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After working for months on setting up “Arrested Development,” which Fox canceled, at a new network home, the show’s producers at 20th Century Fox TV have determined the show likely will not return. 20th Century Fox TV issued a statement…
Fox has given its Monday night freshman drama “Prison Break” a full-season order for the 2006-07 season.So far this season, “Break” has improved the network’s Monday 8 p.m. (ET) time period over last season by 57 percent among adults 18…
Crown Media Holdings, Hallmark Channel’s parent company, said Wednesday that it posted a narrowed fourth-quarter loss, as stronger advertising and affiliate-fee revenue offset increases in programming and marketing expenses.Crown said it posted a fourth-quarter loss of $59.8 million, compared with…
The NBC Universal Television Stations Group is developing a syndicated talk strip that is expected to run in daytime and will incorporate a studio audience.A classified ad that ran last week in several trade publications from the station group sought…
A&E Network has named Tana Nugent Jamieson senior VP of drama programming, the network said Tuesday. Ms. Nugent Jamieson, previously a senior VP at The WB, will help A&E re-enter the scripted drama business. She’ll be based in Los Angeles…
ESPN finished far out in front in the race for Sports Emmy nominations announced Wednesday morning, snagging 26 opportunities to take home gold statues at the National Academy of Arts & Sciences’ 27th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and…
A schedule change announced Wednesday by ABC is likely to increase speculation about the future of ABC News’ “Primetime.”The network is moving the newsmagazine to 9 p.m. (ET) Fridays for three weeks starting April 14. It’s part of a scheduling…
Court TV, which during last year’s upfront made guarantees to advertisers that it would deliver viewers who not only watched but paid attention to commercials, said Tuesday that it met or exceeded its promise on 97 percent of its schedules…
The CW on Tuesday announced 30 long-term affiliation agreements that increase clearances to 114 stations reaching more than 74 percent of the country.The newly signed affiliates include four General Media properties: UPN affiliate WASV-TV Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, NC-Anderson, S.C., (the 35th-largest…
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., on Tuesday said legislation backed by Rep. Joe Barton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, that would make it easier for phone companies to roll out video services favors communications industry giants at the…