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Pax to Premiere ‘Cold Turkey II’ March 15

Pax TV is bringing back its stop-smoking reality series “Cold Turkey” for a second installment, with another group of 10 unsuspecting smokers vying for a chance to quit smoking and win a cash prize. “Cold Turkey II” premieres Tuesday, March…

Talkers Gain While Access Shows Remain Flat

With help from the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and despite pre-emptions due to presidential inauguration coverage, most talk shows and other daytime strips saw gains for the week ended Jan. 23, while strips popular in access were either flat…

Speed Channel to Broadcast Poker Tournament

Speed Channel is revving up its own poker show. The network taped the Michael Waltrip Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas this week for a special to be broadcast at a date yet to be determined….

UPN, Paramount Announce End of ‘Enterprise’

UPN and Paramount Network Television jointly announced Wednesday that this will be the last season of “Star Trek: Enterprise.” The fifth live-action “Star Trek” series will have its series finale on Friday, May 13.A prequel to the original “Star Trek”…

Herzog Named Spike TV President

Doug Herzog Wednesday was named president of Spike TV by Herb Scannell, president of MTV Networks Group, replacing Albie Hecht, who resigned over the weekend. Spike will continue to report to Mr. Scannell, while. Mr. Herzog, who is also president…

‘Apprentice: Martha Stewart’ Gets Go-Ahead from NBC

Reality king Mark Burnett, billionaire Donald Trump–who will share executive producer duties–and NBC Universal Television Group Jeffrey Zucker made it official Wednesday: “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart” is a go for prime time on NBC. The thousands already lining up to…

WB 100+ Buys Rights to ‘That ’70s Show’

The WB 100+ Station Group has acquired rights to the second syndication cycle of the Carsey-Werner sitcom “That ’70s Show” in the 100+ markets. “That ’70s Show,” which has been renewed for an eighth season by Fox, first appeared in…

Carlson to Host New MSNBC Show

A month after he signed off at CNN’s “Crossfire,” Tucker Carlson has come to an agreement with MSNBC to host a 9 o’clock weeknights show. The hour-long slot was vacated recently by Deborah Norville after nearly a year of trying…

Schieffer to Temp at ‘CBS Evening News’

Bob Schieffer, the chief Washington correspondent and “Face the Nation” moderator for CBS News, has been designated the interim anchor of “CBS Evening News” after Dan Rather steps down March 9, while the network continues to weigh its long-term anchor…

Rainbow Racks Up Carriage Extensions

Rainbow Media Holding said that it was able during the second half of last year to negotiate extensions of carriage agreements with operators representing more than half of the distribution of its networks. In 2004, Rainbow faced the expiration of…