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Third-Place ‘CBS Evening News’ Sliding, but Up Year-to-Year

The evening stars in the network news universe were back in their familiar places the week of Oct. 9, as the $15 million-a-year Katie Couric continued to see her 6-week-old “CBS Evening News” slide back to an improved third place…

Turner to Televise Baseball League Championships

Turner Broadcasting reached a seven-year agreement to televise one of Major League Baseball’s League Championship Series annually beginning in 2007. TBS will have the National League Championship in odd-numbered years and American League Championship in even-numbered years. Fox will carry…

Scripps Income Falls on Expenses; Cable Nets Surge

E.W. Scripps Co.’s third-quarter net income fell 11 percent to $73 million as costs from the sale of the Shop At Home Network and employee stock-option expenses outweighed higher profit at the company’s cable networks.Cable networks including HGTV and Food…

ABC Picks Up ‘Brothers & Sisters’

ABC has picked up the Sunday night drama “Brothers & Sisters” for a full season order, the network announced Monday. Last night the episode won the 10 p.m. hour in adults 18 to 49 with a 4.9. “‘Brothers & Sisters’…

Fox News, Cablevision Make Carriage Deal

Fox News Channel has come to a carriage agreement that will keep the channel on Cablevision systems for several more years. Fox News will receive an average of more than 75 cents per subscriber over the course of the deal…

ABC Leads Demo in Sunday Prelims

Football and baseball couldn’t compete with entrenched drama and reality slates Sunday night, as ABC and CBS won the night over NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” and Fox’s Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. ABC led the night among…

New Disney Rules Limit Character Use in Kids’ Foods

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday unveiled new licensing guidelines limiting most representation of its characters in children’s foods to healthier offerings. The move is one of the biggest efforts yet from marketers and media companies, who have come under…

MyNetworkTV Teams With Wal-Mart Clothing Line to Promote New Series

MyNetworkTV has whipped up a promotional campaign with Wal-Mart’s Metro 7 women’s apparel line to raise awareness of “Watch Over Me,” one of the 13-week drama series that will debut in early December on the network. The collaboration was announced…

Fremantle, Mobliss Team to Create Mobile Shorts for Sprint

Production shop FremantleMedia teamed up to create mobile phone video content with cell phone video aggregator Mobliss in a deal that kicks in Monday. The two partners introduced a mobile channel called “Atomic Wedgie” that includes original programming and content…

ABC, CNN, Other Nets Share Honors

Wide Range of Reporting Efforts Singled Out