FCC kicks off cable-broadcaster review

2010-03-19T12:30:37Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission launched a review into how broadcasters and cable companies negotiate retransmission deals following a recent spat between Walt Disney Co's ABC Network and

Conan O'Brien is in talks with Fox for a talk show

2010-03-19T07:00:36Z

<div id="subtitle">With NBC part of his past, Conan O'Brien is in talks with Fox for a new late-night show</div><div><p>The next few months could keep Conan O'Brien very busy.</p><p>For starters, he needs to keep posting those random tweets on his recently o...

Fox and O'Brien talks still in preliminary stages

2010-03-18T10:00:15Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - He has become the most famous out-of-work American.</p><p>Save for a few weeks of vacation after he signed off January 22 as "Tonight Show" host, Conan O'Brien has stayed in the new...

NBC's prime-time viewership improves without Leno

2010-03-16T15:15:42Z

<div id="subtitle">NBC prime-time viewership increases by 45 percent in 2 weeks since Jay Leno's move</div><div><p>Two weeks into non-Jay Leno programming, NBC's audience for the final hour of prime-time TV has increased by 45 percent.</p><p>While NBC doesn't necessarily have any hits in that hour, the instant response by viewers indicates they a...

Fox's Meet The Top 12 "American Idol" Finalists Event - Arrivals

2010-03-12T00:33:44Z

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 11: **BOOK PUBLISHING OUT** CEO Fox Networks Group Tony Vinciquerra, contestant Didi Benami, President Fox Entertainment Kevin Reilly, contestants Siobhan Magnus,

ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot

2010-03-10T21:00:33Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged.</p><p>The man...

Cable group wants U.S. FCC to end fee disputes

2010-03-09T14:45:33Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of cable and satellite companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters.</p><p>The group, which includes rival TV distributors suc...

Euphoria over specials masks deeper TV concerns

2010-03-09T12:46:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Broadcasters excited over how well specials are doing; regular shows doing less well</div><div><p>While special events are doing very well for broadcasters — capped off by an Oscars telecast that was the most-watched entertainment program in five years — their day-to-day schedules are hurting.</p><p>The Nielsen Co.

CAPITAL CULTURE: Palin candidate, pundit, celeb?

2010-03-09T07:15:32Z

<div id="subtitle">CAPITAL CULTURE: Palin straddles increasingly blurred worlds of politics, media, celebrity</div><div><p>For more than a year, Sarah Palin has been one of the most famous political and cultural figures in the country. Even by that standard, though, last week was an extraordinary one.</p><p>On Thursday came word that the former Alaska governor was...

'Alice' opens with $116.3 million, a 3-D record

2010-03-07T14:30:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Tim Burton's 'Alice' surprises with huge $116.3 million during opening weekend, a 3-D record</div><div><p>Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's trip down the rabbit hole drew huge crowds, as "Alice in Wonderland" earned a whopping $116.3 million in its opening weekend — a record for a 3-D ...

Old cop shows, minority actors among TV pilots

2010-03-04T20:34:58Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Rockford Files" and "Hawaii Five-O" are flying high during pilot season, minority actors are hot, but Britain not so much.</p><p>For the first time in a decade, there is no broadcast p...

Olympics, 'Idol' rule again in last week's ratings

2010-03-02T11:31:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Winter Olympics, 'American Idol' again dominated the ratings roster last week, Nielsen says</div><div><p>Seven nights of Winter Olympics and three "American Idol" editions added up to Nielsen's Top 10 roster last week.</p><p>NBC could savor its final round of Olympics-fed ratings dominance, including the week's most-w...

Music Glee On Tour

2010-03-01T10:46:07Z

FILE-In this publicity image released by Fox, Chris Colfer, left, and Amber Riley, are shown in a scene from "Glee"on Fox. The cast of Fox's smash show hits the stage in New York, American Idol' singers defend themselves, saying judges came in 'throwing punches'</div><div><p>After dishing out tough criticism this week, the "American Idol" judges got some feedback from ousted contestants. Ashley Rodriguez, one of the first four singers voted off by viewers, chided the panel Friday for being hard on cont...

Olympics coverage gets 7 of top 8 Nielsen spots

2010-02-23T15:16:37Z

<div id="subtitle">NBC's Olympics coverage gets 7 of top 8 spots in Nielsen ratings; 'American Idol' places 5th</div><div><p>The Winter Olympics ruled in the ratings last week, treating NBC to an average audience roughly three times the size of its nearest rival, Fox.</p><p>NBC's coverage of the Winter Games held seven of the top eight ...

Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" 100th Episode Celebration

2010-02-20T00:30:27Z

CULVER CITY, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Fox's Kevin Reily, executive producer Kent Weed, executive producer Arthur Smith, Chef Gordon Ramsay, Fox's

FCC looking at pulled Fox game show: report

2010-02-19T18:45:18Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission is looking into allegations that producers of a Fox game show that never aired fed answers to potential contestants before taping the show last year, the New York Time...

Source: `Idol' semifinalist bumped over `veracity'

2010-02-22T08:41:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Source: `American Idol' contestant Chris Golightly dropped over contract `veracity' issue</div><div><p>"American Idol" contestant Chris Golightly was dropped from the top 24 semifinalists because of a "lack of veracity" during the audition process, a person close to the Texas college student last-minute hopeful</div><div><p>It's good news for Tim Urban and 23 other singers on "American Idol."</p><p>The 20-year-old college student from NBC crosses the ratings finish line in 1st place as Winter Olympics get under way</div><div><p>The first three nights of the Vancouver Olympics helped make NBC the audience favorite last week, but viewers also flocked to

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