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‘SAG Awards’ to Air on TNT

The “11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards” will be presented Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles and will be telecast on Turner Network Television. The time period for submitting nominations opens Monday, Aug. 16,…

Food Network to Honor Child

Food Network will air a tribute to the late chef Julia Child next week, the network announced Friday. Ms. Child died early Friday morning of kidney failure at the age of 91. The one-hour tribute will tell her life story…

Fox Orders More ‘North Shore’

Fox announced Friday it was giving a full 22-episode season order to the Hawaii-based drama “North Shore.” The nighttime soap, which was part of Fox’s summer strategy and launched in June, recently added “Charmed” alum Shannen Doherty to its cast….

Three Presidential Debates Proposed

The Commission on Presidential Debates has proposed a slate of three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. Democratic candidate John Kerry’s campaign has agreed to the debate formats and locations, but the Bush campaign had not responded as of…

‘Touching Evil’ Canceled

USA’s remake of the British crime drama “Touching Evil” has been canceled after one season due to low ratings, the network confirmed. The one-hour show was executive produced by Bruce Willis. Meanwhile, Sunday night’s episode of USA’s “The 4400” was…

Nielsen Carries on in Hurricane’s Path

It was not business as usual Friday at Nielsen Media Research’s campus in Dunedin, Fla., in the path of Hurricane Charley and its 145 m.p.h winds. The Nielsen campus just north of St. Petersburg had battened down the hatches Thursday…

Julia Child Dies at 91

Julia Child, the venerable chef whose pioneering television cooking show in the 1960s helped inspire legions of TV-star chefs and a cable channel devoted to food and cooking, died early Friday morning at her home in Santa Barbara, Calif. She…

FCC Approves KNTV Transmitter

San Francisco’s NBC-owned station KNTV said it received approval from The Federal Communications Commission to build a new transmitter on Mt. San Bruno in the Bay area. The new transmitter should help improve the station’s reception throughout the designated market…

ABC.com to Offer ABC On Demand

Based on the success of the ABC News Now broadband news video offering, ABC.com has followed the footsteps of its news sibling with a broadband entertainment product. ABC.com said its Web site now includes video segments from “The View,” “Jimmy…

Nielsen Shutters Facility as Hurricane Approaches

Nielsen Media Research began notifying clients Thursday that its Dunedin, Fla., operations center will be closed for normal business Friday, due to massive mandatory evacuation orders from public safety officials preparing for Hurricane Charley expected to sock the Tampa Bay…