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Cablevision Systems named Eric Sherman as president of fuse, its music channel.Mr. Sherman was previously with MTV Networks. He was senior VP and general manager of VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Classic Records and MHD until those positions were eliminated…
Bravo plans to begin airing original series in primetime on Thursdays, the biggest night for advertisers.The NBC Universal-owned channel, which already airs its reality shows on Tuesdays and competition shows on Wednesdays, also is shifting its ad sales focus to…
In TVWeek.com’s exclusive Backlot Talk podcast, co-executive producer Manny Coto this week dishes on the writers of “24.”Sitting in a smoke-filled room, the writers were face to face with the destiny of episode 17, and more specifically, the bombs. Where…
TV One scored its highest ratings ever with the first episode of the historic miniseries “Roots” Sunday night.The 30th-anniversary telecast of “Roots” drew a 1.1 Nielsen Media Research rating with more than 586,000 viewers tuning in.In African American households, “Roots”…
CBS Television Distribution CEO Roger King has been awarded The International Radio and Television Society Foundation 2007 Gold Medal Award to Roger King. The presentation dinner will be held at a black-tie gala on May 10th at New York City’s…
A continued downturn in audience viewing levels led to a tumble in syndication ratings, but some series were able to buck the trend.Since the early start of Daylight Saving Time this year, ratings have fallen across the board. For the…
The beginning of the end of “The Sopranos” drew 7.7 million viewers to HBO Sunday night, down from the premiere of the previous season, which drew 9.5 million viewers to the pay cable channel.On the other hand, the new season…
ABC and CBS tied for the lead in the preliminary Nielsens Monday night, while NBC’s new improvisational reality show “Thank God You’re Here” had a strong premiere. A 90-minute “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC had an on-par 4.8 rating…
Panama, Yahoo’s newly launched search marketing system, landed a big client Tuesday with Viacom’s announcement of a multiyear partnership that makes Yahoo the sole provider of sponsored search and contextual ads for its 33 broadband sites. The deal comes barely…
Shock jock Don Imus said he’s going to take his two-week suspension with as much dignity as he can muster and without “whining.” His comments came during a sometimes testy crossover appearance between his CBS Radio show, simulcast on MSNBC,…