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Editor’s Note: TVWeek, and TV Itself, Are Ready for a Fight

Everything is going to be fine. In fact, it’s going to be excellent. Perhaps it’s the promise of spring. Perhaps it’s the optimistic rhetoric of President Barack Obama. Perhaps it’s the green sprouts of an economic recovery. Whatever the cause,…

TV’s Singular Sensation

Leslie Moonves, CEO of CBS, Has Been a Model of Success

Adalian Column: Hair Comes Conan, At Long Last

It’s another sunny day in Southern California, and Conan O’Brien is about to go for a ride. The soon-to-be host of “The Tonight Show” waits just outside the entrance of his new late-night Thunderdome, Stage One on the Universal Studios…

ABC to Air New ‘Ted’ Episodes in June

“Better Off Ted” is getting some summer exposure. ABC today said that it will begin airing new episodes of the first-year comedy Tuesday, June 23 at 9 p.m. The show has been on hiatus since May 5. Six episodes from…

VH1 Sets Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for Jan. 15

The 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will air live on VH1 Jan. 15. The awards are decided upon by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Nominations will be announced on Dec. 14. This will be VH1’s third straight year broadcasting…

Lippin, jLINE Team on Branding Project

Public relations firm The Lippin Group is partnering with The jLINE Group to expand Lippin’s branding initiative “Brand2Hollywood,” the companies announced. The Lippin Group’s focus with Brand2Hollywood is to bring together possible sponsors with potential branding possibilities through media outlets…

MyNet Announces Fall Lineup

“Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader,” “Deal or No Deal” and “The Unit” are rounding out MyNetworkTV’s fall 2009-10 schedule, the network announced today. MyNet, which is moving away from original programming and toward a “programming service model” next…

Syndie Viewership Declines as Summer Nears

Syndication ratings slid south as warmer weather pushed more people away from their televisions during the week ending May 17th. As the third full week of the May sweep, levels of persons using televisions dropped by an average of 167,000…

3.1 Mil Households Still Unready for DTV

The number of TV households completely unready for the digital transition decreased to 3.1 million, according to Nielsen. The number represents 2.7% of TV households, down from 2.9% at the time of Nielsen’s last report two weeks ago, which stated…

TheWB.com Gets ‘Pushed’

TheWB.com has added another original series to its roster with “Pushed.” All 25 episodes of the thriller are now available on the Web site. “Pushed” revolves around a beautiful young model who seems to have it all—except for a husband…