New entertainment network is right for conservatives
NEW YORK -- Actor Kelsey Grammer is an investor and public face supporting a new network that launched Wednesday with entertainment intended to appeal to political conservatives.
RightNetwork, whose first series, "Running," follows the fortunes of a couple of Tea Party-backed candidates for public office, is also trying a new model to establish itself. It is initially making programming available through video-on-demand services, the Internet and mobile phones, bypassing the route of traditional TV networks with a spot on channel lineups.
Investors hope the support of a conservative audience that has made Fox News Channel and radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh successful also could work for entertainment programming, said Kevin McFeeley, RightNetwork's president.
