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Broadcast Groups Say Gotta Danza!

Tony Danza will keep his New York roots.Buena Vista Television has confirmed that the upcoming daytime series will be broadcast live from New York for its fall launch and has given “The Tony Danza Show” a firm go for the…

Copping a plea

Michael Copps, one of two Democrats very much in the minority on the Federal Communications Commission, is clearly frustrated by the way the GOP majority steamrolls through key issues such as media consolidation, so he has taken his act on…

Fox Maps Web Strategy

Fox News Channel may be the dominant all-news cable channel in the ratings, but its Web site attracts only a quarter of the number of visitors that rival CNN.com draws.To close that gap, Foxnews.com has been steadily introducing new content…

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ABC Picks Up ‘Super Millionaire’ ABC picked up another short run of “Super Millionaire” to air in May. Regis Philbin will return to host the program. While “Super Millionaire” hasn’t drawn as huge ratings as “Who Wants to Be a…

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Bashir Reportedly Headed to ABC News One of the big stories Thursday in Britain was a report in The Guardian that Martin Bashir, the ITV and former BBC personality best known in the United States for sensational TV reports on…

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NBC to Take Part in Indecency Summit NBC late Wednesday announced that it will join the other three major TV networks at a March 31 industry summit hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters that’s aimed at cleaning up broadcast…

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‘Sex and the City’ Finale Sets Record The final episode of HBO’s “Sex and the City” on Sunday drew the highest ratings in the series’ history. Within the premium network’s universe, the show registered a 21.8 rating and 28 share,…

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George Foreman Reality Series Shopped On the heels of news that NBC is developing a boxing reality show with Mark Burnett, Crystal Spring Productions on Monday announced its own project featuring two-time heavyweight world champ George Foreman. The as-yet-untitled series…

I Want My `CSI’-No, I Demand It

While Disney may be giving Comcast the cold shoulder, CBS and NBC are both in discussions with the nation’s largest cable system operator about participating in an ongoing test of a video-on-demand service Comcast calls On Demand, currently available to…

leaping onto the scene

The jumping man to the left appears in “Fit TV Every-Man,” one of two 30-second spots that design company 21 Boom created for the launch of FitTV. The spot, along with its counterpart “FitTV Every-Woman,” airs on FitTV and other…