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WNBC’s Berman Signing Off

WNBC-TV’s Len Berman will sign off from the New York-area station Wednesday night, ending 24 years as the station’s sportscaster, the New York Daily News reports. His “Spanning the World” segments will continue, however, incorporated into NBC’s “Today” beginning as…

NBC Yanks ‘Kings’; ABC Shortens ‘Motherhood,’ ‘Samantha’ Runs

NBC’s “Kings” has been dethroned from its Saturday timeslot, while ABC is pulling “In the Motherhood” even sooner than planned. NBC Tuesday said it was pulling the drama from its lineup, effective immediately. The network had recently moved the show…

Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution Names Cerio Exec VP, Cable Sales

Former HBO executive Tom Cerio is joining Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution as executive vice president of cable sales, marking one of the last steps of the distributor’s integration with its cable element. Mr. Cerio previously was executive VP of…

‘Natalee Holloway’ Draws Lifetime’s Top Movie Audience

Lifetime Movie Network’s premiere of “Natalee Holloway” Sunday night ranks as the highest rated and most viewed movie in the network’s history. “Holloway,” based on the novel “Loving Natalee: A Mother’s Testament of Hope and Faith,” scored a 1.8 rating…

Hulu Aims for iPhone App

Hulu is developing an application that will bring the site’s video content to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, BusinessInsider.com reports. While a video service on an iPhone may take up a larger portion of bandwidth, Hulu on the Apple products…

E! Wants ‘Kardashians’ Spinoff, Fleiss Project

E! has ordered a new reality series spun off from “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The new show, tentatively titled “Kourtney and Khloe in Miami,” will revolve around the younger Kardashians as they open a retail…

NAB: Disney Works With Adobe for Strobe

Disney is working with Adobe on the software company’s open-framework Strobe, which will help take Flash videos to TV sets, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Adobe President-CEO Shantanu Narayen spoke at the NAB Show in Las Vegas Monday morning, where he…

Syndicators Stress Consistency

Syndicators are stressing their segment’s consistent ratings as they head into this year’s upfront, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Still, syndication sales might decline 2% to $3.1 billion this year, according to a March report from the Jack Myers Report, while…

‘Grey’s’ Pompeo Pregnant

Ellen Pompeo of “Grey’s Anatomy” and her husband, Chris Ivery, are expecting their first child, People.com reports. Pompeo, 39, and her husband, 41, were married in November 2007 and had met in a grocery store in 2003, the Web site…

CNN Planning 100-Day Obama Coverage

CNN is planning prime-time coverage of President Barack Obama’s 100th day in office with a broadcast that will echo its primary and general election coverage, the Associated Press reports. On April 29, the network will pre-empt regular programming to show…