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MSNBC is shaking up its prime-time programming lineup,
removing the long-time host –- and one-time general manager
of the network -- Dan Abrams from his 9 p.m. program and replacing him with Rachel Maddow.
How your favorite television shows are affected by
the writers' strike.
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December 28 0 comments Letterman Deal Puts New
Pressure On Other Late-Night Hosts Letterman Makes Deal With
Writers Picket lines can be expected to form outside NBC and Comedy Central studios in early January as late-night talk show hosts return to ...
One week after media reports cast doubts about
Katie Couric's future on the "CBS Evening News," the
third-place broadcast set a new record low for viewership. The "CBS Evening News" attracted an average of 5.39 million viewers last week, placing the ...
Damian Lewis plays Charlie Crews in the NBC
drama “Life.” (NBC) NBC’s stalwart newsmagazine “Dateline” will return
to the network’s prime time schedule on Dec. 14 for the first time in over a month. The hour-long broadcast, with ...
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Not that I don't care about the writers'
plight, but I'd be lying if this wasn't super
radtastic new. They're back! Yay!
Brit Hume, the pre-eminent political anchor on the
Fox News Channel, intends to step down from his
nightly newscast after the presidential election, three people close to him said this week.
For a few new television series, the writers’
strike may actually be a good thing. Because the
strike could shut down television production, the networks are wary of wasting any original programming they have already prepared. A report by the media ...
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On Thursday HBO confirmed that Warner Bros. and
New Line Cinema are already at work on No.
2.
The anchors of ABC’s “Nightline,” shown on different
nights, from left to right: Terry Moran, Cynthia McFadden
and Martin Bashir. (ABC) For the first time since Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the news airwaves two years ago — and, ...
Marshall Herskovitz shown on the set of “Quarterlife”
last fall. (Elisabeth Caren) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — “Quarterlife,” the
Internet series whose debut on NBC Tuesday night got poor ratings, does not belong on a broadcast ...
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(Sundance.com) The Sundance Channel, a joint venture of
NBC Universal, CBS and Robert Redford, is being put
up for sale, a media analyst said Wednesday. The channel, available in 28 million homes, is seeking a valuation in excess of $400 million, ...
If a network takes away the online stream
of a television show, will Web viewers watch the
old-fashioned way? The CW is about to find out. The fifth-place broadcast network said on Thursday that the rest of this season’s episodes of “Gossip ...
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Major Garrett interviewing Terry McAuliffe on Fox News
Channel. Some Democrats don't view the Fox News Channel
as friendly territory. But Terry McAuliffe, the chairman of the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign, is clearly a fan. In an interview with the cable network Tuesday night, Mr. McAuliffe congratulated Fox for being the first media organization to project Mrs. [...]
Reuters reports: "Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. withdrew
its bid to buy the Weather Channel due to
price, a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Friday." The deadline for a new bid passed at noon on Friday. A Time Warner ...
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Get ready for a black, tongue-in-cheek version of
"Dateline."
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HBO has given the green light to three
television pilots: a comedy based on a book about
the sexual exploits of a Capitol Hill staffer, a look at post-Katrina New Orleans by the creator of "The Wire," and a drama about Atlantic City in the 1920s.
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Another consequence of NBC's decision to delay the
United States broadcast of the Olympics opening ceremonies on
Friday.
Production on “The Office” was halted Tuesday after
many staffers, including the lead actor Steve Carell, did
not show up for work. (NBC) Television viewers are beginning to get a better sense of how the writers’ strike will affect their ...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson joins picketers from several
craft unions on a Writers Guild of America picket
line outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles as the writers’ strike against movie and television producers enters its fourth day Thursday, ...
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Rachel Maddow to Replace Dan Abrams on MSNBC