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Daily Archives : Jun 19, 2008

Warner Horizon Names Karzen VP of Alt Programming

Warner Horizon Television (WHTV) has tapped Brooke Karzen as its senior vice president of alternative programming. Ms. Karzen will be responsible for the development and production of WHTV’s unscripted programming for broadcast and cable networks. She will work closely with…

NBA Finals Top June Ratings to Date

ABC’s coverage of this year’s NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers accounted for the six top-rated programs for the month of June thus far. The finals peaked during game six on June 17 from 11:45…

Jonas Bros’ Music Video to Close ‘Camp’

The Disney Channel will cap its premiere of “Camp Rock” this Friday with the debut of the Jonas Brothers’ new music video, Multichannel News reports. The “Burnin’ Up” music video will air at 9:55 p.m. and will encore after ABC’s…

Showtime Eyes Perry’s ‘Steve’ Pilot

Showtime has given a pilot commitment to Matthew Perry’s new show “The End of Steve,” from Sony Picture Television, the Hollywood Reporter says. Perry will write and executive produce the half-hour show about an egomaniacal local talk show host on…

Nielsen Goes Out-of-Home

Nielsen’s out-of-home tracking service, which measures viewing in bars, hotels and gyms, will launch later this summer, Media Daily News reports. Nielsen Out-of-Home Report will collect data from 4,700 panelists, who will carry AT&T cell phones with program exposure tracking…

‘Tori & Dean’ Sets Oxygen Rating Highs

The third season premiere of Oxygen’s “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” marked the network’s highest-rated and most-watched season debut of an original series, Multichannel News reports. The episode garnered a 0.7 household rating and was up 14% among women…

Dramas Top DVR Playback

Dramas, particularly of the science-fiction sort, are among the most played-back shows on DVRs, Media Daily News reports. NBC’s “Heroes” and ABC’s “Lost” experience the most DVR playback with 29% and 28% of viewers, respectively, putting the shows on their…

Nielsen Replaces Phone Recruit System

Nielsen will scrap the “random digital dial” telephone system that it uses to recruit paper diary ratings samples, Media Daily News reports. Nielsen will use addresses of prospective panel households instead starting in November, the Web site says. The move…

Penny Marshall to Direct ABC’s ‘Jim’

Penny Marshall may helm several episodes of ABC’s “According to Jim,” Entertainment Weekly reports. The series returns for its eighth year midseason, the magazine says. —Vlada Gelman

Hope Remains for NBC’s Novela Remake

NBC’s adaptation of the Colombian telenovela “Sin Tetas No Hay Paraíso (Without T— There Is No Paradise)” is still in development for next season or beyond, Entertainment Weekly reports. A U.S. remake of the series was one of Ben Silverman’s…