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NFL Net Airs Favre’s Jets Debut Wide

NFL Network plans to televise Brett Favre’s first preseason game as a New York Jet nationally on Saturday, the network said. The network will be picking up the local feed of the game between the Jets and the Washington Redskins….

WPIX Renews New York Mets Rights

WPIX-TV (CW 11) has renewed its multi-year contract for the rights to broadcast the New York Mets through 2011. WPIX will air 25 Mets games each season for three years, with both home and away games available in HD. All…

Beijing Ratings on Gold-Medal Pace

The Beijing Olympics are on pace to become the most watched Olympics ever, as the first two days of coverage on NBC Universal’s networks have drawn 114 million viewers. So far, the Beijing Olympics are outpacing the Atlanta Olympics, the…

Summer TV’s Sizzles and Fizzles

Which New Shows Have Viewers Talking—or Walking

Political Spots Now a Bargain

Weak Economy Yields Lower Ad Prices

LG Turns Profit on TVs as LCD Sales Surge

LG Electronics, the world’s No. 3 manufacturer of liquid-crystal display televisions, said today that its TV-making operations turned a second-quarter profit on an 86% surge in LCD sales. LG’s digital display unit had an operating profit of 38 billion Korean…

Leno’s Last ‘Tonight’: May 29

Jay Leno will sign off as host of “The Tonight Show” on May 29, with Conan O’Brien taking over the storied franchise on Monday, June 1. WHO WANTS TO KNOW? No job’s too small for Jay Leno, center, who showed…

Reactions Cite ‘Chilling Effect,’ ‘Judicial Activism’ in Jackson Ruling

Reaction came swiftly to an appellate court’s decision overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s fining of CBS stations in the Janet Jackson 2004 Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction” incident. Artists, broadcasters and some First Amendment groups praised the ruling, while advocates of…

NBC Will Use ‘Heroes’ to Reintroduce ‘Life’

NBC is hoping its “Heroes” can supply some ratings oxygen to sophomore drama “Life.” As part of a scheduling tweak announced Monday at the TV Critics Association summer press tour, the network said it would double-pump “Life” the weeks of…

NCAA Basketball Sweet on Hershey

The Hershey Co. has become an official corporate partner for the NCAA, beginning with the 2009 NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship. The deal will give Hershey category exclusive marketing and promotional rights for the NCAA’s 88 championship events. Hershey…