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ABC Picks Up BBC Ballroom Dancing Show

ABC announced Thursday it will air an American version of the BBC reality series “Strictly Come Dancing,” where eight celebrities paired with professional dancers train and compete in a live dance competition. The six-episode series will feature a new title,…

Fox’s ‘Tru Calling’ Returns March 31

Fox’s supernatural drama “Tru Calling” returns for its second season with a special two-hour broadcast Thursday, March 31, at 8 p.m. (ET). “Tru Calling” is from 20th Century Fox Television and Original Television. Jon Harmon Feldman (“Dawson’s Creek,” “American Dreams”)…

Howard Resigns From ’60 Minutes’

Josh Howard, executive producer of “60 Minutes Wednesday” when it aired a flawed report on President Bush’s National Guard service, resigned Tuesday, CBS said. In the wake of the report, based on documents that were not authenticated, CBS in January…

KVUE Leads Regional Murrow Award Winners

KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas, has won nine Edward R. Murrow regional awards for excellence in electronic journalism from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. This year marked the highest number of submissions to the association. Additional multiple award-winners include KARE-TV, Minneapolis;…

Twentieth Television Promotes Burns

Twentieth Television has promoted Joanne Burns to the newly created position of executive VP of sales marketing, research and new media, effective immediately. The announcement was made Wednesday by Bob Cook, Twentieth Television’s president and chief operating officer.Ms. Burns will…

Nielsen Agrees to Implement Task Force Recommendations

Nielsen Media Research said Wednesday it is committed to implementing many of the recommendations of a task force created last year to examine the issue of undercounting of minorities in television ratings. The findings and recommendations of the task force,…

Fox to Re-Air ‘Idol’ After Voting Snafu

In response to Tuesday night’s episode of the music competition series “American Idol,” which aired with an incorrect phone number for audience voting, Fox has decided to run a live one-hour episode Wednesday to allow for a revote.Typically, after the…

‘Dragons’ Breathes Fire Into Animal Planet Ratings

Animal Planet’s computer-animated special “Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real” was the network’s most-watched program ever, drawing more than 3 million viewers Sunday. The show drew a 2 household rating and a making-of special, “Dragons: The Magic Behind the Scenes,” which…

Survey: 63 Percent of Marketers Use Branded Entertainment

A new survey by the Association of National Advertisers found that 63 percent of marketers have participated in branded entertainment projects during the past year. The survey was released Wednesday during the ANA’s annual Television Advertising Forum in New York….

Twins Arrival on ‘Dora’ Draws Huge Ratings

Nickelodeon’s “Dora the Explorer” drew huge ratings with an episode in which Dora’s twin sisters were born. The episode, which premiered on Monday, was the highest-rated Nick Jr. telecast in its time slot in almost three years, drawing a 10.8…