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'House' tops Monday ratings
TV News: Fox wins night over CBS comedies, family favorites -- On a night when ESPN's coverage of the much-anticipated NFL game between New Orleans and New England figured to dominate the ratings race, Fox led the broadcasters thanks to "House," the ...
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Nicole Richie gets ABC series
TV News: 'Simple Life' thesp to star in scripted half-hour comedy -- Nicole Richie is plotting a return to primetime, this time as the star of a scripted half-hour comedy.
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‘Office’ pair team for film
TV News: Writers will build bigscreen ‘Self Esteem’ -- "The Office" scribes Brent Forrester and Mindy Kaling are looking to boost their self-esteem with a project at Mandate Pictures.
KNBC adds Bart, Guber
TV News: Affil to air Saturday skein from showbiz insiders -- Los Angeles outlet KNBC will launch "Show Business With Bart and Guber" this Saturday.
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Will Bravo crash party?
TV News: Can net afford to have the couple on ‘Real Housewives’? -- With a White House review, a Secret Service investigation and now a congressional hearing exploring how the "party crashers" got in to the state dinner last week, where does that ...
Shaw steps down at ABC
TV News: Sales and marketing prez exits after 10 years -- ABC sales and marketing president Mike Shaw is departing after nearly 10 years in the top job.
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Fox cooking up 'Bob's Burgers'
TV News: Animated half-hour series from Loren Bouchard, Jim Dauterive -- Fox is cooking up 13 episodes of "Bob's Burgers," an animated half-hour from Loren Bouchard ("Dr. Katz") and Jim Dauterive ("King of the Hill").
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Lenser Marc E. Reshovsky dies
TV News: Cinematographer shot films, shows, musicvideos -- Cinematographer and still photographer Marc E. Reshovsky, A.S.C. , who shot films, TV shows and musicvideos, died Nov. 20 in Seattle of complications from influenza. He was 52.
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GE, Vivendi reach deal on NBC U stake
TV News: 20 percent stake reportedly bought for $5.8 billion -- General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal held by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, The Associated Press has learned.
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ABC sales, marketing prexy to step down
TV News: Mike Shaw exits post after nearly ten years -- ABC sales and marketing president Mike Shaw is departing after nearly ten years in the top job.
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TNT boots 'Raising the Bar'
TV News: CBS removes 'Rivers' from Sunday nights -- TNT has lowered the "Bar," while CBS on Monday dammed its "Rivers."
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WWE inks U.K. deal
TV News: BSkyB to air wrestling shows in U.K. and Ireland -- British Sky Broadcasting has inked a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment.
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TBS' Chip Caray out on errors
TV News: MLB announcer criticized for postseason mistakes -- TBS has parted ways with lead Major League Baseball announcer Chip Caray following a postseason performance widely criticized for mistakes.
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Charlie Rose subscribes to BusinessWeek column
TV News: PBS host to pen weekly piece for news magazine -- Charlie Rose is headed to BusinessWeek. The interviewer and host of the eponymous PBS show will pen a weekly column for the news magazine, featuring interviews with "thinkers, politicians and ...
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Four Aces member Al Alberts dies
TV News: Singer also hosted TV talent show in Philadelphia -- Al Alberts, a founding member of the singing group, The Four Aces, and a longtime TV talent show host in Philadelphia, died Nov. 25 in Arcadia, Fla. He was 87.
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Bernard Birnbaum dies at 89
TV News: CBS News producer covered Watergate scandal -- CBS News producer Bernard Birnbaum, who helped shape the public's view of issues ranging from poverty to the Watergate scandal while working alongside Walter Cronkite and Charles Kuralt, died of ...
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PGA announces TV noms
TV News: 'Mad Men,' '30 Rock' return as top contenders -- NBC's "30 Rock" and AMC's "Mad Men" are in contention to repeat as TV series winners of Producers Guild Awards.
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NBC dominates Sunday night ratings
TV News: Fox's animation block holds on strong -- Typical for a Sunday night during the NFL season, NBC won the ratings race with a strong showing for the Steelers vs. Ravens game. Fox's animation block performed well to give the net a second-place ...
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'Nine' tops Satellites with 11 noms
TV News: 'Glee' sings out with five nominations -- The Weinstein Co.'s "Nine" scored a leading 11 Satellite Award nominations, including best picture in the comedy or musical category.
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Gordon Ramsay shows sell abroad
TV News: 'F Word,' 'Escape' find foreign buyers -- Foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay is cooking up a storm overseas. Optomen Intl. has sold two of Ramsay's shows to several territories.
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Syfy picks up thriller 'Haven'
TV News: Series is first to be produced for global outlets -- Syfy has signed on to pick up 13 episodes of "Haven," a thriller based on Stephen King's novella "The Colorado Kid."
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Pro7Sat.1 may sell news channel
TV News: Company chief Ebeling considers sale of N24 -- ProSiebenSat.1 is considering a sale of its N24 news channel as it examines ways to improve profitability at the group.
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NBC names Donna Mills sr. VP
TV News: Executive takes on marketing, affiliate relations -- Donna Mills has been tapped as senior VP, marketing, communications and affiliate relations for NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution.
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Women revamp TV roles rules
TV News: Females show strength before and behind TV camera -- This season's Golden Globe hopefuls are populated with women actresses, exec producers, writers and showrunners.
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MTV sets 'Avatar' webcast
TV News: Cast, Cameron to discuss film online ahead of network special -- MTV will present a live webcast of a roundtable with director James Cameron and other featured talent from the film "Avatar" on Dec. 3 as a prelude to a half-hour television ...
