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Craig Ferguson May Get a New Talk Show

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Not only is Craig Ferguson not going away, but he's also showing up everywhere now. As predicted, Ferguson may return to the talk show circuit soon after he steps down [...]


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Broadcast Spend Drops 18 Percent to $4.18 Billion in Q3

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The sugar rush of last year’s Summer Olympics and political spend has given way to the inevitable crash, as third-quarter advertising expenditures were down significantly from Q3 2012.

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FXX Lands The Simpsons in Biggest Off-Net Deal Ever

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Two months after Twentieth Century Fox Television began accepting bids for the off-net cable rights to the longest-running scripted series in TV history, a corporate sibling has emerged the victor.

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Q2 TV Sales Up 6 Percent to $18.4 Billion

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Favorable year-ago comps and a whole bunch of additional NBA playoff games helped lift second-quarter TV ad sales revenue by 6 percent to $18.4 billion. According to a new report [...]