TV Movies Migrate to Cable
The made-for-TV movie, all but gone from the major networks, is being reinvented on cable.
In the mid-1970s, there were six weekly movies on the three broadcast networks, and as late as 1998, ABC, CBS and NBC all aired them on Sunday nights. Now none do: Instead, they offer a combined half-dozen or so titles each year.
Yet check the Saturday night lineup (a dead zone for the big guys) and you'll find new films on Lifetime, Sci Fi Channel and Hallmark, the three biggest purveyors of original movies.
Sci Fi will air 36 this year, up from 24, including this weekend's dragon tale Fire...
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Businesses Can Take Action to Ride Out the Tough Times
If you owe money to Tom Anderson's employee-recruiting company, don't expect to take your time paying.
Every morning, his office manager checks to see which customers have paid their bills. Clients who promised that a check was in the mail get a personal call from Anderson a week later, instead of the nice letter he used to send out.
"In the old days, like January through June of this year, I'd look at our receivables report once a month. Now I do it every week," said Anderson, who has kept the doors open at Los Angeles-based Anderson Associates Staffing Corp. through two previous recessions.
His...
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