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Daily Archives : Jan 11, 2010

What’s Really Behind NBC’s Leno and Late Night Moves

TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross was your insider at the TCA session on Sunday, Jan. 10, in which NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin explained why he was cancelling Jay Leno’s primetime show and trying to build a new latenight schedule.  What the…

NBC Unveils Six More Drama Pilots

NBC is back in the drama hunt now that it plans to cancel the 10 p.m. “Jay Leno Show” and it has ordered six more pilots, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Among the projects are pilots from David E. Kelley, Jerry…

Leno Leaving Prime Time After Feb. 11

Jay Leno’s last 10 pm. prime time show will be on Feb. 11, Jeff Gaspin, the chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment, said Sunday, but the network still doesn’t know where he’ll end up, The New York Times reports. Gaspin,…

Simon Cowell’s ‘X Factor’ Could Land at Fox

Simon Cowell plans to launch a U.S. version of his British music talent show "The X Factor" in 2011, sources told the Los Angeles Times, and as a result this year’s “American Idol” season, which kicks off this week on…

Fox News Chief Roger Ailes Made $23 Million Last Year

Roger Ailes was paid $23 million last year in salary, bonuses and other compensation for his success in turning Fox News into a News Corp. “profit engine,” The New York Times reports. The paper said the unit is expected to…

CBS Says It Benefited from NBC’s Failed Leno Experiment

CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler told reporters at press tour that the network had reaped more 10 p.m. ad revenue as a result of NBC’s decision to slot “The Jay Leno Show” in the hour, the Associated Press reports. "Ten…

Sunday was Stephanopoulos’ Last on ABC’s ‘This Week’

George Stephanopoulos said at the end of Sunday’s “This Week” that it was his final regular appearance as anchor of the show, TVNewser reports. He started as co-anchor of the network’s “Good Morning America” last month. No replacement has been…

Nickelodeon Launching Math Series for Preschoolers

Nickelodeon will launch the only preschool series centered entirely on teaching math to children, reports TVWeek contributor Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times. The half-hour “Team Umizoomi,” which starts Jan. 25, has been in development for nearly five years,…

‘Gumby’ Creator Dead at 88

Art Clokey, creator of the bendable Gumby animated figure, died Friday at age 88, the Associated Press reports. The character and his horse friend Pokey were a student project Clokey produced while at the University of Southern California in the…

NBC to Lose Money on Winter Olympics

Rising license fees mean NBC Universal will lose money on the Winter Olympics this year, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol said Sunday, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Ebersol said that sales had recently taken off, after a slow…