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‘Living With Fran’ to Premiere April 8

The WB announced Thursday its new comedy “Living With Fran,” will premiere Friday, April 8, at 8:30 p.m. (ET), with a special second episode airing that same night at 9:30 p.m.“Living With Fran” stars Fran Drescher as a divorcée with…

Rather’s Sign-Off Gets Strong Ratings

The official turnout of viewers for Dan Rather’s last night as anchor of “CBS Evening News” was 10.38 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research data. Mr. Rather’s sign-off Wednesday, March 9, drew the largest number of viewers of the…

Lawmakers Unveil Tough Indecency Measure

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, introduced legislation Monday night that would raise the cap on broadcast indecency fines from $32,500 to $500,000 — and extend the government’s oversight of off-color programming to cable and satellite….

Philips Named CMT GM

Brian Philips was promoted Tuesday to executive VP and general manager of CMT from senior VP and general manager by Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music/Logo/Films Group. MTV said CMT had its most-watched year ever in 2004.

Liberty to Spin Off Stake in Discovery, Reports Earnings

Liberty Media on Tuesday said it is spinning off its 50 percent stake in Discovery Communications into a publicly traded company, continuing the company’s efforts to simplify its corporate structure.The move, which will combine the Discovery stake with Liberty’s 100…

White House Defends Video News Releases

Federal agencies may continue using taxpayer funds to produce and distribute video news releases — as long as the releases are informational and don’t covertly try to promote a point of view. That was gist of the pitch in a…

TiVo, Comcast Form Alliance

The future got a lot brighter Tuesday for digital video recorder maker TiVo after the company struck an agreement with Comcast Corp. to develop a customized version of the TiVo service for the cable giant’s customers.News of the alliance sent…

Tennis Channel Signs Affiliation Deal With Comcast

The Tennis Channel today said it signed a multiyear affiliation agreement with Comcast Cable, the leading cable operator in the United States. The deal calls for potential carriage of Tennis Channel’s linear network and its VOD content.

‘GMA,’ ‘Today’ in Skirmish Over Ashley Smith Interview

A booking skirmish between Monday morning news shows over Ashley Smith, the heroine hostage who convinced Atlanta courthouse killing suspect Brian Nichols to surrender, resulted in ABC’s “Good Morning America” losing what started out as an exclusive live interview.According to…

Ferree Takes Post With CPB

Ken Ferree, who recently stepped down as chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau, has been hired as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s executive VP and chief operating officer, starting March 29. “Everything CPB is involved in I’ll be…