranos"  finally got the respect it deserved and its landmark production  of "Angels in America" surpassed "Roots" to clinched a record  11 awards for a miniseries.
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Like moths to a flame,  cable television networks can&#039;t seem to resist swarming to  narrative comedy series -- no matter how many channels get  burned.
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The 11.9 million viewers who watched "The Sopranos" finale brought HBO to the edge of a historic feat: a show on a pay cable network available in about 30 million homes was more popular last week than all but one show on the far larger world of broadcast television.
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Time Warner Inc pay TV channel HBO  will launch a service on Tuesday to let subscribers download  movies and television shows over the Web, joining a crowded  market for video on the Internet.
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ABC moved forward with its miniseries "The Path to 9/11" on Sunday despite angry calls from former Clinton administration officials not to air it because it contained fabricated scenes about their actions prior to terrorist attacks.
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While most major networks have joined the rush to integrate advertisers in their programming in exchange for fees or purchases of more commercial slots, HBO stands out as an anomaly.
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HBO was the only  television network with two shows apiece in both the dramatic  and comedy series categories of the Writers Guild Awards, which  announced TV nominations Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - While most major  networks have joined the rush to integrate advertisers in their  programming in exchange for fees or purchases of more  commercial slots, HBO stands out as an anomaly.
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Fans of &quot;The Sopranos&quot; are seizing  on clues suggesting the controversial blackout which abruptly  ended the TV mob drama meant that Tony Soprano was rubbed out,  and HBO said on Thursday they may be on to something.
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In 2005, there's a good chance you or someone you know will buy a digital television set and a satellite radio and purchase a movie at home using a remote control or laptop. In the newspapers (strike that -- on the Internet), you'll read more about radio and television indecency and may very well see the Supreme Court take the first step toward tossing out the federal regulations that have kept NBC from looking more like HBO.
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HBO's hourlong look at the end of the 2001 baseball season deftly recalls the tension of those early weeks after the World Trade Center attacks.
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Television networks are learning a harsh lesson in reality -- too many reality shows are a turn-off for viewers.