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MTV campaign targets digital abuse
TV News: Public service initiative to be multiplatform, multiyear effort -- MTV is partnering with Facebook, MySpace and others on a multiyear, multiplatform initiative combating so-called digital abuse of children and young adults.
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HBO to develop 'Honest' program
TV News: Cabler working on hourlong script from Eric Simonson -- HBO is getting "Honest" with its development.
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'The Hills' receives season pickup
TV News: MTV also renews 'The City' -- Despite falling ratings, MTV's "The Hills" will return for a sixth season.
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Football's a hit for ESPN
TV News: Patriots-Saints matchup draws record ratings -- The highest-rated NFL season in years continued Monday night with near-record numbers for ESPN's matchup between the New England Patriots and undefeated New Orleans Saints.
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Fox gets 'Inside Jokes'
TV News: Merv Griffin Ent., Connolly assemble sketch pilot -- Fox has given a pilot order to "Inside Jokes," a comedy project from Merv Griffin Entertainment and "Entourage" star Kevin Connolly.
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Olshansky exits NBC U TV
TV News: Exec's departure unrelated to Comcast deal -- NBC U TV business affairs exec Rick Olshansky is out at the company.
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CBS to air 'Celebrity Skifest' special
TV News: Neil Patrick Harris among those to hit slopes -- CBS is taking to the slopes with the "Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest."
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'Sons' given third-season pickup
TV News: FX also gives Sutter extension -- FX is getting back on the bike and has given a third-season renewal to "Sons of Anarchy."
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'Swift' acceptance for Grace
TV News: New syndie offering gets wide clearance -- "Swift Justice With Nancy Grace," a syndicated strip launching in fall 2010 and featuring the CNN Headline News legal analysis host, has been sold by CBS Television Distribution to 80% of the ...
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TV sector healthy in Asia
TV News: Singapore confab kicks off with flurry of deals -- The three-day Asia Television Forum conference and trade show kicked off in Singapore on Wednesday.
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Gervais hosts Globes
TV News: Unconventional humor expected to be a big hit -- Golden Globes pins its hopes on naughty but nice Ricky Gervais.
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Golden Globes parties on cusp
TV News: Many studios wait to book; budget cuts may force cutbacks -- Despite studio belt-tightening, expect the 2010 Golden Globes and its array of associated events to sparkle.
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SAG honors voiceover actor
TV News: Smith to receive Howard Keel Award in spring -- The Screen Actors Guild has tapped voiceover actor Sheldon Smith to receive the Howard Keel Award for his contributions to the guild.
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ID staying 'On the Case'
TV News: Zahn newsmagazine renewed for second season -- The most-watched series in the history of Investigation Discovery, "On the Case With Paula Zahn," has received a second-season renewal from the cabler.
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Asian TV Forum bows in Singapore
TV News: String of deals highlight healthy biz in region -- The three-day Asia Television Forum conference and trade show kicked off in Singapore with a flurry of deals that highlighted the relative rude health of the Asian TV sector and also ...
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Randy Michaels to top Tribune
TV News: Sam Zell names CEO, but remains chairman -- Sam Zell has handed the CEO reins at Tribune Co. to his top lieutenant, Randy Michaels.
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Ratings: 'Loser' tops atypical Tuesday
TV News: CBS turns heads with 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' -- On a night when President Obama's address preempted or delayed programming, NBC's "The Biggest Loser" was the top draw in key demos.
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BBC Worldwide to expand further
TV News: Content chief will invest in more startups -- A BBC Worldwide topper has signalled that the outfit continues to adopt a dynamic expansionist strategy, especially in the U.S. -- despite a recent report from the corp.'s in-house regulator, the ...
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Berlusconi tries to halt Cielo launch
TV News: News Corp.'s DTT channel delays take off -- Cielo, News Corp.'s new Italo digital terrestrial TV channel, has suffered a double blow, with red tape blocking this week's launch and the Italian government questioning whether the channel breaks ...
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HBO sets up Asian movie channel
TV News: Company forms joint venture with Mei Ah -- HBO Asia has unveiled an Asian movie channel as part of a joint venture with Hong Kong's Mei Ah, which will launch across the continent next year.
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BAFTA moves TV awards to June
TV News: Body introduces two acting categories -- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is moving its annual TV awards to the summer instead of the spring.
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Seven loses C7 appeal
TV News: Judge rules ‘no collusion’ in sports web’s failure -- Kerry Stokes' Seven Network has lost its appeal against a group of media, telco and sports orgs related to the 2002 demise of its pay TV sports channel, C7.
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NBC to develop 'Tommy Supreme'
TV News: Project based on real-life attorney Tom Goldstein -- NBC is taking its development all the way to the Supreme Court.
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'Glee' co-creator gets big Fox deal
TV News: Brian Falchuk signs seven-figure multiyear pact -- "Glee" exec producer Brad Falchuk is in tune with 20th Century Fox TV.
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Comcast’s bargain purchase
TV News: Burke to oversee NBC Universal arm -- As the finer points of Comcast Corp.'s takeover bid for NBC Universal come into focus, it's clear that the cable giant has found a way to vault into showbiz's top echelon at a bargain-basement acquisition ...
Comcast's bargain purchase
TV News: Burke to oversee NBC Universal arm -- As the finer points of Comcast Corp.'s takeover bid for NBC Universal come into focus, it's clear that the cable giant has found a way to vault into showbiz's top echelon at a bargain-basement acquisition ...
