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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell on Thursday said the agency would not attempt to block Sinclair Broadcast Group’s plan to air “Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal,” a documentary critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry’s antiwar record,…
VH1 has ordered a fourth season of “The Surreal Life,” along with seven new series, including “Strange Love,” featuring Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav, who met in the third season of “Surreal Life.” Both series are executive produced by Mark…
Continued strength of its cable networks, along with robust political advertising spending at its television stations, helped E. W. Scripps Co. post profit and revenue gains Thursday.The Cincinnati-based company, which owns cable nets Food Network and HGTV, along with 10…
Comedy Central has renewed “Reno 911!” for a third season. The 13-episode third season will debut in summer 2005. The show is a Jersey Television production, in association with Comedy Central.
ABC and the ABC Affiliates Association board of governors made it official Wednesday: They have agreed on a plan that defines how much the ABC affiliates will contribute toward the cost of the network’s $550 million-per-year NFL contract (TelevisionWeek Oct….
Viacom on Wednesday said that Oracle President Charles Phillips was elected to the media giant’s board of directors, filling a seat left open by the Aug. 25 death of director David McLaughlin.Mr. Phillips, 45, will serve on the Viacom board’s…
Cablevision Systems on Wednesday said it has hired William Keith Harper as senior VP and controller. He starts Oct. 18 and reports to Chief Financial Officer Michael Huseby.The announcement, made in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing submitted Wednesday, fills…
Buena Vista’s “The Tony Danza Show” was upgraded Oct. 11 in Charlotte, N.C., after the Belo-owned NBC affiliate WCNC-TV moved the talk show from 3 p.m. (ET) to the 4 p.m. news lead-in spot. “Danza” replaces NBC Universal’s “The Jane…
Lew Klein, president of the NATPE Educational Foundation, announced Wednesday that the group’s next Student Career Workshop will be held Saturday, Oct. 16, at KMOV-TV in St. Louis.The half-day event features presentations from local speakers, including news reporters, cable executives…
The negotiating committee for the Writers Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and major broadcast networks, the guild announced Wednesday.Writers have been without a…