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‘House’ Gives Tuesday Crown to Fox

Fox was the No. 1 network Tuesday in adults 18 to 49 thanks to the performance of its 8 p.m. (ET) medical drama “House,” which took home the title of highest-rated show for the night in the demographic.“House” scored a…

GSN Plans Vocabulary Competition for Teens

GSN said Wednesday it is launching a National Vocabulary Championship along with a “Win With Words” public service campaign aimed at engaging high school students in language arts.Students can enter the National Vocabulary Championship by taking an online test. In…

‘Geraldo’ Top New Syndicated Show in First Week

Twentieth Television newsmagazine “Geraldo at Large” claimed the top ratings spot nationally among debuting first-run syndicated programs for the week ended Sept. 17.‘Geraldo’ was one of four debuting syndicated shows stripped Monday to Friday last week. The program made its…

A&E Orders ‘Coreys’ Reality Series

A&E ordered two new reality series, including a project reuniting child stars Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. The projects include “The Coreys: Return of the Lost Boys,” an eight-episode, half-hour reality series, and “Paranormal U,” a 13-episode, half-hour series, the…

ABC Top Net in Demo for First Week of Season

ABC was the No. 1 network in adults 18 to 49 for the week ended Sept. 24, the first week of the 2006-07 season, while CBS was tops in total viewers.ABC also had the top-rated show for the week in…

CBS Corp. Combines CBS Paramount, King World

CBS Corp. has formed the CBS Television Distribution Group, a division that combines CBS Paramount Domestic Television, King World and CBS Paramount International Television into one unit.King World CEO Roger King has been named CEO of the CBS Television Distribution…

NBC Wins Monday in Adults 18 to 49; ‘Heroes’ Soars

NBC was the top-rated network Monday in adults 18 to 49, with its new superhero drama “Heroes” leaping tall buildings to take the title of highest-rated program for the night.At 9 p.m. (ET), “Heroes” scored a 5.9 preliminary national rating…

E.W. Scripps Sells Five Stations to Multicultural

The E. W. Scripps Co. has agreed to sell its five TV stations affiliated with the Shop at Home network to New York-based Multicultural Television Broadcasting for $170 million. Multicultural Television Broadcasting will get WMFP-TV in Boston; WOAC-TV in Cleveland;…

Century 21, Honda Among ABC.com Advertisers

ABC on Tuesday released a list of some of the advertisers who have signed up for interactive ads on its prime-time programs being re-run on ABC.com.The advertisers include Century 21, JP Morgan Chase, Disney Pictures, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Masterfoods,…

Starz, Sony Expand Relationship in Film Deal

Starz Entertainment inked an exclusive deal Monday with Sony Pictures that expands the pay television business’s relationship with the movie studio to include video-on-demand and broadband distribution of films.The new agreement gives Starz the rights to more than 500 movies…