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TNT Picks Up NBC's 'Southland' 'Drama' network will premiere six unseen episodes Broadcasting & Cable
TNT has picked up NBC's
Southland
, which was cancelled by the network before the launch of its second season.
The cable net will have rights to the seven episodes of the police drama that aired last season, and another six un-aired installments shot for this season.
Starting in January, the show will run on Tuesdays..... 'Holmes' Spies MacFarlane Special Warner Bros. to replace Microsoft Broadcasting & Cable
Warner Bros. Pictures has agreed to step in and replace Microsoft as the sole sponsor of Fox’s Seth MacFarlane variety special, set to air Nov. 8.
The studio plans to use the time to promote its Christmas tentpole “Sherlock Holmes” via an extended trailer during “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show.”
Sp..... Brent Barry Joins NBA TV Roster 14-Year Veteran Follows In Family's Broadcast Footsteps As Studio Analyst Multichannel News
Brent Barry has joined NBA TV's studio squad.
Following in his father and brother's broadcasting footsteps, the two-time NBA champion and 14-year league veteran will serve as an analyst on the network's live studio show, NBA GameTime. Barry will join on Monday nights, beginning Nov. 2, alongside host Andre Aldridge and analyst Eric Snow. He will also ..... 'Holmes' Wpies MacFarlane special Warner Bros. to replace Microsoft Broadcasting & Cable
Warner Bros. Pictures has agreed to step in and replace Microsoft as the sole sponsor of Fox’s Seth MacFarlane variety special, set to air Nov. 8.
The studio plans to use the time to promote its Christmas tentpole “Sherlock Holmes” via an extended trailer during “Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show.”
Sp..... ABC Adds To 'Shark Tank' Already-shot footage used to create episodes Broadcasting & Cable
ABC will use already-shot footage to produce two more episodes of reality skein "Shark Tank."
That brings Alphabet's cache of unaired "Shark Tank" segs to five.
News was revealed over the weekend, after "Tank" panelist Robert Herjavec, the business mogul who's also a regular panelist on "Tank," declared via Twitter that the show had been renewed.
..... Primetime Ratings: World Series Scores Again In Ratings Fox wins Sunday night with Game 4 Broadcasting & Cable
Fox dominated Sunday's ratings action behind Game 4 of the World Series, which followed the conclusion of a hugely rated NFL game. ABC ran second behind "Desperate Housewives," the night's top entertainment series.
According to preliminary time zone-adjusted nationals from Nielsen, the New York Yankees' 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies averaged a st..... Speed Pins Second Season Of 'Bullrun' Orders 10-Hour Episodes Of Bill Goldberg's Amateur Road Rally Series Multichannel News
Speed will be running with Bullrun again.The network has ordered a second season of Bullrun, the cross-country amateur road rally program hosted by former pro wrestler and self-admitted car fanatic Bill Goldberg.
Speed has ordered 10 one-hour episodes produced and delivered in 720p high-definition, with the season premiere scheduled in primetime in February.
..... WebMD Founder Arnold, Dr. Oz Team On New Web Health Care Platform?? Sharecare, Also Counting Harpo Productions, Sony Pictures Television, HSW As Partners, Slated For 2010 Launch Multichannel News
A number of high-profile partners care enough to want to share health care information on a new Web platform, scheduled to bow in 2010.WebMD founder and Discovery Communications' chief of global digital strategy Jeff Arnold and Dr. Mehmet Oz are teaming on Sharecare, where consumers will be able to ask, learn and act on questions about health. Others partners in Sharecare.com, w..... Oxygens Weight Loss Show To Dance Again In 2010 Networks Orders Second Season Of Dance Your Ass Off From Magical Eleves Multichannel News
There will be a fresh batch of competitors dancing their buns off on Oxygen next year.NBC Universal's women's targeted-network has ordered a second season of weight loss/dance competition series Dance Your Ass Off from Magical Elves (Top Chef) for a second run in 2010. Combining the weight loss and dance competition genres, the hybrid series became Oxygen's most-watched..... BBC America Warms Up Deals For 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares' Series Network Acquires Rights To Fifth Season Of U.K. Version Of Show, Second Season Of U.S. Edition Multichannel News
BBCA America has acquired a pair of Gordon Ramsey series-- one from the U.K., the other from the U.S.The network has acquired the U.S. premiere of a new, shorter season, of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares from the U.K., as well as the cable premiere of the second season of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares U.S. Deal terms were not disclosed.The fifth season of Ramsay..... Armstrong Adds Primetime Games As Part Of NFL Network Renewal Operator Will Present Eight Contests To Subscribers On Value, HD Advantage Packages Multichannel News
Armstrong and NFL Network have reached a multiyear contract extension that adds the service's primetime game schedule for the first time.
