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In a mostly positive piece on the Time Warner-owned cable channel TNT in today's New York Times, Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, said he views cable vs. broadcast as "David, as an industry, toppling Goliath." Not to take...
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In Hollywood's worst-kept secret, Warner Bros. and TNT are putting the finishing touches on a deal to bring the dark cop drama "Southland" to the cable channel. But whether this means "Southland," which NBC abruptly canceled earlier this month, is...
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Some good news for the beleaguered Weinstein Co. as it has sold the rights to "Inglourious Basterds" to Time Warner's basic cable network TNT. Though terms were not disclosed, typically these deals are based on a percentage of the box...
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Turner Broadcasting announced new original series projects with Steven Spielberg, Steven Bochco and Kevin James. Turner, which is crashing the broadcast networks’ upfront advertising sales week with a presentation of its own Wednesday, has been pumping up the amount of original programming on TNT and...
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Sam Linsky has been promoted to senior vice president of current programming for TNT and TBS. Mr. Linsky previously was VP of current programming for TNT. He oversaw the production of many of TNT’s current series, including “The Closer,” “Saving Grace,” “Raising the Bar” and “Leverage.” He will continue...
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The 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Jan. 23. The awards will be handed out at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles at 5 p.m. local time, but will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Submissions for the awards show open July 13. Nomination ballots will be mailed Nov...
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Turner Broadcasting hopes to ensure that when its series “My Boys” returns this week, people will remember Nationwide Insurance. As part of a deal struck during last year’s upfront, Nationwide is being integrated into an episode of the comedy. Also, characters from the show will appear in a custom tune...
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The National Basketball Association is getting ready for the playoffs with a promotional campaign that its TV partners, ABC, ESPN and TNT, will be using as well. The campaign, launching this week, uses the theme “Where Will Amazing Happen This Year?” as it shows in striking black-and-white some of the...
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The NBA is having an All-Star year heading into All-Star Weekend on TNT. Advertising during what has become a four-day television extravaganza is about 90% sold out, according to David Levy, president of Turner Sales and Turner Sports. PUTTING UP NUMBERS Thanks in part to brand builders like LeBron James...
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It’s tough times for much of the television business, but Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes likes the TV-production business. “We feel very good about the TV production business,” Mr. Bewkes said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings conference call with analysts. “It’s a high-profit business...
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TNT said it renewed its original series “Leverage” for a second season. The show’s first season is currently airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m. It has been averaging 3.2 million total viewers and 1.4 million adults 18 to 49. The second season, consisting of 15 episodes, is scheduled to air later this year. ...
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As the national economy slides deeper into a recession, viewers appear to be turning to familiar favorites to ease the pain, making it harder for many newer shows to get noticed. That's proving to be a challenge for the cable networks that rolled the dice in December and January on several high-profile...
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Sunday night’s simulcast of the Screen Actors Guild Awards on TBS and TNT drew the smallest audience since the two networks began airing them together in 2006. TNT, which had telecast the show exclusively from 1998 through 2005, posted a 0.9 rating/2 share among adults 18 to 49 and 2.8 million viewers...
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The Screen Actors Guild may be divided against itself over whether to call a strike vote, but the group is forging ahead toward its annual awards show amid reports that some members are politicizing the event. When last year’s Writers Guild of America strike wreaked havoc on many entertainment industry...
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January may turn out to be the cruelest month for TV types this year, with a crush of broadcast and cable premieres threatening to forever change the rules of midseason launches. Networks, particularly on the broadcast side, have long considered the winter months somewhat safer havens for debuting shows...
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