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TV’s No. 1 network is likely to kick off upfront week by announcing a new schedule marked by stability—and maybe a surprise or two. Fox, which is finishing its fifth season as the top-rated network among adults 18-49, is taking over NBC’s traditional Monday kickoff slot this year at the advertising market...
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Fox will air the two-hour series finale of “Prison Break” on Friday, May 15, the network announced Wednesday. Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly announced the show’s end back in January. At the time, the network indicated “Break’s” final round of episodes would air on Fridays starting April 17...
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Channeling Larry King once again… CNBC's Rick Santelli Rick Santelli, the CNBC blowhard who moronically lashed out at President Obama’s mortgage rescue plan last week in a much-publicized rant , certainly had every right to speak his mind as he did. And I have every right to never watch CNBC again...
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The William S. Paley Television Festival will host panels celebrating shows including “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Mentalist,” “90210” and a combined evening for “Battlestar Galactica” and prequel “Caprica.” The full lineup, announced today by the Paley Center for Media, also features panels for “The...
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The broadcast networks are making Friday nights a little more interesting this season. Once home to some of TV’s biggest shows—think “Dallas” or ABC’s “TGIF” comedy hits—Friday has fallen out of favor at the networks in recent years. The night has become home to cheap reality fare, newsmagazines and...
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Weeks of marketing and years of pent-up interest from Joss Whedon fans helped Fox's "Dollhouse" score a solid welcome Friday night. The much-anticipated drama notched a 2.0 rating/6 share among adults 18 to 49 during its 9 p.m. Friday premiere, according to preliminary fast national data...
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The William S. Paley Television Festival will host panels for Joss Whedon’s TV series “Dollhouse” and the Internet musical “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Zack Whedon, Felicia Day and Jed Whedon will participate in the panel discussions, with other panelists to be announced...
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Joss Whedon is finished sucking blood—at least for a while. While the undead are currently red-hot in Hollywood, the man behind two of TV’s biggest vampire dramas (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel”) tells TelevisionWeek Deputy Editor/Columnist Josef Adalian that he’s in no hurry to return to the...
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Joss Whedon loves TV. He’s about to find out if it still loves him back. On Feb. 13, Fox will premiere “Dollhouse,” a sci-fi/action drama starring Eliza Dushku, which marks the acclaimed writer and showrunner’s Mr. Whedon’s first stab at launching a series for the small screen since 2002’s “Firefly....
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News Corp.-owned 20th Century Fox Television is implementing across-the-board production cuts at all of its series, joining a growing list of companies trimming budgets in the wake of the economic downturn. All 20th producers have been told to reduce their budgets by 2%, a spokesman for the studio confirmed...
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It’s still November, but Fox’s Preston Beckman already has his mind on next fall. According to the network’s scheduling guru, the massive midseason changes Fox announced late last week aren’t about boosting short-term ratings. Instead, they’re designed to help Fox in its perennial mission to boost ratings...
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Production has halted on the Joss Whedon drama “Dollhouse” amid indications that some executives inside Fox are deeply concerned about the creative direction of the series. The last day of filming on “Dollhouse” was last Thursday, a spokesman for the show’s studio, 20th Century Fox TV confirmed today...
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Joss Whedon has decided to shoot a new pilot episode for his Fox drama “Dollhouse.” In a post to the fan Web site Whedonesque.com, Mr. Whedon said that, while he’s happy with how the original pilot turned out, it wasn’t the perfect template to introduce viewers to his concept. “I’m very proud of the...
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Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly knows the network is sitting on a double-edged sword with the hype preceding J.J. Abrams’ “Fringe” and Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse”—with expectations high. a disappointment can sour rabid fans. “It does create higher expectations, higher scrutiny,” Mr. Reilly said...