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The late ABC newsman Peter Jennings will be honored by the Radio-Television News Directors Association at the organization’s annual awards dinner scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 17, when the Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in electronic journalism will be presented.Mr….
The WB has canceled its new Monday night lawyer buddy drama “Just Legal” after three airings.The series, which starred Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel as unlikely law partners, scored a 0.9 rating Oct. 3 in adults 18 to 49, according…
Rumors came true Thursday when Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy announced that Dennis Swanson, who had been Viacom stations group executive VP and chief operating officer since August 2002, will become president of station operations of the 35-station Fox…
MTV has greenlighted a new reality series, “8th & Ocean,” the network announced Thursday. The network is also picking up a third season of “Laguna Beach.” Like “Laguna,” the new series, in which 10 wannabe models live together in a…
Following the departure of Mark Shapiro, executive VP of programming and production, ESPN has restructured its management, putting senior executives in charge of the key areas of content, revenue and technology. George Bodenheimer, president of ESPN and ABC Sports and…
Verizon Communications said Thursday that it inked a carriage agreement with MTV Networks for channels to be broadcast on Verizon’s video service FiOS TV, adding a critical component to the telephone giant’s video product.Terms of the deal, which was signed…
NBC is ordering a new legal drama series from prolific “Law & Order” producer Dick Wolf for midseason 2005-06. The one-hour series, “Conviction,” is described by the network and NBC Universal Television Studio as a “character-oriented story focusing on young…
NBC was the winner Tuesday night in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, with all four of its shows showing week-to-week increases in the demo.“Law & Order: SVU” was the top-rated program for the night in the demo, scoring a…
Fox Sports’ coverage of the first game of the New York Yankees-Los Angeles Angels playoff series drew a higher rating than any of last year’s first-round playoff contests. The game drew a 6 Nielsen Media Research rating and 10 share,…
As previously reported in TelevisionWeek, author and cable network cooking personality Rachael Ray has made a deal with King World Productions for a syndicated talk strip.The new series, which will be shot in New York, will be distributed and produced…