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ABC’s surprise summer reality hit “Dancing With the Stars” will be back in 2006 as a midseason series with a new cycle of episodes. The announcement was made Wednesday by Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment. The series will continue…
Syndicated strips had mixed ratings performance the week ended July 10, which included not only a significant number of repeats and the Independence Day holiday but also widespread pre-emptions July 7 for coverage of the London transit bombings.The two top…
Media giant Viacom announced Wednesday that it has reached a long-term carriage agreement with satellite operator DirecTV that secures carriage of many of Viacom’s most popular broadcast and cable networks.Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes continued carriage…
The TV content watchdog group Parents Television Council filed an indecency complaint Monday with the Federal Communications Commission concerning the Fox drama “The Inside.” PTC alleged Fox aired an episode of the show with “themes of forced sodomy and S&M…
Fox won the week ended July 17 in the adults 18 to 49 demographic with help from the No. 1 program in the demo for the week, the Major League Baseball All-Star game.The telecast of the All-Star Game scored a…
In the wake of the success of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” CBS will focus more on younger- and male-skewing “popcorn movies” for its “CBS Sunday Movie” to better program against the hit show, said Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, at…
ESPN’s “ESPY Awards” telecast on Sunday drew a record 2.3 million households, up from 2.2 million households in 2004, the network said Tuesday.
Former “American Morning” co-anchor Bill Hemmer, who left CNN in June after turning down reassignment to be senior White House correspondent, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a weekday anchor and correspondent, a move that came as a…
“The Amazing Race” averaged a 0.40 rating in its first week on GSN, an 11 percent increase over its season-to-date average, the network said Tuesday. The series averaged a 0.22 rating among adults 18 to 49, for a 69 percent…
Fred Reynolds, who has been president and CEO of the large Viacom Television Stations Group since 2001, resigned Monday to become president and chief operating officer of Evercore Partners, which manages some $1.25 billion of private equity and venture capital.The…