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‘Anatomy’ Gets Super Bowl Lead Out

Eschewing the chance to promote a midseason show or a first-season series, ABC will air sophomore hospital drama “Grey’s Anatomy” immediately after Super Bowl XL on Feb. 5, 2006. With the game slated to start at 6 p.m. (ET), it…

HBO, Ball Developing Vampire Series

“Six Feet Under” creator Alan Ball is developing a new series for HBO based on the “Southern Vampire” books by Charlaine Harris, the network announced Monday. “I picked up ‘Dead Until Dark,’ the first book of the ‘Southern Vampire’ series,…

AMC Extends Movie Series

AMC has ordered four additional episodes of its new documentary series “Movies That Shook the World,” for a total of 13 episodes, the network announced Monday. The half-hour weekly series profiles the most influential movies of all time and is…

Comedy Central Renews ‘Mencia’

Comedy Central has renewed “Mind of Mencia” for a 13-episode second season and signed a deal with star Carlos Mencia that includes a one-hour stand-up special and a nationwide stand-up tour. For its first season “Mind of Mencia” was a…

Petitti Taking Over CBS Sports Operations

CBS Sports on Monday promoted Tony Petitti to executive VP. He will take over day-to-day operations from CBS Sports President Sean McManus, whose duties were expanded last week when he received the additional title of president of CBS News. Mr….

Apple Sells 1M Videos on iTunes

Apple Computer announced Monday that it has sold 1million videos in the 20 days since it first began offering videos, including episodes of ABC’s “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives,” on its iTunes Music Store.The maker of the popular iPod didn’t disclose…

TW Cable Launches Start Over Service in S.C.

Time Warner Cable said Monday it has launched its Start Over service in its South Carolina division. The service, which allows customers to restart a program in progress, begins with 60 networks signed up to participate. About 10,000 customers in…

‘Nightly News’ Full Broadcast to Stream on MSNBC.com

“NBC Nightly News” will begin streaming its full nightly broadcast free on-demand at 10 p.m. (ET) Nov. 7 on MSNBC.com.It will be the first flagship network newscast to provide its full network broadcast online. The streamed versions of “Nightly News,”…

Case Stepping Down From Time Warner Board

America Online co-founder Steve Case said Monday he is stepping down from the board of Time Warner, capping a five-year odyssey marked by shareholder unrest over Time Warner’s ill-fated merger with AOL and the subsequent stock price decline.Mr. Case was…

Comcast to Pay $775 Million for Remaining Susquehanna Cable Assets

Comcast said Monday that it will pay $775 million to acquire the 70 percent of Susquehanna Communication’s cable operation that it doesn’t already own.The transaction is part of Susquehanna’s plan to sell all of its assets. In addition to the…