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Week Big for Syndies; 12 Strips Hit New Season Highs; Another Series High For ‘Ellen’

The week ended Jan 2 was a big week for syndicated strips. Five court shows, five talk shows and two rookie strips all hit new season highs, despite a raft of repeats, holiday specials and football pre-emptions.In the court genre,…

Viacom Considers Buying Cable Networks, Selling Smaller-Market TV Stations

Viacom is looking to acquire more cable networks but is considering shedding television stations in some smaller markets as the company pursues a goal of refining its asset mix, two of the media giant’s top executives said Tuesday.“We are in…

Christopher Reeve Gets Posthumous DGA Nomination

The Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted and Awards Committee Chairperson Howard Storm today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television for 2004. The biggest news from the announcement was the nomination of the…

Foxx Scores Big at SAG Nominations; Orbach Gets Posthumous Nod

Jamie Foxx emerged as the biggest story from The Screen Actors Guild’s Tuesday announcement of nominations for its 11th Annual Awards ceremony honoring guild members for their work in feature films and prime-time television over the past year. Otherwise, critics’…

‘Zoey 101’ Scores Big for Nick

Nickelodeon’s new live-action comedy series, “Zoey 101,” starring Jamie Lynn Spears, was the network’s highest-rated premiere among tweens in almost eight years. Its debut on Sunday at 8 p.m. averaged a 7.9 rating in the 9 to 14 demo, representing…

‘Live With Regis and Kelly’ to Launch Car Promotion

“Live With Regis and Kelly” is about to embark on its biggest promotion ever: giving away a 2005 Pontiac Montana SV6 Sport Van each weekday starting Tuesday, Feb. 1, through Feb. 28. Hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa announced the…

Sucherman Hires Blaustein to Bolster New Media/Tech Practice

Sucherman Consulting Group, a New York-based management consulting firm focusing on the media industry, said Tuesday it has hired Alan Blaustein as a senior consultant to expand Sucherman’s new media and technology practice.The hire coincides with the media industry’s renewed…

ABC Takes Week in Total Viewers and Demo

Powered by two college football bowl games and an NFL playoff game, ABC won the week ended Jan. 9 in both total viewers and the adults 18 to 49 demographic.ABC’s Sunday night drama “Desperate Housewives” returned from a pre-emption during…

ESPN Greenlights Talk Show

ESPN has greenlighted a talk show starring “SportsCenter” commentator Stephen A. Smith, the network announced Tuesday during its panel session at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour. The show, “Quite Frankly,” is described as a sports-driven cross between “The…

‘CSI: NY’ 75 Percent Cleared in Syndication

King World Productions has sold the weekend broadcast syndication rights to the CBS series “CSI: NY” to stations representing 75 percent of the country for debut in fall 2008, it was announced Tuesday by Roger King, CEO of CBS Enterprises…