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Producer Sues ‘Champ’ Creators

The legal matches surrounding the reality boxing show “The Next Great Champ” aren’t over yet. Independent film and television producer Leigh Ann Burton on Wednesday filed a civil complaint for damages in Los Angeles Superior Court against Oscar De La…

Poll Shows Audience Interest in ‘CSI: NY,’ ‘Joey’

Poll Shows Audience Interest in ‘CSI: New York,’ ‘Joey’: A poll done by Harris Interactive for Philips Electronics found that TV watchers chose CBS’s “CSI: New York” and NBC’s “Joey” as the TV shows most likely to be watched this…

Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Kobe Bryant

Criminal sexual assault charges against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant were thrown out Wednesday by a judge in Eagle, Colo., at the request of the prosecutor. District Judge Terry Ruckriegle dismissed the case with prejudice, which means the criminal…

Pauley Softens in Second Showing

NBC Universal Television’s heavily promoted new syndicated program, “The Jane Pauley Show,” dropped 21 percent from its Monday, Aug. 30 premiere ratings in its second airing Tuesday.According to Nielsen Media Research, “The Jane Pauley Show” scored a weighted metered market…

Fox News Tops Big 3 in Convention Coverage

Fox News Channel marked a milestone Tuesday when the cable channel outdrew each of the Big 3 broadcast networks’ coverage of the key speeches on the second night of the Republican National Convention.From 10-11 p.m., when California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger…

New Programming Hopes to Give ESPN2 Independent Identity

ESPN2 plans to launch three and a half hours of new shows over the next year as part of an effort to create an identity for the network independent of ESPN. Mark Shapiro, executive VP, programming and production, said ESPN…

The WB, CBS Shuffle Premiere Dates

The WB announced Wednesday its new Thursday night lineup of “Blue Collar TV,” “Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show” and repeats of “One Tree Hill” will premiere on Oct. 7. Programming for the 9 p.m. time slot has in question since…

Solomon Leaving Fine Living

Ken Solomon has resigned as president of the Scripps-owned Fine Living to pursue “new entrepreneurial opportunities,” according to a statement released by the network Wednesday. Mr. Solomon joined Scripps Networks in 2001 and led the launch of Fine Living in…

NBC’s Proud ‘Pride’ Ratings

NBC’s “Father of the Pride” debuted well Tuesday, winning the night among households and all the 18 to 49 demos.According to Nielsen Media Research’s Fast National Ratings, the special commercial-free premiere of the DreamWorks Television CGI-animated series garnered a 7.0…

CGTV Inks Partnership Deal

Start-up gaming network CGTV has signed a deal with a United Kingdom production company to acquire its poker library and to co-produce new programming, the company announced Wednesday. CGTV-which stands for Casino and Gaming TV-partnered with Flextech Television, the programming…