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For the 2003-04 season, King World’s “Wheel of Fortune” was the No. 1-rated show in households, coming in at an 8.7 average, according to Nielsen Media Research. The runner-up was corporate cousin “Jeopardy!” with a 7.2 rating. Among game shows…
In an effort to continue beefing up its high-definition television offering DirecTV Group announced Wednesday that it will send four satellites into space over the next three years that will provide the satellite operator with the ability to offer a…
Utah software engineer Ken Jennings has finally ended his record-breaking run on long-running syndicated quiz show “Jeopardy!” sources said. During a taping Tuesday, the 30-year-old Mr. Jennings lost his 75th game, but walked away with around $2.5 million in cash…
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution Senior VP of Programming Linda Finnell and executive producer Amy Rosenblum announced Wednesday Marc Victor and Paul Faulhaber have been named co-executive producers of the new syndicated strip “Home Delivery.” Mr. Faulhaber and Mr. Victor…
The Radio-Television News Directors Association on Wednesday asked Congress to ax a provision in a major defense authorization bill that could prevent journalists from gaining access to unclassified satellite imagery generated for the U.S. government. News organizations currently routinely get…
Comcast co-Chief Financial Officer John Alchin on Wednesday described Adelphia Communications’ sale process as “almost clumsy” and repeated that his company is not in desperate need of striking a deal for all or part of the beleaguered cable operator.Stressing that…
The second new episode of NBC’s animated comedy “Pride of the Family” beat the debut of Fox’s reality boxing show “The Next Great Champ” at 9 p.m. (ET) Tuesday night, but the real heavyweight of the time period was CBS’s…
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday that Portia de Rossi of the Emmy nominated show “Arrested Development,” 2001 Emmy winner Eric McCormack of nominated series “Will & Grace” and James Spader of “The Practice,” a nominee for…
John Leverence, who has supervised the Emmy awards for the past quarter-century, has signed a long-term extension of his contract with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He will move into the new position of senior VP, awards, Todd…
Nielsen Media Research has enlisted the help of the William C. Velasquez Institute, a 19-year-old Hispanic policy and research organization, to improve measurement of the TV viewership among Latinos, an issue that has heated up in the battle against rollouts…