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'Shattered' puts together cast
TV News: Rennie, Parker, Sullivan drawn to crime drama -- Thesps Callum Keith Rennie ("FlashForward"), Molly Parker ("The Road") and Camille Sullivan ("Da Vinci's Inquest") have been tapped to star in upcoming smallscreen drama "Shattered."
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McConaughey’s ‘Rooster’ at Fox
TV News: Animated comedy based on actor’s brother -- Fox has partnered with Matthew McConaughey to develop an animated TV comedy based on his brother's life.
NBC Agency promotes Vescera
TV News: Exec to head West Coast creative team -- The NBC Agency has tapped Jim Vescera to head up its newly consolidated West Coast creative team.
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NBC taps Mills for VP post
TV News: Exec named senior VP of marketing, communications -- Donna Mills has been tapped as senior VP, marketing, communications and affiliate relations for NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution.
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Soviet-era media control persists
TV News: Lack of freedoms hindering democracy, says media rep -- Twenty years after Europe's Communist-era Iron Curtain began to crumble with the fall of the Berlin Wall, state interference or control of TV in many former Soviet countries continues to ...
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Christopher Eccleston plays Lennon
TV News: BBC drama to look at Beatles' breakup -- The turbulent and often tragic life of John Lennon is to be the subject of another British film.
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BBC chief looks to cut U.S. shows
TV News: More money will be spent on local production -- BBC topper Mark Thompson has signalled that the corporation will spend less money on U.S. shows in future.
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McCoy backs MTV's Staying Alive
TV News: Single, docu to go out on World Aids Day -- MTV Networks Intl.'s Staying Alive Foundation is to release Travis McCoy's charity track "One at a Time" Tuesday to coincide with World Aids Day.
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U.S. TV boosts French actress
TV News: Leslie Caron back in spotlight thanks to producer -- Leslie Caron's life changed forever when Gene Kelly cast her in 1951's "An American in Paris."
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Nets flourish with fall crop
TV News: New shows shine as reality, crime series fade -- The broadcast networks were on the ropes this television season even before it began -- months before.
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Niche success gives networks boost
TV News: Series that play to narrower demos show value -- Adults 18-49 remain the grand ratings prize for broadcast television. But some primetime shows that don't win their timeslots in that holiest of demos still offer nifty consolation prizes for ...
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U.K. TV exports increase 25%
TV News: Sales to the U.S. total $574 million -- The value of U.K. TV exports increased by 25% last year as strong demand from the U.S. propelled growth, especially in format sales.
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Austrian government bails out ORF
TV News: Strapped pubcaster gets $240 million -- The Austrian government has come to the rescue of financially strapped pubcaster ORF.
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Niche success gives networks boost
TV News: Series that play to narrower demos show value -- Adults 18-49 remain the grand ratings prize for broadcast television. But some primetime shows that don't win their timeslots in that holiest of demos still offer nifty consolation prizes for ...
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CNN aims for the center
TV News: Turner cabler works to make plan viable -- John King's promotion to weekday host comes on the heels of CNN solving what liberal activists had labeled its "Lou Dobbs problem,"
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Tiger Gate brands to launch on Now
TV News: KIX and Thrill to draw on 12,000 title library -- Lionsgate's Asian subsid Tiger Gate Ent. has announced that it will launch its pay TV channel brands, KIX and Thrill, on PCCW's Now TV platform in Hong Kong.
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Media giant loses appetite for Turkey
TV News: Axel Springer backs out of Dogan Yayin deal -- German publishing giant Axel Springer has backed out of a deal to buy a 29% stake in Turkish group Dogan Yayin due to an ongoing tax dispute between the media company and the Turkish government ...
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Disney sells stake in U.K.'s GMTV
TV News: ITV swallows early morning broadcaster -- Disney has sold its 25% stake in U.K. breakfast broadcaster GMTV.
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Nets flourish with fall crop
TV News: New shows shine as reality, crime series fade -- The broadcast networks were on the ropes this television season even before it began -- months before.
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Granada docks at StarHub
TV News: ITV Studios Global Entertainment bows web in Singapore -- ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch a general entertainment web in Singapore on Tuesday.
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Telco nabs pay tv stake
TV News: Spain’s Telefonica takes 21% of Prisa’s Digital Plus -- Telefonica has acquired a 21% stake in Prisa's pay TV platform Digital Plus for $705 million.
Taylor Lautner to host 'SNL'
TV News: NBC sketch series taps 'Twilight' hunk -- "New Moon" star Taylor Lautner will host the Dec. 12 edition of "Saturday Night Live," NBC has announced.
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'Dancing,' 'NCIS' duo top Tuesday
TV News: ABC victors in 18-49 demo; CBS tops overall viewers -- ABC and CBS were neck and neck in key categories on the final Tuesday of the November sweep, with the former riding the two-hour "Dancing With the Stars" finale and the latter boosted by ...
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BBC may sell stake in Worldwide
TV News: Broadcaster mulls sale of part of commercial arm -- The BBC is understood to have held discussions with financial advisers about the possibility of floating part of BBC Worldwide, its commercial arm.
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Hungary's T-Home trials Ozone, Life
TV News: Cable channels look at green, health issues -- T-Home, the cable provider for the Magyar Telecom Group, is piloting two pioneering channels in Hungary that tap into growing concern in the country for the environment and healthier living.
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