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Daily Archives : Jun 25, 2014

Diane Sawyer Steps Down From ‘ABC World News’ — Network Shuffles Key Players, Names Replacement

TV news veteran Diane Sawyer is stepping down from the anchor's chair at "ABC World News," the network has announced, naming David Muir as her replacement, TVNewser reports. Sawyer will reportedly focus on prime-time specials, with Muir — who has…

Supreme Court Decision Against Aereo: Who Wins, Who Loses?

Today's 6-3 Supreme Court decision against Internet start-up Aereo handed a big win to TV broadcast networks and station owners, along with movie studios, pay TV providers and antenna makers, USA Today reports. In news that broke earlier today, the…

Fox Finishes Upfront Talks, Sees Deal Total Decline — Network Secures Price Hikes Between 2.5% and 3.5%

By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age Fox has completed its upfront negotiations for ad time in the upcoming TV season, with as much as a 15% drop in dollar volume and lackluster price hikes, according to a person familiar with negotiations….

Fox Network Wraps Its Upfront, Settles for Slim CPM Hikes and a Drop in Total Sales

The Fox Network has completed its upfront ad sales, and for the second year in a row the network has seen a decline in dollar volume, Ad Age reports. Fox also settled for slim CPM increases of between 2.5% and…

Tuesday Prime Time: A Rerun Easily Wins the Night

A repeat program was the highest-rated show on broadcast prime Tuesday night — by a lot — based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC's two-hour rebroadcast of "America's Got Talent" delivered a 1.9 average…

Is Stephen King Taking Over TV?

Yet another Stephen King-based project is in the works for television, with Lifetime adapting the writer’s novella “Big Driver” as a TV movie, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The TV movie will air this fall, and will star…

‘Survivor’ Contestant Dies in Train Derailment

A contestant who appeared on the CBS reality show "Survivor" was killed Tuesday in a train derailment. People magazine reports that “Survivor: Blood vs. Water” contestant Caleb Bankston, who worked at the Alabama Warrior Railway in Birmingham, is dead at…

Fine and Mellow: One of the Best Performances Ever on Broadway

To find out who TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross is talking about — and why — please click here.

Canceled NBC Comedy’s Future Just Got Dimmer

An NBC comedy series with the proverbial "small but loyal cult following" was looking as if it still had a chance even after the network canceled it recently, but hopes for a future for "Community" have suffered a setback. EW.com’s…

Big Turnout for Return of MSNBC Anchor

MSNBC saw its viewer numbers surge with the return of an anchor who has been out of action for a while. Deadline.com reports that about 809,000 viewers tuned in to watch the emotional return of Lawrence O’Donnell to the cable…