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“Ugly Betty” remains in vogue at ABC. The network Thursday renewed the Thursday night dramedy as part of a mass pickup of a dozen staples of the ABC schedule. Also greenlit for the 2009-10 season: “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Desperate...
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There is no cure for reality TV. This fact will no doubt crush many who work in the business of television, people who have silently prayed for the end of unscripted programming ever since Richard Hatch first strutted naked across the small screen on “Survivor” in the summer of 2000. These folks generally...
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“Access Hollywood’s” Nancy O’Dell and singer Jewel have withdrawn from the latest season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” due to injuries sustained during practice, the network announced today. Ms. O’Dell suffered a torn meniscus, while Jewel was diagnosed with fractures in both of her tibias, ABC said...
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ABC has acquired the rights to never-aired CW comedy "Surviving Suburbia" and is giving the Bob Saget vehicle a plum spot behind "Dancing with the Stars" on Mondays. "Suburbia" was a victim of producer Media Rights Capital's failed attempt to program the CW's Sunday...
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Wed, Feb 4 2009
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ABC will unveil the cast for the eighth season of “Dancing With the Stars” throughout its Sunday night programming on Feb. 8 in what the network is dubbing the “All Night Name Drop.” “Dancing” host Tom Bergeron will reveal one name at a time in interstitials during “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ...
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Tue, Feb 3 2009
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The term “celebreality” was coined by VH1, but other cable and broadcast networks have all been quick to cash in on the money-spinning format with a host of celebrity reality vehicles including danceshows, docu-soaps, business competitions and more. With a huge array of choices and a large and invested...
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Sun, Jan 11 2009
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ABC says that in the first week of the new television season it was the leading network when measured by C3, the commercial ratings used for buying and selling television commercials. ABC says that among viewers 18- to 49-years old, it had a 13% advantage over its rival broadcast networks. ABC’s posted...
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It could have been a lot worse. That’s the bottom line from the first few days of the 2008-09 television season, which got under way last week amidst a higher-than-normal level of angst among network suits. With so many shows taking nine-month hiatuses due to the writers strike, and fewer newcomers than...
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Sun, Sep 28 2008
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The Insider has long had a soft spot in her heart and on her funny bone for comedian Jeffrey Ross, so she was starting this season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” with something she usually didn’t have: a predetermined rooting interest. Then fate, and partner Edyta Slewinska’s fingernail, intervened...
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On the cusp of the official start of the 2008-09 season, Fox and The CW are enjoying a few perks for having been out of the gate ahead of the pack. Fox’s “Fringe” skyrocketed 59% week-to-week in its ratings, while The CW’s “Gossip Girl” has steadily improved its numbers from its record-setting premiere...
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ABC has decided to delay the season premiere of "Samantha Who?" by a week. The Christina Applegate comedy now will bow on Monday, Oct. 13, the network said Thursday. ABC executives want to air an extra two-hour "Dancing With the Stars" before "Samantha" takes over the 9...
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ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” will return for its seventh season on Sept. 22 with 13 new contestants. Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Brooke Burke, Rocco Dispirito, Maurice Greene, Kim Kardashian, Cloris Leachman, Cody Linley, Susan Lucci, Misty May-Treanor, Ted McGinley, Jeffrey Ross and Warren Sapp will...
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Mon, Aug 25 2008
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