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network television stories: 68 news summaries

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New Series Promise More Sex, Same City

Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia plod down familiar paths

Feb 7, 08 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - For those wanting more than Sex and the City reruns and a forthcoming movie, two new TV series promise to fill whatever space is left on the air for shows about high-powered female New Yorkers who just can't seem to find a man rich enough to love. But those viewers... More »

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NBC • New York City • women • ABC • Sex and the City • network television

Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday

Chastened by mistakes on New Hampshire, 2004, stations stay calm

Feb 6, 08 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - It was a chastened, circumspect TV news machine that creaked into action last night, the New York Times reports. After trusting ultimately incorrect polls in New Hampshire, pundits seemed terrified of making bold calls—a strategy that worked out, since the primary bonanza settled nothing. The biggest gaffe came from... More »

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television • Hillary Clinton • Super Tuesday • primary • Latino voters • Mike Huckabee • pundits • endorsement • network television

Strike Takes Toll on TV Ratings

Reality programming cushions blow for Fox, NBC

Jan 30, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The major television networks got a good look yesterday at the toll the 3-month-old writers strike has taken on ratings, Variety reports. Comparing last week to the same period in 2007, the top five networks lost an average 21% of viewers in the 18-49 age group. Fox topped ratings on... More »

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television • American Idol • NBC • Nielsen Ratings • Fox • network television

'Idol' Charges Record Ad Rates

Writers strike wipes out the competition

Jan 14, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - "American Idol"—TV's undisputed ratings champ with its biggest competitors sidelined by the writers strike—is setting records for ad prices. "It's the biggest thing in a landscape where there aren't as many big things as there used to be,'' an ad buyer tells Bloomberg. The... More »

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television • American Idol • advertising • commercials • Fox • Hollywood writers' strike • advertising rates • News Corp • network television

NBC Keeps on Truckin' With Innovative Reality Package

Network buys prime time block of action shows - with no staff writers

Dec 3, 07 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Writers? Who needs writers? NBC is about to buy a two- or three-hour block of prime time programming featuring unscripted documentary style action shows from the producers of “Ice Road Truckers" and the "Deadliest Catch." The programs don't need staff writers, cost a fraction of standard television... More »

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NBC • Jeff Zucker • primetime TV • Ice Road Truckers • Deadliest Catch • Thom Beers • network television

New TV Season Disappoints

First set of debuts get lukewarm reception

Sep 20, 07 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fall TV season isn't wowing audiences so far, Variety reports. Four fresh shows hit the small screen last night, but none made a big splash. Fox's "Back to You" was tops among 18- to 49-year-olds and attracted 9.4 million viewers overall. But it won by a slim... More »

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television • CBS • ABC • Jericho • audiences • Nielsen Ratings • Fox • Kid Nation • network television • CW network

CBS Reality Show Abused
Kid Stars: Parents

NM officials says controversial "Kid Nation" broke the law

Aug 18, 07 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - CBS is defending its upcoming reality show “Kid Nation” against claims of child abuse and neglect, the Times reports. At least one participant’s parent complained to authorities in New Mexico, where CBS filmed 40 youngsters living alone in a ghost town, that her 11-year-old daughter’s face... More »

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television • reality TV • CBS • New Mexico • children • parents • child abuse • Kid Nation • network television

Fourth-Place Peacock
Goes Light
on New Shows

NBC puts quality ahead of quantity, sticks with light, cerebral, heroic for fall

May 15, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - NBC offered surprising few new plays for its 2007-08 season, with only one new comedy, five new dramas and a slew of cancellations. The network has been bringing up the rear in a generally bearish market, but signaled it would continue to push shows with critical acclaim but middling commercial... More »

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entertainment • television • Heroes • NBC • The Office • network television

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