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Fox Soccer to Air International Friendly Games

Fox Soccer Channel is host to four North American summer friendly matches involving international clubs from several leagues around the world. Chelsea FC of England’s Barclays Premier League will meet three-time Korean League champion Suwon Bluewings on Tuesday, July 17…

Fox Hires Reilly as Entertainment President

Fox Broadcasting hired Kevin Reilly as president of entertainment, just over a month after the executive was ousted from a similar job at NBC. Mr. Reilly will report to newly promoted Fox Chairman Peter Liguori, reuniting the pair that, for…

Presidents Promoted at Fox Studio

After a decade leading the studio as presidents, Dana Walden and Gary Newman have been promoted to chairmen of Twentieth Century Fox Television. The title change means there is at least one open president slot at the studio. Moreover, the…

‘Entourage’ Boys Keep Clothes On

Last night’s episode featured the show’s first and only male full frontal shot, as “Entourage” executive producer Doug Ellin says he has no intention of showing Vince or any of the leads in a full-frontal nude scene. “I don’t have…

Dan Patrick Resigns From ESPN

Longtime ESPN anchor Dan Patrick is leaving the company as of Aug. 17. Mr. Patrick will be free to pursue interests with other media companies. “I’ve spent a third of my life at ESPN. All my children were born while…

Fox Wins Sunday With Laughs

Fox won Sunday night with three straight hours of comedy repeats, besting a mostly repeat-strewn field. Fox averaged a 2.2 rating among adults 18 to 49 for the evening, followed by CBS, which aired an original “60 Minutes” (1.4) and…

NBCU Bravo Ad Deals Go Minute-by-Minute

As part of their upfront advertising deals for cable, NBC Universal and media buying agency Starcom USA have based buys on Bravo on minute-by-minute commercial data. Starcom also did a minute-by-minute deal with Discovery Communications. Most upfront deals this season…

Joost Offers Sneak Peek of VH1’s ‘I Hate My 30s’

Internet TV service Joost will provide a sneak peek of upcoming VH1 comedy series “I Hate My 30s” on its service 10 days in advance of the on-air premiere, Joost said today. Viacom, the parent company of VH1, is an…

Higbee Gets New Role at Scripps

Scripps Networks shifted new-media executive Beth Higbee to a new post as senior VP and general manager of emerging ventures. In the new job, she will concentrate on creating “disruptive new businesses developed organically to drive growth for Scripps,” the…

Rather to Take Part in TVWeek Event at CTAM

Newscaster Dan Rather will take part in a keynote conversation with TelevisionWeek publisher and editorial director Chuck Ross at this year’s CTAM Summit in Washington, D.C. TVWeek’s panel event, “HD07: The State of the Business,” takes place on Monday, July…