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ABC Dips a Toe Into the Programmatic Pool

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While it executed all the expected dance moves, screening cut-downs of its fall series before letting late-night prankster Jimmy Kimmel off the leash for his annual Friar’s Club roast of [...]


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Analyst: CBS Would Win the C7 Battle

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After taking a good, long look at TiVo’s set-top-box data as it pertains to prime time broadcast ratings, one influential analyst is of the opinion that Les is more.

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Iger: Lack of Blockbusters Is Putting the Hurt on TV Ratings

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While broadcasters have blamed everything from the DVR to the Olympics for a soft ad sales marketplace, Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Bob Iger on Thursday allowed that unspectacular [...]

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ABC Family Orders Three New Pilots

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ABC Family has placed orders for three new pilots—Terminales, based on a Televisa series, and comedies Phys Ed and Continuing Fred. The three will join Jennifer Lopez's The Fosters and [...]

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ABC Family Keeps Lies Coming

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Often, the hardest thing about retaining fans is preventing them from forgetting about a TV show when it’s off the air. One way to combat that problem? Don’t give up [...]

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ABC Family Sends ‘Bunheads’ to Series

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ABC Family has green-lit a new show from the creator of The Gilmore Girls for a full series. Amy Sherman-Palladino's Bunheads is set to begin production this spring with Tony-winning [...]