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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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Investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein on Wednesday released a new pessimistic report on media company earnings. “The recent run-up in media stocks suggests investors are looking past the horrid near-term trends to a happier place off in the horizon,” said analyst Michael Nathanson in a report. “However...
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“The Office” is cleared in 93% of the country for its broadcast syndication debut in fall 2009, NBC Universal Television Distribution announced today. The comedy has been sold to stations owned by CBS, Tribune, Peachtree TV, Sinclair, Gannett, Meredith, Hearst-Argyle, LIN and Local TV. Fox Television...
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“Star Trek: The Next Generation” returns to broadcast syndication after eight years, CBS Television Distribution announced today. “Star Trek” is cleared as a daily Monday-Friday show in 83% of the country, including 29 of the top 30 markets, CBS said. Tribune, Sinclair, CBS and LIN stations are among...
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“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is cleared in more than 92% of the country for next year in its Monday-through-Friday strip format, NBC Universal Television Distribution announced today. “SVU” has been sold on Fox, CBS, Sinclair, Sunbeam, LIN, Granite, Meredith, Local TV, Hearst, Media General...
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Thu, Dec 18 2008
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For television, there seem to be more questions than answers as 2008 comes to a close: How many industry pros will lose their jobs? How long will the recession last? How badly will the advertising market that is TV’s lifeblood falter? Wave after wave of anxiety-provoking headlines don’t help matters...
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Sun, Dec 14 2008
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Chuck Lorre, executive producer and creator of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory,” may seem quiet, but he’s definitely not shy with his opinions, whether doling them out in person, online or after every episode on his production company’s vanity cards. He’s tussled with critics who deride...
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Sumner Redstone’s National Amusements movie theater circuit said it is in discussion with its bankers and other noteholders about the company’s debt as a result of the sharp drop in the value of the CBS and Viacom stock it holds. Mr. Redstone had to sell $233 million in nonvoting stock in Viacom and...
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After steady seasons of rising popularity on CBS, "How I Met Your Mother" now has closed key deals in syndication, where it will launch in fall 2010. Series distributor Twentieth Television has locked up deals with Fox-owned stations in the nation's top three markets of New York, Los Angeles...