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Oxygen Upfront Highlights New Programming 'Girlfriend Confidential' franchise touted By Sam Thielman

NBCUniversal cable network Oxygen—Bravo's "little sister" network—announced a long list of new shows Wednesday, hours before its annual party and programming breakdown at the top of the Dream Hotel in…

April 26, 2012, 11:21 AM EDT

'Rock Center' Not Rocking NBC newsmagazine struggles to find an audience By Anthony Crupi

Pushed into service following the failure of The Playboy Club, expectations for the NBC newsmagazine Rock Center With Brian Williams were understandably modest. Two episodes in, and the Peacock appears…

November 8, 2011, 2:59 PM EST

Cable Unit Props Up Ailing NBC Broadcaster in Q3 endures poor ratings, flat ad sales By Anthony Crupi

NBCUniversal’s cable networks once again saved the day at 30 Rock, as the stable of popular channels took in $803 million in third-quarter ad sales revenue, up 10 percent versus…

November 2, 2011, 2:42 PM EDT

Former Cap Cities/ABC Exec Dan Burke Dies at 82 Helped engineer biggest media takeover of the 1980s By Anthony Crupi

Daniel B. Burke, one of the prime movers behind Capital Cities’ $3.5 billion acquisition of ABC in 1986, died Wednesday at his home in Rye, N.Y. He was 82. In a…

October 26, 2011, 1:16 PM EDT

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