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Telemundo Unveils 5 Novelas, Ryan Seacrest Show

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"There's no such thing as a comfortable No. 2," Telemundo president Emilio Romano said at a press conference last week, and indeed, the network is trying to take market share [...]


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Seacrest In: Host Signs Two-Year ‘American Idol’ Pact

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Ryan Seacrest has agreed to host two more seasons of American Idol, signing a contract extension that will keep him in the Fox fold through the 2014 campaign. Seacrest’s current [...]

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Matt Lauer Re-Ups With ‘Today’

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NBC has secured its Today show franchise for the foreseeable future, signing anchor Matt Lauer to a multiyear renewal. The 54-year-old Lauer formally announced the deal during Friday’s broadcast.

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Reporting From Baghdad, I’m Ryan Seacrest

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The rumors last week about NBC considering Ryan Seacrest as a replacement for Matt Lauer on The Today Show raised some eyebrows in the blogosphere. Isn’t The Today Show still [...]

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Ryan Seacrest Has Trouble Launching Cable Network

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American Idol host and reality TV producer Ryan Seacrest is ready to take his career to the next level with a full network. But according to the New York Post, [...]