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Fox, CBS and CW fall lineups show promise
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Despite the strike, the trio returned with diverse fall lineups. ABC and NBC are...



Balance bails out entirely in the news
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TV reporters and anchors get caught up in the heat of the moment.



'Friday Night Lights' deal may herald a new era TV funding
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NBC series about high school football in a Texas small town will begin its third...



Emmy versus audience The Emmy Awards are meant to reflect quality, which does not always sync up with...



TV networks tiptoe into fall, the post-writers-strike season
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Fewer shows will premiere and programming will be less risky in hopes...



The conventions belong to cable news
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CNN, Fox News and MSNBC take over broadcast networks' role as political...



By the numbers Viewers of Barack Obama's Thursday speech at DNC: CNN...8.0 million ABC...6.6...



Bonnie Hunt prepares (sort of) for daytime TV
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SPEND AN hour or so with Bonnie Hunt these days and you come away convinced she's got a daytime talk show...



Hidden complexity in 'Design' SOON, IT will all return: the mammoth egos, the nasty feuds, the career fates that teeter on choosing...



A parting of the programming ways for networks, cable
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While broadcasters stick with reality this summer, and have some hits, cable...



Wendy Williams is ready to fight Breaking into the cutthroat world of syndicated TV is a bigger challenge than...



A new era for Ebert-less 'At the Movies'
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"At the Movies," the syndicated series that introduced the TV-watching masses to passionate on-air...



'Wanna Bet?': ABC places wager on Ant & Dec.
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The hosts of the new reality show follow in the footsteps of the U.K.'s Simon...



Just call Matt Kunitz the king of reality TV
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The man behind 'Fear Factor' is happy to entertain viewers any way he can....



Open letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger re: SAG talks
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He was 'low-key' during the writers strike. With the industry fearing another...



Where TV and the Web converge, there is Hulu
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The streaming video site offers a free and relatively painless way to watch your...



The farming out of CW's Sunday nights
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Media Rights Capital will program and finance the prime-time lineup.



Mysteries of 'Life on Mars'
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Who will star? Will David E. Kelley be involved? What does the future hold?



Broadcast networks under siege
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Declining viewers and cable's subscriber-fee revenue advantage are forcing TV...



Will 'Ugly Betty' and others strike for SAG?
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Films and TV sag under the $tar system.



'Samantha Who?' aims to jog fans' memory
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The promising ABC comedy starring Christina Applegate will return from the...



David Archuleta: Who the people want
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Boy wonder gets his break. Now, give him a break?



Strike coverage was hazardous duty
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The media blasted one another, and bloggers left a big impression.



TV's grave new world
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The glut of reality TV isn't being driven solely by the writers strike, but by a...



The strike aside, hit shows are still missing
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Although ratings haven't fallen much yet, the networks are grappling with weak...



Working for reality TV? Sorry
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When push comes to shove, residuals are going to matter more than reality...



Hail king cable
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As if the writers strike wasn't enough to worry about, the networks take a...



Strike puts TV critics press tour in limbo
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NBC has pulled out. Other networks on the fence pending the dispute's outcome.



Show runners run the show
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TV's writer-producers are shaping up to be the most influential players in the...



CHANNEL ISLAND: ABC likes its chances in 'Murder Club'
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The network thinks the series based on James Patterson's books could be...


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