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NBC Wins Wednesday With ‘Dateline’

Even with ABC boasting the top show of the night in adults 18 to 49 with its “Dancing With the Stars” results show, NBC ranked as the top network for the evening in the demographic thanks to back-to-back episodes of…

Art Bell to Exit Court TV

Art Bell, who has been in charge of Court TV since it was acquired by Time Warner, is leaving his post as chief operating officer effective Sept. 22.In a statement, Mark Lazarus, president of TW’s Turner Entertainment Group, said Mr….

‘The Greg Behrendt Show’ Debuts Quietly

Sony Pictures Television’s new syndicated talk show “The Greg Behrendt Show” debuted modestly Tuesday, scoring a 0.8 household rating and 2 share in its primary runs in 52 metered markets, according to Nielsen Media Research.“Greg” was down 33 percent from…

‘Evening News’ Regains Ground Tuesday

After falling back to third place Monday, “CBS Evening News With Katie Couric” regained its footing, taking first place Tuesday in total viewers and adults 25 to 54.“Evening News” garnered 8.6 million total viewers Tuesday, according to Nielsen Media Research….

ABC Giving Away 1 Million iPod Downloads

Disney-ABC Television Group will offer 1 million free downloads of last season’s finales of its series “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost” as part of a promotion with the Apple Web site iTunes designed to allow viewers to catch up…

NBC Streaming Ad-Supported Episodes of New Prime-Time Series

NBC will stream entire episodes of its new fall prime-time shows, with advertising support, on the network’s Web site for free.Viewers will be able to watch episodes of the new series on NBC Universal’s video player at NBC.com, which will…

ABC Wins Tuesday With ‘Dancing’

ABC was the top network Tuesday, thanks to the two-hour season premiere of its reality ratings performer “Dancing With the Stars” and a special preview of its Friday night romantic drama “Men in Trees.” But Fox took home the prize…

The CW Reveals Sponsors of Interstitial ‘Wraps’

With the fall season about to start, the new CW network is taking the wraps off the “content wraps” it described to ad buyers during its upfront presentation in May.The content wraps are sponsored interstitial programming tied in thematically to…

Democrats Call on News Networks to Balance Stories

Top Democratic congressional leaders are complaining to network and cable television news executives that the networks are giving the party short shrift in national security stories.“Until now, there has been a complete absence of balance in the news coverage of…

ABC.com to Offer Seven Shows for Free Viewing

ABC will stream seven shows including “Ugly Betty” and “Lost” on ABC.com beginning Sept. 23, marking the network’s widest distribution of its marquee shows online.The network also will offer full-length, advertising-supported episodes of “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Six Degrees,” “The…