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 Newest 'Idol': David Cook 

The elder David wins in season finale

May 21, 08 9:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The newest "American Idol" is David Cook. The 25-year-old defeated David Archuleta, 17, in the season finale, the New York Post reports. The two received a record 97.5 million votes from viewers, eclipsing the previous mark by 23 million votes. Cook got 56% of the vote. The... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • Simon Cowell • Fox • David Cook • David Archuleta

Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso

Copyright showdown looms for video streaming site

May 21, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three of the big networks are trying to get a handle on video syndication website RedLasso, cNet reports. The site records and indexes clips from TV and radio shows, making it easy for bloggers to share and embed them. NBC, CBS and Fox News have issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering... More »

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television • NBC • blogging • online videos • copyright • TV networks • Fox • web video • copyright infringement • RedLasso

 Which David
 Is Our Idol? 

Voting on Cook's rock vs. Archuleta's ballads hours away from being revealed

May 21, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - We're only hours away from Fox crowning either balladeer (and Simon Cowell fave) David Archuleta, 17, or rocker David Cook, 25, as this season's American Idol. Cook seemed to win last night's live audience, the Kansas City Star reports. More »

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television • music • reality TV • American Idol • Simon Cowell • contest • singing • Fox • David Cook • David Archuleta

Network TV Records Worst Ratings Ever

Fox is tops in dismal strike-plagued season; cable's gain continues

May 21, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With just a few days left in the 2007-'08 TV season, Fox is set to take the ratings belt from five-time winner CBS. But it’ll be something of a hollow victory, because network TV on the whole recorded its worst year ever, Variety reports. Among the top five... More »

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television • CBS • Nielsen Ratings • Fox • TV ratings • network television • Fox network

 Syesha's Out: Idol Down to 2 

The final will pit David vs. David

May 14, 08 9:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syesha didn't make the cut. The "American Idol" competition is down to two—David Cook and David Archuleta—after voters knocked out Syesha Mercado tonight, the AP reports. The 21-year-old showed her range in the final show, mixing sultry sounds with pop, but it wasn't enough. Archuleta, 17, took... More »

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television • American Idol • Fox • David Cook • David Archuleta • Syesha Mercado

earnings report

Murdoch's
News Corp. Triples Profit

Media conglomerate earns $2.7B, thanks
mainly to DirecTV deal

May 7, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate tripled its profit last quarter on improved results from its cable and broadcast networks and the sale of DirecTV, MarketWatch reports. News Corp. earned $2.7 billion, or 91 cents a share, up from $871 million, or 27 cents a share, in the same quarter last... More »

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DirecTV • Rupert Murdoch • Fox • Juno • Super Bowl XLII • News Corp • 20th Century Fox

Could Seacrest Be Voted Off American Idol?

Search for reasons behind ratings decline may center on host

Apr 29, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A marketing survey into why ratings are off for this season of American Idol has some wondering if Ryan Seacrest's days as host are numbered, MSNBC reports. Many questions focused on how viewers respond to Seacrest and his interactions with judges and contestants. One source, though, says the queries “... More »

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American Idol • Fox • TV ratings • Ryan Seacrest

Trouble at
CBS Runs
Wide and Deep

Evening News
turmoil is last thing
Moonves needs

Apr 14, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - With trouble plaguing most divisions of CBS, last week's flap over Katie Couric's contract was just one of the countless items on Les Moonves' to-do list, the New York Times reports. Ad sales are down industry-wide, Fox is on the tail of the prime-time division and gaining fast, and the... More »

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Katie Couric • CBS • Leslie Moonves • earnings reports • Fox • CBS News

Justice Dept. Sues Fox
Over Raunchy
Reality Show

Latest round in indecency battle

Apr 5, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department has stepped in to force Fox to pay up $56,000 in indecency fines levied by the FCC but challenged by the broadcaster, Variety reports. Eight Fox-owned stations are being sued to collect fines for a 2003 episode of "Married by America" that featured men at... More »

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television • reality TV • Department of Justice • FCC • indecency • Fox • broadcasting

 Networks Rethink
 New Shows 

Writers strike shakes up how new shows are developed

Mar 31, 08 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Networks are rethinking how they develop new TV shows after the writers strike, the Wall Street Journal reports. NBC is switching to a staggered debut schedule, and many networks are shying away from traditional, expensive pilots. With fewer chances to test-drive possible shows, networks are sticking especially closely to trusted... More »

