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FamilyNet Nabs ‘Happy Days,’ ‘Family Ties,’ ‘My 3 Sons’

FamilyNet Television, available to 15.7 million households, has acquired the rights to the comedies “Happy Days,” “Family Ties” and “My Three Sons” from CBS Television Distribution Group, Multichannel News reports. The programs will anchor the network’s weeknight lineup starting Jan….

Troubled Syndication Market Sees Shows Leave

More syndicated programs are going off the air than are being created this buying season, a sign of the market’s troubles, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The only first-run shows certain to air in syndication for fall 2009 are newcomers “Dr….

HBO Packages ‘Treatment’

HBO will cluster episodes of “In Treatment” when it returns in April, the Hollywood Reporter said. The network air two episodes on Sundays and three on Mondays, because HBO entertainment president Sue Naegle said viewers like to watch more than…

Fox Revives ”Til Death’

Fox has ordered another season of the Brad Garrett comedy “Til Death,” Daily Variety reports. The show, which has been off the air since October, has been given a 22-episode order for a fourth season, which would bring its episode…

‘Conchords’ Songs to Be Sold Online

Songs from HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords” will be available for sale the day after an episode airs in the show’s second season, which begins Jan. 18, the Hollywood Reporter says. Viewers can pre-order the show’s unnamed album, which will…

BET’s ‘Harlem Heights’ Follows Kanye West’s Ex-Fiancee

BET’s reality program “Harlem Heights,” which debuts March 2, follows Brooke Crittendon, the former fiancee of rapper Kanye West, and who said her reason for doing the show was feeling misunderstood as the significant other of a celebrity, the New…

Whatcott, Quinn Join Brightcove as Senior VPs

Online video technology provider Brightcove beefed up its executive ranks with two new hires and also added to its board of directors, the company announced today. Former Adobe executive Jeff Whatcott joins as senior VP of marketing, while Mike Quinn,…

CBS to Announce Retrans Deal With FiOS

CBS is likely to announce a retransmission consent agreement, its second in the last two weeks, with Verizon’s FiOS, which has 8.2 million customers in 14 states, the New York Post reports. Neither CBS nor Verizon is acknowledging whether CBS…

CES Attendance Takes Significant Dip

Attendance at the just-completed Consumer Electronics Show could be down by as much as 22% compared with last year. The Consumer Electronics Association released its attendance projection Sunday, predicting the number of attendees will be more than 110,000. If the…

Sweeney Touts Interactive ‘Lost’ in CES Speech

In the new season of “Lost” premiering Jan. 21, expect a lawyer to show up at the home of Kate Austen and demand a sample of blood. Someone—he can’t say who—wants to know if Kate is actually related to her…