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The Walt Disney Co. today filed plans to build a sprawling soundstage and production complex on the northwest corner of its Golden Oak Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley. The proposed Disney/ABC Studios at the Ranch would occupy 56 acres...
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Although it's been on for only two weeks, it might be time for ABC to rethink its Wednesday night leadoff hitter, "Hank." In its second airing, "Hank," which stars Kelsey Grammer as an out-of-work big shot who moves to a...
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With eight new shows premiering this fall and seven in the next few weeks, Walt Disney Co.'s ABC is taking a big risk. No other network is premiering more than four new shows, but ABC had lots of holes to...
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Diane Sawyer -- keep your day job. The veteran journalist and cornerstone of ABC's "Good Morning America" is no doubt feeling pretty good today. After 20 years at the network, she has finally ascended to anchor of the network's evening...
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In the realm of power list injustices, this one was a real stinker. When Forbes magazine released its annual "100 Most Powerful Women" list Wednesday, one of the more curious showings was that of Walt Disney Co.’s Anne Sweeney. A...
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Pasadena residents might glimpse the future this Friday. That's when the new ABC TV series "FlashForward" begins filming in the area, according to a sampling of upcoming shoots from FilmL.A, which coordinates film permits for the Los Angeles region. The...
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Mark Mandala, a former president of ABC Television Network, died Saturday. Mandala, 72, spent more than three decades at ABC, culminating with his appointment as president of the network in 1986. He held that position for seven years. He also...
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"Better Off Ted" is getting some summer exposure. ABC today said that it will begin airing new episodes of the first-year comedy Tuesday, June 23 at 9 p.m. The show has been on hiatus since May 5. Six episodes from the first season of "Ted" remain in the can. ABC is positioning the...
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Fox and CBS did it again. For the 2008-09 TV season, Fox has officially claimed its fifth consecutive ratings win among adults 18-49, while CBS wrapped up the season as the most-watched broadcast network for the sixth time in the last seven years. It was a season in which comparisons were made difficult...
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With the television industry slogging through the worst economy in decades, the broadcast networks put their best foot forward at the upfront, then braced for long negotiations with media buyers and advertisers. “I’m surprised by how normal everything felt,” said one veteran buyer, noting the presentations...
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Like Fox on Monday, ABC on Tuesday went before advertisers and media buyers to pitch the mighty power of broadcast TV and show off some of the new shows that will be on its fall schedule. “Television is the strongest advertising medium available today,” said Anne Sweeney, president of ABC Media Networks...
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Excerpts of ABC's press release appear below: Fall premiere dates will be announced at a later time. However, “Shark Tank” will premiere over the summer following the special 10th-anniversary primetime return of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” and will then move to Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. Please...
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ABC is making some big moves in the fall, launching an all-new comedy night and slotting buzz drama "Flash Forward" in the key 8 p.m. Thursday time slot. Other big plays include a new Mark Burnett reality show, "Shark Tank," Tuesdays at 8, as well as the shift of "Ugly Betty"...
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After spending the last few years telling viewers to “Start Here,” ABC this week will begin telling viewers just where “here” is. During its upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday, the network will unveil a massive new on-air promotional campaign built around the concept of the ABC House. “Your...
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Steve McPherson is fired up. Along with the rest of the TV industry, Mr. McPherson, president of the ABC Entertainment Group, has struggled through tough times during the past 18 months. He’s had to try to develop new hits while slogging through the twin terrors of a writers strike and a collapsing economy...
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