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Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has completed a deal with the Tribune station group that includes virtually its entire programming slate and will revive “The Jenny Jones Show” for the fall schedule.“Jenny Jones” was on the verge of being canceled…
Robert Blake arrested Actor Robert Blake, best known for playing the tough-guy title role in the 1970s cop-show “Baretta,” has been arrested in Los Angeles and will be charged with the murder of his wife nearly one year ago. Los…
‘Hollywood Squares’ production company let go The changes keep coming for King World Productions’ game-show strip “Hollywood Squares.” The show’s production company Moffit-Lee has been released, and the distributor will prepare the series for its first season without center square…
Posted Tuesday, April 16, at 4:45 a.m. (PT); last updated at 5:28 p.m. Robert Urich dies Actor Robert Urich, best known for his roles in “Vega$,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “S.W.A.T.” and “Soap,” has died at the age of 55 after…
More than half the lead-out sitcoms on the broadcast networks are failing to retain a decent portion of their lead-in audience.Add to that a weak midseason lineup, with the majority of new sitcoms failing to generate audiences, and it spells…
At Charter Communications and Fox Sports Digital Nets’ Ultimate Sports Fan event are Laura Hervey, left, Shannon Ritko, Casey Schick, Sol Doten, Ted Naumann, Randy Rovegno, David Nathanson, Jeff Saunchegraw, Ken Tremback and Amanda Arle.E! Networks’ Kristin Malia, left, Kevin…
Multiethnic TV series on the six broadcast networks have increased substantially, but there are fewer shows with predominantly black casts, according to a new study on African American viewing assembled by media-buying giant Initiative Media-North America.Initiative Media’s research paper, obtained…
General Electric’s self-styled “digitization” program is a major financial weapon for NBC that has accounted for $400 million in savings in recent years. The digitization of NBC’s advertising sales, marketing, backroom and other operations could yield as much as $700…
Less equaled more at the first Radio-Television News Directors Association convention held in conjunction with the National Association of Broadcasters big technology show in Las Vegas last week.Nearly 1,200 attended rtnda@ nab. That’s about half the number that had been…
A hobbled Michael Jordan won’t provide help, so NBC found another way to give sales of the NBA playoffs a lift: using its desirable prime-time lineup in package deals with the ratings-hobbled NBA. Though not an absolute, the General Electric…