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As only one of two networks to air any first-run programming Thursday night amid a plethora of block programming, CBS pulled out the victory in the night’s ratings wars, according to Nielsen Media Research. A first-run airing of “King of…
AT&T moved to end a Federal Communications Commission stalemate on the company’s $85.8 billion merger with Bell South by agreeing to some conditions it had wanted to avoid, including a ban on charging content providers more for access to faster…
TV Land will be showing the class comedy series “M*A*S*H” on Jan. 1 and plans to give the show a major welcome.In addition to episodes, during the first week of January, the Viacom-owned cable network aimed at baby boomers will…
By Chuck Ross It’s been a really crummy year for the health of journalists who cover media here on the trade side. Eric Schmuckler, 47, a longtime colleague at MediaWeek, passed away yesterday after a long-bout fighting cancer. This sad…
ESPN’s first season of “Monday Night Football” ranks as the most-watched series in cable television history, the network said.The 17-game season averaged 9.1 million households and 12.3 million total viewers and represented the 17 largest household audiences for cable TV…
Cable network GSN introduced its latest “topical” game yesterday with the release of the “Saddam Hussein’s Hangman” game on its Web site at GSN.com. The game features an animated Mr. Hussein who fires back phrases such as “Americans can’t spell”…
The CEO and founder of online video site Guba.com left the company earlier this month to “actively pursue his hobbies,” Guba said officially.Thomas McInerney founded Guba in 1998. He had previously worked as an engineer for Apple Computer and also…
(Corrects show names for “Entertainment Tonight” and “Access Hollywood” and percentage drop for “Extra”)A traditionally weak week for syndicators maintained a troublesome holiday tradition with few programs showing improvement for the week ending Dec 17. With most shows in repeats,…
During the week before Christmas, “NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” finished first in total viewers and among the 25- to 54-year-old demographic that is of the most interest to advertisers in news programming. In recent weeks, ABC’s “World News…
(Corrects outlets for Cotton Bowl)Fox Sports plans to make games from the college football Bowl Championship Series available online.The AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan. 1 will be simulcast for free on FoxSports.com.Other full-length games will be made available after…