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Seacrest to Host Super Bowl on Fox

Fox has tapped “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest as “entertainment host” for the network’s coverage of Super Bowl Sunday on Feb. 3. With a plan to utilize Mr. Seacrest to cover and wrap up entertainment portions of the NFL program…

Lonelygirl Is Dead, But the Series Is Alive and Well

Audience Numbers Have Spiked; Creators Leave Room for Marketers

‘Supermodel’ Seeks Contestants Over 35

TV Land is looking for a supermodel who might be comfortable with the network’s baby-boomer demographic. Working with Wilhelmina Models, TV Land’s “The Next Great Supermodel” will be searching for a woman over 35 years old who exudes sophistication, beauty…

TelevisionWeek’s Sports Ratings Scores

National Ratings for Week of Aug. 6-12, 2007 Event  Outlet Household Rating Men 18-49 Rating Thursday, Aug. 9 NFL Football (Indianapolis vs. Dallas) Fox 4.9 3.3 PGA Golf (PGA Championship, 1st Rd.) TNT 1.0 0.4         Friday,…

Food Net Orders 13 Episodes of ‘Delicioso’

Food Network said it is picking up 13 more episodes of its new daytime series, “Simply Delicioso,” hosted by Ingrid Hoffman. The series premiered on July 14 and airs Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. as part of Food Network’s “In the…

Hearst-Argyle Takes High School Sports Online

Hearst-Argyle Television is taking high school sports coverage into new territory with High School Playbook, a Web site that will feature heavy coverage of prep teams and that will debut Thursday in the markets of seven of the group’s stations….

Dan Rather Takes HD Look at Touch-Screen Voting

HDNet Series Aims for Impact

Rounding Up HD News

EchoStar Promotes NFL Network HD EchoStar Dish Network announced Wednesday that it will have 24-hour carriage of NFL Network HD, according to TVPredictions.com. The total package, which will cost $29.99 a month, offers more than 100 sports and non-sports channels,…

This Week in HD: Aug. 16-23

HD programming picks for Aug. 16-Aug. 23: “Beerfest,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Le Mans” “Beerfest” (HBO HD). Saturday, Aug. 18. 8 p.m.: The comedy troupe behind “Super Troopers” returns with this quirky comedy set during Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Cinemax…

AOL’s Truveo Makes Presence Known

AOL is making a big push for dominance in video search with the makeover of its video search service Truveo.com, slated to go live today. The AOL-owned company has been powering video search for an undisclosed number of Web sites,…