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television • NBC • CBS • Fox • pilots • Christian Slater

obituary

 Screen Tough Widmark Dead 

Gentle actor gained fame as a gangster

Mar 26, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Widmark, the American actor renowned for his sinister portrayals of gangsters, has died at age 93. His first film role—as a giggling, sadistic killer in the 1947 Kiss of Death—made him an instant movie star and gained him a Fox contract for 20 parts in seven years—... More »

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film • Fox • Richard Widmark • villains • gangsters • typecasting

Fox Thumbs Nose at $91K FCC Fine

Calls indecency ruling on strippers 'arbitrary and capricious'

Mar 25, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Think strippers and whipped cream is indecent? Pshaw, says Fox, which wants the FCC to drop a $91,000 indecency fine for a 2003 episode of “Married by America” in which contestants at rowdy parties licked whipped cream off topless strippers. The network originally was fined $1.2 million,... More »

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FCC • indecency • Fox • stripper

Murdoch
Shuts Down PageSix.com

Online version of
Post gossip column ends after 3 months

Mar 20, 08 6:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - PageSix.com, the online version of the New York Post's celebrity gossip column, is shutting down after just three months, Gawker reports. The Rupert Murdoch project attracted 1 million pageviews last week when it published photos of Eliot Spitzer's escort, but, "given the difficulty in the economy, it was... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Page Six • New York Post • Fox News • gossip • Fox • TMZ • Perez Hilton • News Corp • economy

 Supremes to Weigh
 On-Air Swearing 

Fox battles the FCC in next big court case

Mar 17, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court might take up a gavel in one hand and a bar of soap in the other next term, when it considers a case challenging the FCC’s “fleeting utterances” standards, it announced today. The FCC is appealing a lower-court ruling—which arose when Cher dropped an... More »

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television • CBS • FCC • indecency • Janet Jackson • profanity • Fox • wardrobe malfunction • US Supreme Court • constitutionality • swearing

Long-Awaited Free TV Site Counts Down to Launch

NBC-Fox collaboration emerges from beta tomorrow

Mar 11, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - After lots of hype, a long wait, and a dollop of skepticism, NBC Universal and Fox’s Hulu is going live tomorrow with more than 200 free TV shows, feature films, and sports highlights and games, the New York Times reports. “We won’t stop until we have... More »

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television • YouTube • NBC Universal • online videos • Fox • Hulu • movies

NBC Ditching Fall Debuts

Peacock plans to stagger show introductions throughout the year

Feb 20, 08 4:37 PM CST
(Newser) - NBC appears to have followed through on pledges to use the writers' strike as a springboard to changing the television industry, ditching traditional fall debuts of new shows for staggered introductions throughout the year. The move is designed so the network can keep things fresh, and work more closely with... More »

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television • NBC • CBS • advertising • ABC • Fox • network television • product placement

Fox, Phoenix Super Already

NFL's 8-figure take pales in comparison to TV, tourism dollars

Jan 31, 08 2:27 PM CST
(Newser) - If you're a business with a stake in Super Bowl revenues, a good weekend lies ahead. Sunday's game is an economic powerhouse, and with millions in ticket sales and merchandising, the NFL is actually one of the lesser winners, BusinessWeek reports. Broadcaster Fox, for example, stands to make a mint:... More »

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television • NFL • Arizona • New England Patriots • HDTV • Phoenix • Fox • New York Giants • snack foods • Super Bowl XLII

Drew Peterson Wants to Lie Test on TV

First question: Are
you a wife-murdering psychopath?

Jan 30, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - After repeatedly refusing requests from the family of his missing wife that he submit to a polygraph test, suspect Drew Peterson is now requesting to do so on national television. Representatives for the former Chicago-area policeman—whose wife, Stacy, has been missing since October and is presumed dead—have been... More »

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homicide • Fox • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • polygraph • Moment of Truth • lie detector test

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

Super Bowl
Ads Take Up Strike Slack

With scripted shows stalled, sponsors bet on only game in town

Jan 28, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Advertisers are betting big to get their messages across during Sunday's Super Bowl, and the renewal of the annual competition for viewers' eyeballs is especially fierce this year because of the Writers Guild strike, reports the AP. With scripted shows in reruns, advertisers are feeling pressure to get the most... More »

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NFL • New England Patriots • Fox • New York Giants • Hollywood writers' strike • advertisers • Super Bowl XLII • Super Bowl ads

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