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‘Blue’ Renewed for 12th and Final Season ABC renewed “NYPD Blue” for a 12th season, which will be its last. The show launched in 1993 and has consistently been one of ABC’s highest-rated dramas. Creator Steven Bochco routinely pushed the…

Barton Likely to Replace Tauzin as Commerce Committee Chair

Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, a conservative with a pronounced deregulatory bent, last week announced his campaign to succeed Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., as head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.The panel has chief authority over legislation affecting the broadcasting…

Food Serving Up DVDs in World Kitchen Deal

In addition to commercials, Food Network is serving a new advertiser entire episodes of some of its popular shows.As part of a unique deal with World Kitchen, worth between $1 million and $2 million over two months, Food Network has…

NATPE Gives Nod to Las Vegas

Flush with the success of January’s convention, NATPE board members met last week to discuss the organization’s next step and all eyes are now on a return to Las Vegas.Sources confirmed that executives agreed to return to Las Vegas next…

ALSO IN THE RUNNING

Children’s daytime animation offers some surprisingly adult-friendly fare. Parents and Emmy voters alike would be well advised to check out PBS Kids’ “Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks” a 3-D CGI-animated series following the rural misadventures of a spunky young…

CBS, NBC Wrestling for Sweeps Top Spot

Donald Trump, Mark Burnett and Jerry Bruckheimer were the three stars of the first night of sweeps last Thursday.Mr. Trump and Mr. Burnett’s “The Apprentice” helped NBC shore up a Thursday lineup that was increasingly soft in the middle in…

LeBlanc Likes a Twin Showcase

Getting on the ballot may be the easy part for respected actor and three-time Daytime Emmy nominee Christian LeBlanc, who, as morally challenged attorney Michael Baldwin, always turns in a winning performance on “The Young and the Restless.” Choosing which…

Newsmakers

Advertising & AgenciesJohn Harper to executive VP, sales and client services, Ocean Bridge International Advertising Group, Santa Monica, Calif., from VP, sales, PIC-TV, Los Angeles.Julie Ottmar to media coordinator, McKee Wallwork Henderson, Albuquerque, N.M., from production coordinator, Wright Edge Advertising,…

Davidson’s ‘Nothing’ Did the Job

Anyone who has kept up with “The Young and the Restless” in the past year might describe Eileen Davidson with superlatives, but the actress who plays troubled business executive Ashley Abbott Carlton has barely had time to relax and enjoy…

31st annual Daytime Emmys

* Nominations: To be announced March 4 on NBC’s “Today” show* Awards presentation: May 21 at Radio City Music Hall in New York* Broadcast: Live on NBC (East Coast); tape-delayed for West Coast