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BBC America to Relocate, Restructure

Recently hired BBC America President and CEO Bill Hilary announced a plan Wednesday to help get the network back on track following a ratings slide. The plan includes relocating the network’s headquarters from Maryland to New York, a programming budget…

Fox News Promotes Scott

Suzanne Scott has been promoted to network executive producer of Fox News Channel and executive of “On the Record With Greta Van Susteren.” Ms. Scott, a member of the team that launched Fox News Channel in 1996, was named senior…

Jackson’s Fox Interview Includes Response to ABC News Report

Michael Jackson has done an interview with Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera, to whom the pop star also reads a statement that responds to a recent ABC News “primetime>live” report on leaked grand jury testimony by the teenager accusing Mr. Jackson…

CBS: DVRs Encourage TV Viewing

Contradicting some prevailing wisdom on digital video recorders, CBS, in a report released Tuesday during the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Los Angeles, said consumer use of DVRs encourages more TV viewing and better attention to TV commercials….

Moonves Takes Heat on ’60 Minutes’ Report

Viacom co-President and co-Chief Operating Officer and CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves defended his decision to keep CBS News President Andrew Heyward on the job, despite the fact that three CBS News employees were asked to resign and one was fired….

‘Home Edition’ Host Pennington Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy

Ty Pennington, the design team leader on ABC’s reality series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” was stricken with acute appendicitis and underwent surgery Saturday, Jan. 15, in his hometown of Atlanta.Mr. Pennington was in Atlanta preparing an episode of “Home Edition,”…

‘Galactica’ Second-Highest Debut for Sci Fi

The Jan. 14 series premiere of Sci Fi’s “Battlestar Galactica” was the second-highest debut in the network’s history, garnering 3.1 million viewers, according to Sci Fi. Though the show did not come close to breaking the net’s premiere record set…

Moore Joins Fox Television Studios

Emmy-award-winning producer Mindy Moore has been named VP of alternative development for Fox Television Studios, it was announced by the unit’s Executive VP Holly Jacobs, to whom she will report.Most recently, she created and executive produced ABC’s “The Great Domestic…

CBS Unveils Plans for ‘Raymond,’ ‘Amazing Race’

CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler announced at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour the network’s top-rated sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond” will end its nine-year run with a Monday, May 16, series finale at 9 p.m. (ET).The half-hour finale will…

Huntsberry Tapped to Step In for Injured Universal Pictures President

Frederick Huntsberry on Tuesday was named interim president and chief operating officer of Universal Pictures, temporarily replacing Rick Finkelstein, who was seriously injured last month in a skiing accident.Mr. Huntsberry previously was executive VP of NBC Universal Television Distribution and…