Top 20 prime-time TV programs

2010-03-09T12:48:11Z

<div id="subtitle">A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for March 1-7</div><div><p>Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for March 1-7. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.</p><p>1. "Academy Awards," ABC, 41.7 million.</p...

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming

2010-03-08T16:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Stay tuned: More fee disputes coming over local TV channels on cable lineups</div><div><p>Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.</p><p>Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, ABC's ratings telecast</div><div><p>Early indications are that an Academy Awards telecast where "The Hurt Locker" topped the popular "Avatar" for best picture was popular with viewers.</p><p&g...

Cablevision gets ABC back in time for Oscars

2010-03-08T06:45:21Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp customers were able to watch the live broadcast of the Oscars on Sunday after the cable company reached a last-minute deal to return WABC-TV to air in a dispute over ...

3.1M customers face Oscar night without broadcast

2010-03-07T15:15:34Z

<div id="subtitle">3.1M Cablevision customers face Oscar night without broadcast amid unyielding feud with ABC</div><div><p>Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC's parent company

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...

Viacom to drop Jon Stewart, Colbert Report from Hulu

2010-03-04T10:00:25Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Comedy Central is withdrawing its popular comedy shows "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "Reuters) - Cablevision Systems chief executive Jim Dolan on Tuesday blasted Walt Disney's "bullying" threat to pull ABC from its cable...

Disney: ABC may go dark on Cablevision in New York

2010-03-02T04:30:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Disney says WABC-TV signal may go dark on Cablevision in New York area in dispute over fees</div><div><p>The Walt Disney Co. on Monday began warning Cablevision subscribers in New York that...

TV The Bachelor

2010-03-01T19:31:00Z

In this undated publicity image released by ABC, bachelor Jake Pavelka,is shown during the filming of the romance reality series, "The Bachelor" . (AP Photo/ABC, Greg Zabilski)

TV Octomom View

2010-02-24T14:33:11Z

In this publicity image released by ABC, Octomom Nadya Suleman, left, appears on the daytime talk show, "The View," with hosts, from second left, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and

ABC News aims to cut 300-400 jobs: source

2010-02-23T21:00:16Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said it was revamping ABC News in a move aimed at reducing more than 20 percent or 300 to 400 jobs, according to a source familiar with the division's biggest cutback in years.</p><p>...

ABC aims to cut 300-400 jobs: source

2010-02-23T17:30:39Z

ABC News announces staff cutbacks, restructuring

2010-02-23T15:45:22Z

<div id="subtitle">ABC News announces staff cutbacks, restructuring, as part of a 'fundamental transformation'</div><div><p>ABC News staffers got a memorandum Tuesday that promises to leave no part of the organization untouched, and will lead to massive personnel reductions by the end of 2010.</p><p>Although the memo from ABC News President David Westin spec...

ABC News to cut staff in 'transformation' of news division

2010-02-23T15:16:38Z

<div><p>ABC News said Tuesday that it plans to substantially cut its staff as part of a "fundamental transformation" of the news division at the Walt Disney-owned US television network.</p><p>ABC News president David Westin, in an email...

Walters' 29th annual Oscar special to be her last

2010-02-22T09:25:09Z

<div id="subtitle">Barbara Walters says her 29th annual Oscar special on ABC next month will be her last</div><div><p>Barbara Walters says next month's Oscar interview special will be her last, ending a 29-year tradition.</p><p>Walters made the announcement Monday on her weekday talk show, "The don't ask, don't tell'</div><div><p>President Barack Obama, Pentagon leaders and even former Vice President Dick Cheney think it's time to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy ...

Tragedy looms over TV coverage of Olympic opening

2010-02-22T09:44:32Z

<div id="subtitle">NBC's Vancouver coverage opens with the grisly fatal crash of a Georgian luger</div><div><p>Television networks, including Olympics rights-holder NBC, did not shy away from airing sickening video of the practice run accident that killed a 21-year-old luger from the

2010-02-22T10:13:05Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Looks like Ellen DeGeneres won't be replacing Oprah Winfrey on ABC stations anytime soon.</p><p>Her daytime talk show will continue to be broadcast on Reuters) - The only known aerial photographs of the World Trade Center as it collapsed on September 11, 2001, were released by ABC News on Wednesday.</p><p>The photos, taken from a helicopter by New York Police Det.

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