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KDVR Bolsters Investigate Staff to Better Compete
Fox-owned KDVR-TV in Denver beefed up its investigative staff earlier this month to compete head-on in the investigative arena with the other TV stations in Denver. The station now counts four reporters, rather than one, in the unit. The team…
Warner Bros. TV Makes Development Moves
Former ABC Drama executive Heather Kadin has been named VP of drama development for Warner Bros. Television, while WBTV’s Rachel Kaplan has been promoted from director of drama development to VP. Lisa Lang, formerly VP in current programming at the…
CSI Rehire: Eads, Fox May Return to Work
It has been reported that “CSI” series regulars Jorja Fox and George Eads might return to the hit CBS procedural drama, just days after they were fired over a pay dispute. Mr. Eads said at the Television Critics Association press…
‘Rescue Me’ Draws 4.1 Million Viewers
FX’s “Rescue Me” premiered Wednesday night as cable’s top-ranked show with 4.1 million total viewers and 2.5 million adults 18 to 49. The channel said the Denis Leary project earned the highest household rating of any original drama to debut…
Spike TV Announces Biz-Themed Reality Series
Spike TV announced an “Apprentice”-style reality series from LivePlanet, the production company founded by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, at the cable portion of the semiannual Television Critics Association press tour Friday. “American Start-Up” is a 10-episode series in which…
Viacom Discloses Pay, Succession Plans for Redstone
Viacom has all but assured Tom Freston and Leslie Moonves that either or both executives will replace Sumner Redstone as CEO of Viacom by 2007, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows.According to the document, which details the executives’ employment…
Belo Closes Two News Channels, Reports 16 Percent Surge in Q2 Earnings
Newspaper and station group owner Belo Corp. on Friday said it shuttered two 24-hour cable news channels in Texas that it had operated in a joint venture with Time Warner Cable, even as the company reported higher second-quarter earnings.The channels,…
Broker’s Assistant in Stewart Trial Gets Fine
The former broker’s assistant whose testimony helped sentence lifestyle guru Martha Stewart to five months in prison was himself spared jail time and instead was fined $2,000 for his role in Ms. Stewart’s illegal stock sale.Douglas Faneuil, 28, faced up…
Bravo Announces New Reality Series
Bravo announced a new reality series called “Situation Comedy” at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour in Los Angeles Thursday. Produced by “Will & Grace” star Sean Hayes, the production is current accepting unproduced original sit-com scripts from amateur…