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ABC’s Sets Big Movie Musical Tie-In Promotion

You can expect to see a lot of dancing and singing all over ABC in the weeks ahead, not to mention snippets of Sophia Loren and Daniel Day Lewis. It’s all part of a huge promotion between the Weinstein Co.’s…

ABC Yanks ‘Hank’

Less than a year after Fox nixed "Back to You," Kelsey Grammer has been pink-slipped again. ABC has halted production on Grammer’s sitcom "Hank," reports the Futon Critic. ABC will fill the Wednesday 8 p.m. timeslot with other programming as of…

‘NCIS’ Dominates Tuesday, ‘V’ Ratings Dip in Second Outing

CBS returned to the top of the ratings for Tuesday as "NCIS" dominated ABC’s hot newcomer "V," with the CBS show getting a 4.2/11 among adults 18-49 (20.2 million total viewers) compared to "V’s" 3.7/10 (10.6 million viewers), B&C reports. "NCIS"…

Winona Ryder Cast in Upcoming CBS ‘Hallmark Hall of Fame’

Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper will star in the upcoming “Hallmark Hall of Fame” movie "When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story," for CBS, Variety reports. The film about the co-founder of Al-Anon, a support group for people…

Leno Format Being Retooled as Ratings Lag

NBC is retooling the format of Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. weeknight strip to make it more closely resemble his old latenight talk show, B&C reports. Leno’s signature comedy bits, including “Headlines,” and “Jay Walking,” are now airing after his monologue,…

Zucker Would Run New NBCU Unconditionally

 If the Comcast Corp.-General Electric deal for NBC Universal goes through, the companies have agreed to that NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker will run the new joint venture, Reuters reports. Anonymous sources said Zucker would lead the new company with…

Tribune Co. to Pay Back $170 Million in Debt

Tribune Co. will pay back $170 million of its $225 million debtor-in-possession financing it took out to help pay for its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, the Chicago Tribune reports. The loans carry a high interest rate. Existing cash will be…

FearNet Slates Celebrity Talk Show

The horror-themed on-demand and online channel FearNet has picked up "Post Mortem With Mick Garris," featuring the creator of the anthology "Masters of Horror" as he talks with writers, producers and stars of the genre, Variety reports. The five-minute episodes…

Consumer Electronics Group Calls Spectrum Issue a ‘National Crisis’

Weighing in on the ongoing skirmish over whether broadcasters should give up some spectrum for new wireless devices, Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO Gary Shapiro called the lack of spectrum a “national crisis,” reports B&C. He said a new…

CBS Restructures Local Broadcast Operations

CBS, in what it called a “strategic restructuring” of its local broadcasting operations, named Anton Guitano to a new post of COO of CBS Local Media, TVNewsCheck.com reports. Guitano had been the CFO of CBS Radio. He’ll report to CBS…