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The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday night rejected California gubernatorial hopeful Phil Angelides’ bid to require NBC’s California stations to provide him nearly 16 minutes of airtime to counter Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Oct. 17 appearance on “The Tonight Show With…
Actor Bill Cosby will be inducted into the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Image Awards Hall of Fame during “The 38th NAACP Image Awards,” Image Awards executive producer Vicangelo Bulluck announced Thursday. Mr. Cosby has received two…
A last-minute World Series game cancellation left Fox bereft and Wednesday night wide open for ABC to swoop in and enjoy an easy victory. With Game 4 between St. Louis and Detroit was canceled due to rain, Fox filled its…
In a landmark syndication deal, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold Dick Wolf’s drama “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” to the nation’s top markets for Monday-through-Friday airings. The show has been sold to Fox owned-and-operated stations in New York,…
Clear Channel Communications has confirmed its board of directors “is evaluating various strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.” In a short statement posted Wednesday, the sprawling multimedia company said it has hired Goldman Sachs to help consider options, which some…
Comcast, the nation’s biggest cable operator, reported stronger third-quarter earnings as consumers snapped up its combination of phone, television and high-speed data service. The company said net income increased to $1.2 billion, up from $222 million a year ago. Those…
A week after NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker proclaimed that scripted drama and comedy will be phased out of NBC’s 8 p.m. hour, the network announced Wednesday a new two-hour comedy block schedule for Thursday nights that kicks off at…
Freshman syndicated talk shows were shuffled in a few mid-sized markets , with Sony Pictures Television’s “Greg Behrendt” and Warner Bros.’ “Dr. Keith Ablow” being switched to different time slots. “Behrendt” was shifted by WRBW-TV in Orlando (from 4 p.m….
Since being canned by Viacom for not developing the company’s broadband strategy aggressively enough, Tom Freston has been working on his “personal digital strategy” and creating videos for his own MySpace.com page.At least that’s what Mr. Freston said during a…
Nielsen Media Research and News Corp. announced Wednesday they have signed an eight-year agreement for Nielsen to provide audience measurement services for 49 News Corp. TV entities. The pact consolidates more than 150 individual agreements between the companies. Financial terms…