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CBS won the week ended Aug. 7 in total viewers and was part of the three-way tie with ABC and Fox for the top spot in the adults 18 to 49 demographic, while Fox’s summer reality series “Hell’s Kitchen” tied…
Ken Lawson has been promoted to the newly created position of senior VP of broadcast sales and Central regional manager for Twentieth Television. The announcement was made Tuesday by Paul Franklin, Twentieth Television’s executive VP and general sales manager for…
The NBC Universal Television Stations group has created a unit to focus on digital media and strategic marketing initiatives. Ric Harris has been named to the newly created position of executive VP and general manager of Digital Media and Strategic…
EchoStar Communications said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit soared to $856 million from $85 million a year ago, as a tax gain helped put a shine on a quarter that found the company missing many analysts’ subscriber growth projections.Revenue rose…
NBC is removing David E. Kelley’s first foray into reality television, “The Law Firm,” from its Thursday night schedule and moving it to GE corporate cousin Bravo, the network announced Tuesday.The eight-episode series premiered July 28 and aired for two…
Charter Communications announced Tuesday that its board of directors has elected Neil Smit as president and CEO of the cable company, effective Aug. 22.Mr. Smit replaces Charter board member Robert May, who has served as interim president and CEO since…
ABC will air a two-hour special, “Peter Jennings: Reporter,” from 8-10 p.m. (ET) Wednesday as a tribute to its longtime “World News Tonight” anchor, who died Sunday of cancer at age 67.Executive producer is Tom Yellin, who also executive produced…
Oxygen scored hefty ratings with the premiere of “Mo’Nique’s FAT Chance,” its full-figured beauty competition, the network said Tuesday. The debut Aug. 6 was Oxygen’s highest-rated original telecast ever with a 1.1 household rating, up 176 percent from the Aug….
Recording artists Shakira and Ludacris will perform at the “2005 MTV Video Music Awards,” the network said Tuesday. The show, hosted by P. Diddy, will be broadcast live from Miami Aug. 28.
Universal’s new entertainment label, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Family Productions, has begun production of 26 episodes of a new animated TV series, “The Land Before Time,” which will air on Cartoon Network,” the network said today. Based on the feature…