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E! Leads Red Carpet Coverage

E!’s “Live From the Red Carpet,” hosted by Star Jones, scored a 3.47 household rating, about triple that of TV Guide Channel’s “Joan & Melissa Live at the Academy Awards,” which scored a 1.0, according to metered market overnights. TV…

‘Danza’ Gets Upgrade in Chicago

Buena Vista Television talk strip “The Tony Danza Show” will have a daytime slot in Chicago starting in fall 2005. “Danza,” which currently airs on ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV in an overnight time slot, will move to noon (CT) on…

Save The Music Foundation Donates Instruments to NY Public Schools

VH1 and Time Warner Cable said Monday the Save The Music Foundation donated $1 million worth of new musical instruments to the New York City public school system. The Save The Music Foundation also plans a benefit concert in New…

Lifetime Renews ‘How Clean Is Your House?’

Lifetime Television today said it renewed “How Clean Is Your House?” for a second season. The program, featuring Britons Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie will return in the fall as part of Lifetime’s continuing expansion of reality programming, the network…

FCC Rejects ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Complaints

Holding that context is critical to indecency decisions, the Federal Communications Commission announced Monday that it has rejected complaints alleging that the ABC TV Network’s Veterans Day broadcast of “Saving Private Ryan” last year violated agency regulations discouraging off-color broadcasts.Concerned…

Oscars Win 41.5 Million Viewers and a 14.9 Demo Rating

ABC’s Sunday night telecast of the “77th Annual Academy Awards” attracted an average audience of 41.5 million viewers and delivered a 14.9 rating among adults 18 to 49, according to Nielsen Media Research Fast National Ratings. The Oscar awards show…

Two CBS News Execs Submit Exit Terms

Two of the three CBS journalists asked to resign after an resignations into a Sept. 8 “60 Minutes Wednesday” story built around unauthenticated documents have submitted their resignations to CBS News nearly two months after the exit negotiations began.The resolutions…

PTC Asks FCC to Rule ‘CSI’ Episode Indecent

The watchdog Parents Television Council on Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission to rule that a Feb. 17 episode of “CSI” on CBS violated the agency’s indecency prohibitions. The corpse featured in the episode belonged to an adult male who…

Close Named MTV Ad Sales Executive VP

Hank Close today was named executive VP of ad sales for MTV Networks’ music and comedy group. Mr. Close had been executive VP of ad sales for Comedy Central. He replaces Doug Rohrer, now executive VP and senior adviser to…

Rainbow Media Assets on Table

Cablevision CEO Says Sale of Cable Channels Is Being Explored