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’24,’ ‘The Office’ Take Top Emmy Honors

Fox’s thriller drama “24” and NBC’s quirky comedy “The Office” took home best series statuettes Sunday at the “58th Annual Primetime Emmys Awards” in Los Angeles, on a night when several previous winners once again walked away with honors.The awards…

GAO Discounts Effectiveness of Anti-Drug Ad Spots

A Government Accountability Office report released Friday says the $100 million-a-year White House youth anti-drug advertising program’s ad campaign and its focus on marijuana use hasn’t worked—at least according to a study funded by the White House.“The evaluation provides credible…

NBC.com to Offer Real-Time Emmy Features

NBC said today that it will provide real-time interactive features on its Web site Sunday night to coincide with its telecast of the 58th Emmy Awards. The interactive capabilities will include television trivia questions and polls, as well as access…

TelevisionWeek Covers the Emmys

TelevisionWeek is gearing up to bring its readers the timeliest, most comprehensive coverage of the 58th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Check out TVWeek.com the night of Sunday, Aug. 27 for:–Exclusive photos of the TV industry’s biggest executives walking the red…

Warner Bros. Safe From Burbank Blaze

Warner Bros. staffers conducted business as usual and were not disrupted by a brush fire near the company’s Burbank lot Thursday, according to a Warner Bros. spokesman. Warner Bros. Studios’ fire department was first on scene at the fire and…

PBS Accepting Ads on Web Sites

PBS will accept paid ads on its Web site, a course reversal brought on by a funding pinch by Congress and swelling demand for Internet ad real estate.Five years after abandoning ads in the heat of the dot-com bust, PBS…

CBS to Stream 20th, Warner Bros. TV Series on innertube

CBS has reached a deal with program suppliers Warner Bros. Television and 20th Century Fox Television to stream episodes of selected prime-time series for free on CBS’s broadband channel, innertube.Starting in September, the first four episodes of 20th Century Fox’s…

Tennis Channel Inks Deal for French Open TV, New Media Rights

The Tennis Channel said Thursday it has reached a long-term deal to acquire exclusive new media and television rights—excluding broadcast—to the French Open tennis tournament.The deal gives the 3-year-old cable channel coverage of one of tennis’s Grand Slam events for…

New Zealand Police Official Joins Effort to Free Fox News Hostages

A police official from New Zealand is joining his country’s diplomatic team in Palestine as part of an effort to free a Fox News reporter and his freelance cameraman, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Thursday.American reporter Steve Centanni…

CBS to Offer Wireless Access to Show Clips via Billboards

CBS will make free clips from its new prime-time lineup available directly from CBS Outdoor billboard locations to mobile device users starting in September, a marketing first for a broadcast network. The clip offering is being made via MobiZone, which…