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News Corp. raised its bid Thursday for the shares it doesn’t already own in Fox Entertainment Group by 7.4 percent to $6.2 billion. Under terms of the new offer, Fox class A common stock holders will receive 2.04 shares of…
Fox has picked up a second season of its medical mystery drama “House.” The show, which stars Hugh Laurie as mercurial physician, premiered to modest numbers and generally good reviews in November, but has gained ratings traction as a lead-out…
Author and television host Martha Stewart was released from federal prison early Friday morning, completing her five-month sentence for obstructing justice. Ms. Stewart, the founder of Martha Stewart Omnimedia, took a private jet from Greenbriar Valley Airport in West Virginia…
Driven by “American Idol” and the Super Bowl, Fox easily won the February 2005 sweeps period, scoring a 6.5 rating in the adults 18 to 49 demographic and 15.57 million total viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Fox was up…
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold its upcoming daytime strip with Martha Stewart in more than 85 percent of the country for its fall 2005 debut. The announcement was made Thursday by Barry Wallach, president of NBC Universal Domestic…
Tribune Entertainment Co. has renewed its game show strip “Family Feud” for the 2005-06 season in 162 markets across the country, comprising 92 percent of the United States. The announcement was made March 3 by Steve Mulderrig, executive VP of…
Alan Grossbard and Pamela Fryman have signed a production and consulting deal with E! Networks for their Scrambled Eggs Productions banner, the network announced Wednesday. Ms. Fryman has directed episodes of “Frasier” and “Friends”; Mr. Grossbard has produced sitcoms for…
Turner Network Television said Wednesday it has reached an agreement with Charter Communications to provide customers with the high-definition feed of TNT. The HDTV service will launch at different times in different markets.
Noreen O’Loughlin, former executive VP and general manager of AMC Networks, said Wednesday she has joined Sullivan & Co. to head a new marketing practice specializing in television and electronic media. Ms. O’Loughlin is one of 14 executives who left…
Fox’s “American Idol” was the highest-rated show Tuesday in the adults 18 to 49 demo, easily beating both the two-hour premiere of the seventh installment of CBS’s “The Amazing Race” and the series finale of ABC’s long-running police drama “NYPD…