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Fox is pulling its Monday 8 p.m. hour block of comedies “Arrested Development” and “Kitchen Confidential” for the rest of the November sweeps and is replacing them with repeats of the drama “Prison Break.”The Emmy-winning “Arrested” is a critics’ darling…
American Public Television and public television stations WNET-TV in New York City and WGBH-TV in Boston will launch the first national public television digital channel in January. The channel, Create, will feature lifestyle and how-to programming from public television. At…
Yahoo! has pulled out of talks to buy a stake in Time Warner’s America Online unit, balking at Time Warner’s insistence that the media giant retain a majority stake in the online service.News of Yahoo’s withdrawal, first reported Thursday by…
USA has ordered a dramedy pilot about the Canadian Secret Service called “Underfunded,” the network confirmed Wednesday. The pilot is cast contingent and is executive produced by “Monk” producer David Breckman and “Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” writer Ross…
President Bush nominated Deborah Taylor Tate, a director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, for a Republican seat on the Federal Communications Commission, the White House announced Wednesday. At the same time, the president nominated FCC Commissioner Michael Copps for a…
Hodes Becomes Partner at EndeavorThe Beverly Hills-based talent agency Endeavor has promoted TV literary agent Greg Hodes to partner. Mr. Hodes’ clients include television writers Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”), Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.”), Josh and Jay Pate (“Surface”), Eric Kripke…
John Malone’s Liberty Media took two steps Wednesday toward reshaping its future, naming a former Microsoft executive as CEO and announcing plans to create a tracking stock for its interactive businesses.Gregory Maffei, who once was Microsoft’s chief financial officer and…
If the industry doesn’t take significant steps to make it easier for parents to control what their children view on television, Congress will step in and legislate. That was a warning shot fired by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in a…
Discovery Holding, releasing its first set of earnings figures since being spun off from John Malone’s Liberty Media in July, reported Wednesday that Discovery Communications’ third-quarter operating profit soared 28 percent to $166 million.Revenue at the company rose 15 percent…
Cable operator Mediacom Communications reported Wednesday a narrowed third-quarter loss of $2.7 million, compared with a year-earlier loss of $12.8 million, as the company’s bundling initiatives helped offset subscriber losses related to a spate of hurricanes in the Gulf Coast…