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UPN has ordered the seventh and eighth installments of its reality series “America’s Next Top Model” for the 2006-07 season, a core piece of programming designed for the network’s target audience of young women, and is also likely to bring…
The second episode of this season’s edition of “American Idol” was the top show for Wednesday in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, propelling Fox to the No. 1 spot for the night.“Idol” scored a 13.0 preliminary national rating in…
E!’s high-profile debut of host Ryan Seacrest didn’t much sway the network’s Golden Globes red carpet ratings. The entertainment channel’s pre-show was down 4 percent among total viewers and up 3 percent among 18 to 49, compared with last year’s…
CBS and DIC Entertainment are partnering to launch a Saturday morning branded kids programming block called “CBS’s Secret Saturday Morning Slumber Party” beginning this fall. Nancy Tellem, president of CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group, and Andy Heyward, chairman and…
Financier Carl Icahn, continuing to pressure Time Warner management to alter its business plan, is likely to press the media giant soon to completely spin off its cable and publishing businesses and enfold the remaining assets with an Internet portal.The…
Several major players in the TV industry on Thursday unveiled a new commitment to fund public service announcements promoting TV ratings and existing technology that enables parents to control what television programming gets into their homes. The move comes amid…
Former Fox marketing executive Susan Kantor has been named senior VP of marketing for both Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Telepictures Productions. The announcement was made Thursday by Jim Paratore, executive VP of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and…
Shares in The Walt Disney Co. and Pixar Animation Studios rose Thursday following reports that the two studios are in talks for Disney to acquire Pixar, which could lead to Pixar CEO Steve Jobs becoming Disney’s largest individual shareholder.An article…
Aside from fending off numerous questions about whether or not he’s making an offer to NBC’s Katie Couric, CBS News President Sean McManus suggested at the Television Critics Association press tour he was interested in targeting a single lead anchor…
A coalition of watchdog groups led by Consumers Union on Wednesday panned the cable TV industry’s new family-friendly programming tiers, saying they fail to provide enough programming choices. The members of the coalition, which also include the Consumer Federation of…