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UPN Brings Back More ‘Model,’ Moonves Talks Up Network

At the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour Wednesday, UPN President of Entertainment Dawn Ostroff announced the network’s reality series “America’s Next top Model” is coming back next season for fifth and sixth cycles. The fourth cycle of “Top Model”…

NEP to Hold Exit-Polling Data Until 6 p.m.

Exit-polling data collected by the National Election Pool in the future will not be delivered to its NEP clients — chief among them the six national news organizations that fund and run the NEP — until 6 p.m. (ET) to…

NBC to Air National Lacrosse League All-Star Game

The National Lacrosse League today announced a deal putting its All-Star Game and its championship game on NBC. The All-Star Game will be played Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. (ET) at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Champion’s…

‘Idol’ Premiere Outperforms Other Big Nets Combined

Fox’s “American Idol” returned to the network’s schedule Tuesday with gains from last season’s premiere among adults 18 to 49, adults 18 to 34 and total viewers, in addition to outperforming ABC, CBS, NBC, The WB and UPN combined in…

Wood Named to Head Creative for King World, Paramount

Terry Wood has been named president of creative affairs and development for both King World Productions and Paramount Domestic Television, it was announced Wednesday by Leslie Moonves, co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom.Ms. Wood has been serving as executive…

BBC America to Relocate, Restructure

Recently hired BBC America President and CEO Bill Hilary announced a plan Wednesday to help get the network back on track following a ratings slide. The plan includes relocating the network’s headquarters from Maryland to New York, a programming budget…

Fox News Promotes Scott

Suzanne Scott has been promoted to network executive producer of Fox News Channel and executive of “On the Record With Greta Van Susteren.” Ms. Scott, a member of the team that launched Fox News Channel in 1996, was named senior…

Jackson’s Fox Interview Includes Response to ABC News Report

Michael Jackson has done an interview with Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera, to whom the pop star also reads a statement that responds to a recent ABC News “primetime>live” report on leaked grand jury testimony by the teenager accusing Mr. Jackson…

CBS: DVRs Encourage TV Viewing

Contradicting some prevailing wisdom on digital video recorders, CBS, in a report released Tuesday during the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Los Angeles, said consumer use of DVRs encourages more TV viewing and better attention to TV commercials….

Moonves Takes Heat on ’60 Minutes’ Report

Viacom co-President and co-Chief Operating Officer and CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves defended his decision to keep CBS News President Andrew Heyward on the job, despite the fact that three CBS News employees were asked to resign and one was fired….