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ESPN sets date for L.A. web launch
TV News: Cable network continues West Coast push -- ESPN's website, following major pushes into Chicago and Boston, is finally making a run at Los Angeles.
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'Cold Case' gets syndicated extension
TV News: CBS signs deal for two season pickup -- Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has given "Cold Case" a two-year syndie pickup on CBS Television stations in 16 markets.
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Fox, CBS, NBC finish neck-and-neck
TV News: Football games give boost to TV ratings -- In a week when the Thanksgiving holiday diluted the ratings on several nights, the networks finished in a tight race for the demo lead.
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'Ugly Betty' moving to Wednesday
TV News: ABC hopes schedule change will boost series -- ABC is set to make its long-rumored "Ugly Betty" move to Wednesday nights.
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'The Shield' actors to appear on 'Lie to Me'
TV News: Exec producer bringing back thesps for episode -- Fox's "Lie to Me" has lined up a mini cast reunion from "The Shield" this spring.
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TV's best? Can't pick just 10
TV News: Boiling down scripted series in 2009 is daunting -- 2009 offered a stellar and diverse array of dramas and comedies to consider.
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Jones to helm WGA Awards
TV News: Kudocast to be held on Feb. 20 at Century Plaza -- The Writers Guild of America West has tapped producer/director Spike Jones, Jr. to executive produce its upcoming awards show on Feb. 20 at the Century Plaza.
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UTV sells slew of TV rights
TV News: Indian, U.K. companies buy for $20 million -- Bollywood producer-distrib UTV Motion Pictures has sold TV rights to a slew of its 2008-09 films for rupees 950 million ($20.53 million) to Indian feevees Colors and NDTV Imagine, Blighty's ...
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'Damages' starts new season Jan. 25
TV News: 'Nip/Tuck' begins last season Jan. 6 -- FX is shifting its two-time Emmy-nominated series "Damages" to Monday nights and will launch the final season of "Nip/Tuck" beginning Jan. 6.
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'Coraline' tops Annie nominations
TV News: Henry Selick's 3D pic nabs 10 nods, including best picture -- Henry Selick's "Coraline" led the Annie nominations with ten contenders, including best feature, best directing, and two noms for character design.
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Charles Gibson to sign off Dec. 18
TV News: ABC 'World News' host confirms departure date -- Charles Gibson will sign off from ABC's "World News" for the last time on Dec. 18.
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'House' tops Monday ratings
TV News: Fox wins night over CBS comedies, family favorites -- On a night when ESPN's coverage of the much-anticipated NFL game between New Orleans and New England figured to dominate the ratings race, Fox led the broadcasters thanks to "House," the ...
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Nicole Richie gets ABC series
TV News: 'Simple Life' thesp to star in scripted half-hour comedy -- Nicole Richie is plotting a return to primetime, this time as the star of a scripted half-hour comedy.
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‘Office’ pair team for film
TV News: Writers will build bigscreen ‘Self Esteem’ -- "The Office" scribes Brent Forrester and Mindy Kaling are looking to boost their self-esteem with a project at Mandate Pictures.
Nicole Richie lands ABC project
TV News: 'Simple Life' thesp to star in scripted half-hour comedy -- Nicole Richie is plotting a return to primetime, this time as the star of a scripted half-hour comedy.
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'Office' pair team for film
TV News: Writers will build bigscreen ‘Self Esteem’ -- "The Office" scribes Brent Forrester and Mindy Kaling are looking to boost their self-esteem with a project at Mandate Pictures.
KNBC adds Bart, Guber
TV News: Affil to air Saturday skein from showbiz insiders -- Los Angeles outlet KNBC will launch "Show Business With Bart and Guber" this Saturday.
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Will Bravo crash party?
TV News: Can net afford to have the couple on ‘Real Housewives’? -- With a White House review, a Secret Service investigation and now a congressional hearing exploring how the "party crashers" got in to the state dinner last week, where does that ...
Shaw steps down at ABC
TV News: Sales and marketing prez exits after 10 years -- ABC sales and marketing president Mike Shaw is departing after nearly 10 years in the top job.
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Fox cooking up 'Bob's Burgers'
TV News: Animated half-hour series from Loren Bouchard, Jim Dauterive -- Fox is cooking up 13 episodes of "Bob's Burgers," an animated half-hour from Loren Bouchard ("Dr. Katz") and Jim Dauterive ("King of the Hill").
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Lenser Marc E. Reshovsky dies
TV News: Cinematographer shot films, shows, musicvideos -- Cinematographer and still photographer Marc E. Reshovsky, A.S.C. , who shot films, TV shows and musicvideos, died Nov. 20 in Seattle of complications from influenza. He was 52.
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GE, Vivendi reach deal on NBC U stake
TV News: 20 percent stake reportedly bought for $5.8 billion -- General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal held by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, The Associated Press has learned.
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ABC sales, marketing prexy to step down
TV News: Mike Shaw exits post after nearly ten years -- ABC sales and marketing president Mike Shaw is departing after nearly ten years in the top job.
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TNT boots 'Raising the Bar'
TV News: CBS removes 'Rivers' from Sunday nights -- TNT has lowered the "Bar," while CBS on Monday dammed its "Rivers."
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