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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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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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....
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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Twentieth Century Fox Television Co-Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden celebrated their first pickup of the fall season last week—but it wasn’t for a series at one of the Big Five broadcast networks. Instead, they broke out the Champagne for the second-season greenlight for FX’s “Sons of Anarchy.”...
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