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Walt Disney Co., General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal and Hearst Corp. have finalized an agreement to merge several cable networks together, for now anyway. Under the terms of the agreement, A&E Television Networks (AETN), which is owned by all three...
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Almost 16 months after Lifetime Television struck a deal to snag the fashion reality hit "Project Runway" from Bravo the show will finally debut in its new home tonight. A lot is riding on this for Lifetime, which needs "Project...
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Imagine if the New York Yankees were co-owned by the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. Sounds crazy,right? But in the entertainment industry such partnerships among rivals are becoming more and more common. For example, Hulu, the red-hot online video...
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Lifetime announced start dates for its new shows during an upfront press luncheon Tuesday in New York. The network also talked about some of its shows in development for 2009, including comedy pilots with Sherri Shepherd, Valerie Bertinelli and Cybill Shepherd. “Project Runway,” which has been kept off...
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Unilever’s Vaseline Aloe Fresh will be the presenting sponsor of Lifetime’s upcoming miniseries “Maneater.” Promotion of the brand on Lifetime will begin later this month, with a national sweepstakes launching May 1. Vaseline Aloe Fresh also will be mentioned in tune-in spots for the show, which debuts...
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The long legal battle over “Project Runway” came to a surprising end as producer Harvey Weinstein agreed to pay NBC Universal to move the award-winning show to Lifetime. The agreement clears the way for the sixth season of the show, which was shot during New York’s Fashion Week in February, to return...
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NBC Universal, the Weinstein Co. and Lifetime have settled their dispute over “Project Runway,” the companies announced today. According to a statement released today, the Weinstein Co. will pay NBC Universal to move “Runway” from Bravo to Lifetime. “All of the parties are pleased with the outcome,”...
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Lifetime announced it is picking up a fourth season of its original series “Army Wives.” The drama’s third season begins airing in June. “This early pickup—even prior to the season-three premiere—is a true testament to our commitment and support of this great show,” said JoAnn Alfano, executive VP for...
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Lifetime will premiere four original movies this spring based on the stories of author Nora Roberts. The films will air over four consecutive Saturdays at 9 p.m., beginning with the March 21 broadcast of “Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights.” The film stars LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian and Rosanna Arquette....
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Lifetime’s original movie “Prayers for Bobby” drew 3.8 million viewers in its premiere Saturday night, and another 2.3 million for its encore Sunday night. The film, starring Sigourney Weaver as a mother who questions her strong religious beliefs after her gay son commits suicide, posted a 3.1 household...
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JoAnn Alfano is starting to put her stamp on Lifetime. Ms. Alfano, who in September joined the top-rated women’s network as executive VP for entertainment, earlier this month put the original series “Drop Dead Diva” into production. She said the show—about a shallow fashion model who dies in an accident...
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Handing a procedural win to NBC Universal in the case over “Project Runway,” a federal judge on Tuesday rejected Lifetime’s attempt to move the dispute out of state court. NBC Universal had sued to keep “Project Runway’s” production company, Weinstein Co., from moving the show to the Lifetime cable channel...
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Off-network syndication offerings for 2009 are slim, but with syndicators and stations concerned about the tough economy, the segment’s importance will grow considerably in the next couple of seasons. Along with being the network’s top-rated show, NBC Universal’s “The Office” makes its way to broadcast...
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Lifetime’s original film “Flirting With Forty,” starring Heather Locklear, drew 4 million viewers in its premiere Saturday night. The film, in which Ms. Locklear plays an older divorced mother who begins dating a much younger man, ranks among Lifetime’s most-viewed movies of the year. “The Memory Keeper...
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NBC Universal is touting new research that shows marketers should maintain their advertising to women because they control the bulk of household spending and are looking for ways to shop smarter as the economy weakens. Susan Malfa, senior VP of ad sales for NBC Universal’s Bravo and Oxygen, points to...