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‘Drive’ Starts in Low Gear

The two-hour premiere of Fox’s action-drama “Drive” was stuck in the slow lane Sunday night, putting Fox in third place. With a couple of repeat episodes of “The Simpsons” as lead-in, “Drive” averaged a 2.6 rating among adults 18 to…

NBC Rejoins NAB

NBC Universal is returning to the National Association of Broadcasters, ending a seven-year self-imposed exile from the country’s largest broadcaster organization.NBC announced its return today as the NAB began its annual convention in Las Vegas.NAB president-CEO David K. Rehr hailed…

Olbermann Joins NBC’s ‘Football’

NBC Sports says MSNBC talk show host Keith Olbermann will join Bob Costas, Chris Collinsworth, Jerome Bettis and Tiki Barber as a co-host of NBC’s “Football Night in America” studio show starting this fall.Mr. Olbermann, who ranks sixth on TelevisionWeek‘s…

FTC Takes Issue with Food Marketing to Kids

The Federal Trade Commission intends to issue compulsory requests for information about food marketing to kids— much of it on TV— to a broad range of food, fast food and beverage marketers as it tries to assess the breadth of…

Regis Plans April 26 Return to ‘Live’

Regis Philbin plans to return to “Live With Regis and Kelly” on Thursday, April 26. That date is six weeks to the day since he had his heart bypass procedure and it is the first day of the important May…

10. Jon Stewart

Anchor of Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show’

The Power of Personality

Syndication Audiences Put Faith in Shows, Advertisers Follow

Global Village Convenes at MIP

Format Sales Are Hot Ticket for Both Big, Small Producers

5. Tim Russert

Managing editor and moderator of ‘Meet the Press’ and senior VP and Washington bureau chief for NBC News

NAB 2007: Broadcasters Confront Digital Deadline

Conference Puts Focus on New Technologies