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The host of “The Jay Leno Show” doesn’t expect to beat first-run versions of the scripted dramas it will compete with at 10 p.m. weeknights starting in fall 2009. He doesn’t have to, said Marc Graboff, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment…
Fox Business Network is expected to announce this afternoon a new distribution deal, representing some 2 million digital subscribers to Cox Cable in several major markets, TelevisionWeek has learned. The deal, which takes effect Jan. 1, will raise the 14-month-old…
A House Energy and Commerce Committee report released Tuesday concludes that the Federal Communications Commission under Chairman Kevin Martin has a record of “egregious abuses of power, suppression of information and manipulation of data,” in the words of the chairman…
NBC’s groundbreaking deal to move Jay Leno to 10 p.m. weeknights promises to radically alter the rules of prime time, even as it promises significant ramifications for numerous other aspects of the TV business. Already reeling from NBC’s Monday massacre…
Leo W. Brennan has been named chief operations officer for Cox Communications Inc., the company announced. Mr. Brennan had been senior VP and general manager of Cox’s cable system in Las Vegas. In his new post, he will be responsible…
USA Network is close to giving a full-season order to the pilot “Royal Pains,” one of three that were greenlit during the summer, the Hollywood Reporter says. The project stars Mark Feuerstein as a former emergency room doctor who becomes…
Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable president-CEO, said TWC will seek regulation review from the new Congress on the issue of retransmission, the Hollywood Reporter says. Britt said at Monday’s UBS investor conference that retransmission deals with broadcasters have played a…
Last Wednesday’s prime-time Grammy Awards nominations concert failed to generate much buzz for the recording industry, Daily Variety reports. After the nominations were released, few online retailers responded with buzz-generating lists, the trade says. Even “The Early Show” on CBS,…
A new report from London-based ZenithOptimedia says global ad spending will be down 0.2% next year, Daily Variety reports. According to the report, while ad spending in developing markets will be up, that growth will be offset by the drops…
NBC has found a way to keep Jay Leno in the Peacock fold, signing the comic to host a Monday-through-Friday comedy/talk show at 10 p.m. starting in fall 2009. That’s the word from industry insiders who’ve been briefed on the…