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Soap operas may be borrowing from one of their favorite plot lines—patient is in a coma, on life support, hanging on by a thread—but they aren’t dead yet, and networks and studios are working to find ways to keep the genre viable. Most recently, the cancellation of “Guiding Light” on CBS renewed fears...
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Over at CBS, offbeat is off the schedule. In the past few years, CBS used upfront week to unveil something a little off-kilter, experimental or quirky. It tested a singing Hugh Jackman in “Viva Laughlin,” a small town grappling with nuclear holocaust in “Jericho” and a couple of families from the ‘70s...
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The Tony Awards will be broadcast in high definition for the first time on June 7. The 63rd annual Tony Awards will air on CBS live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Presenters for the awards show include Lucie Arnaz, Kate Burton, Kristin Chenoweth, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Edie Falco, Will...
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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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Fri, May 22 2009
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Fox has officially claimed its fifth consecutive win among adults 18-49 for the 2008-09 TV season, while CBS wrapped up the season as the most-watched broadcast network for the sixth time out of the last seven years. With “America Idol” to bolster the second half of the season, Fox finished with a 3...
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CBS made sure that advertisers and media buyers knew it was the No. 1 network, and the only broadcaster that showed growth this television season, in its annual upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall. The network also took pokes at both its broadcast rivals and its cable competitors. For TVWeek's...
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CBS is shifting first-year hit "The Mentalist" to Thursdays and slightly shaking up its Monday comedy lineup. The generally stable network is taking a couple of dice-rolls next season, though compared to ABC and NBC, it promises to be an island of stability, according to the fall schedule just...
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The NFL and CBS have made an agreement to extend their American Football Conference broadcast deal for two years, through the 2013-14 season. The deal gives CBS broadcast rights to Super Bowl XLVII in the first year of the agreement. The NFL also announced a new deal with Comcast Corp. earlier today...
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CBS has tapped “How I Met Your Mother” star Neil Patrick Harris to host the 63rd annual Tony Awards. It's the first time Mr. Harris will emcee the theater industry's big night. He joins Hugh Jackman, Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell on the list of famous folks who've tried—largely...
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Don Mischer will executive produce the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 20 on CBS. Mr. Mischer has executive produced the Emmy Awards eight times previously, most recently overseeing the 56th Primetime Emmy Awards. “From the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics to the recent presidential inauguration...
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For the first two weeks of the May sweeps, CBS is the only broadcast television network posting year-over-year gains among total viewers. The network is also the only one to avoid any losses among adults 18-49, the demographic still led by Fox. Among total viewers, CBS averaged 10.8 million viewers,...
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CBS CEO Les Moonves said that NBC’s decision to put Jay Leno on in prime time will help his company’s bottom line. “We were the No. 1 network at 10 o’clock last year,” Mr. Moonves told analysts and investors during CBS’ quarterly earnings conference call Thursday. He estimated that CBS took in 38% of...
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"Harper's Island" is on the move. CBS has decided to drop the three-week-old serialized drama from its current plum post-"CSI" timeslot, network insiders confirm. The series, which had been airing Thursdays at 10 p.m., will shift to Saturdays at 9 p.m., effective immediately....
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Fox has decided not to air President Obama's first-100-days press conference this Wednesday—the only Big Four network to turn down the White House's request for time. ABC, CBS and NBC have all announced plans to carry the president's appearance. But Fox today said: No go. “The Fox Broadcasting...