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Maxim magazine's 'Hot 100' special June 21 delivered lots of scantily clad girls and sexy images, but not everybody got to see it. In the end only 182 of the [...]

With the buildup of U.S. troops in the Middle East, network news divisions aren't the only ones planning for what looks like an inevitable war with Iraq. Entertainment divisions have [...]

7 Michael Eisner: Board endorses his turnaround plan for Disney. A media mogul given time to bolster an ailing stock price is as rare these days as a hit on […]

'Monk' to continue airing on ABC ``Monk,'' the USA Network cable hit that was repurposed on ABC this summer, has earned its way onto the struggling broadcast network's fall schedule. [...]

If you're sick of TV advertising, a hospital bed might not be the best place for you. GE Medical Systems, with the ad-sales and content-provision assistance of corporate sibling NBC, [...]

``CBS will improve the most, if their 10 p.m. shows catch on,'' said Matt Roush, senior TV critic, TV Guide. ```CSI: Miami' should be much stiffer competition for [NBC's] `Crossing [...]

Leavitt named ATAS president The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has formally named veteran network and studio executive Todd Leavitt president and chief operating officer, responsible for the organization's [...]

NBC and Fox are seeing the early benefits of having more original programming on their summer schedules: Awareness levels for many of their new fall shows are on par with [...]

In a behind-the-scenes boon to Tribune, the Federal Communications Commission has given the company a waiver to combine the operations of WBZL-TV in Miami and the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in nearby [...]

On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks NBC plans to start the day on a somber note and end on a musical high note. The network will [...]

Remember the ``Night of 100 Stars''? More recently, NBC brought us ``The Show of 100 Sucks.'' It's hard to recall a TV program that provoked a greater number of passionate [...]

Several NBC owned-and-operated stations are hopping on a new weekly series from Zoom Culture in what could eventually become a national rollout. ``Hip-Hop Nation: Notes From the Underground'' is set [...]

More than half the lead-out sitcoms on the broadcast networks are failing to retain a decent portion of their lead-in audience. Add to that a weak midseason lineup, with the [...]

Intelsat leased short-term satellite space to NBC's 'Today' show for a broadcast from the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier. The transmission, which aired March 26 and 27, […]

From Sept. 11 through the end of the year, NBC stationed a camera operator at New York City's Ground Zero. It was expensive, but something NBC and MSNBC thought was [...]

In the giant slalom at the Winter Olympics, U.S. skier Bode Miller was bested by Austria's Stephan Eberharter and lost the gold because he was 0.91 seconds behind. NBC viewers-most [...]

Don't ever dare suggest reality TV is nothing more than a passing fad to David Goldberg. As president of Endemol Entertainment USA, Mr. Goldberg's exploitation of the reality TV genre-most [...]

It looks like NBC is taking the ``B.A.I.T.'' Sister syndication arm NBC Enterprises has sold the upcoming weekly action series to the NBC owned-and-operated station group and to the Hearst-Argyle [...]

Donnie Wahlberg has signed to play one of the lead characters in the cop drama pilot 'Boomtown' for NBC. Mykelti Williamson has also signed on as a cast member. Graham [...]

NBC affiliates in the Pacific time zone who had to argue long and hard to win network agreement for the Winter Olympics to be carried tape-delayed on the West Coast, [...]

NBC plans to incorporate a new slate of graphic elements into its Olympics coverage this month to emphasize the speed and edginess of events such as speed skating, freestyle aerial [...]

Weekly hours have seen little action the past few seasons, but with some estimates projecting as many as a third of the weekly barter hour time slots opening up this [...]

NBA.com, Turner hook up for fantasy game NBA.com will host its first live fantasy basketball game, ``NBA Fantasy Live on TBS and TNT.'' The interactive game, which runs from Jan. [...]

NEW YORK -- NBC will broadcast some of its events from February's Winter Olympics in high-definition TV, the network said. Viewers in markets of the 32 NBC affiliates that broadcast [...]

`Emeril,' `Schwartz' cut out of sweeps by NBC Los Angeles-In a telling sign reflecting their ongoing rating problems, NBC is going to be resting struggling freshman sitcoms ``Inside Schwartz'' and [...]

New York: America's second largest TV network, NBC, is teaming up with home shopping channel ShopNBC to provide an online version of its flagship merchandising store, NBC Experience. The move [...]

At press time, NBC announced it is finally bringing HDTV to its prime time lineup, beginning with Crossing Jordan tonight. Like ABC, NBC will pay for the costs. (See earlier [...]

Tribune close to deal for more `Friends' The Tribune station group is reportedly close to sealing a second-cycle renewal of Warner Bros.' off-network sitcom ``Friends.'' A major-market Tribune station source [...]

Buena Vista pulls out of NATPE The Mouse is exiting the NATPE house now that syndicator Buena Vista Television has officially opted to eschew the convention floor in January. The [...]

Yet already the potential replacement shows are lining up just behind the starting gate Next week is premiere week, which can mean only one thing for the broadcast networks: It's [...]

Three new shows take their bow this week on network TV, one comedy and two so-called reality shows, which are really global lab experiments. The reality show I'm waiting for […]

Sure, NBC Enterprises Domestic Syndication is putting a lot into its first program launch, but that's only half of the story. When The Other Half premieres into national syndication Sept. [...]

Maybe George W. Bush would be less aghast at the notion of cloning if some other term were used. Don't think of it as cloning, George W. Just think of [...]

Even though industry watchers may think reality TV programming is playing to lower-income viewers, NBC still thinks there is a large ``upscale'' audience tuning in to the much derided genre. [...]

Fiber makes ground in point-to-point use, but satellite delivery remains the top option for point-to-multipoint The use of satellite continues to figure prominently in the plans of broadcasters, despite terrestrial [...]

Line between scripted dramas and reality series is growing blurrier When Fox launches its hybrid reality program Murder in Small Town X on July 24, all of Hollywood may be [...]

With its ambitious regional hubbing plan gaining full speed, NBC brought managers of its 13 owned-and-operated stations to Miami last week for a look at its first hub in operation. [...]

After considering Ellen DeGeneres and Surviour winner Richard Hatch to front the upcoming syndicated version of Weakest Link, NBC appears to have its sights set on name recognition. It ain't [...]

Many studios are now moving quickly to secure markets and hosts for the 2002 season For top syndicators, the game-show rush is officially on for 2002. What was once an [...]

High scores send pilot from flat as a fallen souffle' to sizzling on the front burner Emeril is the sitcom NBC didn't want, but somehow it made the network's fall [...]

Buyers think ratings will hold up as NBC and Turner take over for 2nd half Media buyers believe that Nascar's transition from five months on Fox to NBC and Turner [...]

``I'm concerned about this being one more step down the slippery slope. How much imagination does it take for a kid to strap himself into horse's reins and have himself [...]

Just months after Peter Roghaar arrived at NBC affiliate WPTV, West Palm Beach, Fla., the market became ground zero for the November 2000 election debacle. ``Election Day itself was a [...]

Mainframe taps Novak as CEO Mainframe Entertainment's board of directors has tapped Lou Novak as the company's new CEO. Mr. Novak, who has held senior management positions at Galoob, Mattel [...]