The operator, which provides video, high-speed Internet and telephone services to customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland, has been carrying NFL Network since 2005. NFL Network is available to Armstrong ..... Telemundo Extends Deal With Top Mexican Soccer League Clubs Pact Gives Spanish-Language Broadcaster Rights To Over 100 Matches In 2010 Multichannel News
Telemundo has netted an extension of its rights deal to broadcast all of the home matches of six premiere clubs in Mexico's top soccer circuit.
The Spanish-language broadcaster, which originally secured the rights in 2008, now has inked a renewal for the 2010 season covering over 100 home matches to these top sides in Mexico's First Division Soccer League (Futbol ..... Gospel Music Channel Plans HD Channel Launch On Black Friday Network Expects To Sign Affiliates Before Nov. 27 Bow Multichannel News
The day after Thanksgiving won't be black for Gospel Music Channel, which plans to launch its high-definition channel that day.
GMC HD is slated to bow on Friday, Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. with the world high-definition premiere of the inspirational film Facing the Giants, followed by the exclusive world premiere of a new original concert featuring Switchfoot. Gospel Music, wh..... AmericanLife Names Aaron Norris Development Chief ???Walker Texas Ranger' Exec Has Action Movie Pedigree Multichannel News
Aaron Norris has been hired as president of development at
AmericanLife TV Network.
Best known as executive producer for CBS hit series Walker Texas Ranger, starring his
brother, Chuck Norris, Aaron Norris will oversee all acquisitions and
production at the network. ALN is being revamped under new owners: CEO Chris Wyatt
and chairman the Rev. Robert A. Schuller. ..... NCTA, NBCU: FCC BitTorrent Order 'Shackles' ISPs Cable Group, Programmer Weigh In On Agency Order In Joint Comments To U.S. Appeals Court Multichannel News
The FCC's BitTorrent order "shackles" Internet service providers in their attemps to thwart online piracy, leaves network operators guessing about what reasonable network management is, undercuts the agency's own network neutrality proposal and should be vacated by the courts.
Those were the messages from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association an..... FCC Wades Into Media Ownership Workshops This Week Part Of Quadrennial Review Of Ownership Rules Multichannel News
Academics took aim at the media ownership review process Monday in the first of three workshops at the Federal Communications Commission this week as the agency begins its congressionally mandated quadrennial review of media-ownership rules.
Advice ran the gamut from suggesting that, beyond the current antitrust laws, the goverment had no business regulating the ownership o..... Outdoor Rolls Out On Comcast Digital Classic In Twin Cities, Wisconsin Service Also Retains Positioning On Operator's Sports Tiers Multichannel News
Outdoor Channel continued its expansion with Comcast , gaining improved distribution on systems serving subscribers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas.
The network is now available on the top cable operator's Digital Classic tier in Twin Cities and Manitowoc and western Wisconsin, and in the Independence, Mo.-Olathe, Kan. area. The upgrade comes in addition t..... TNT Adds NBC's 'Southland' Will Premiere Six Unseen Episodes Multichannel News
TNT has picked up NBC's Southland, which was cancelled by the network before the launch of its second season.
The cable net will have rights to the seven episodes of the police drama that aired last season, and another six un-aired installments shot for this season.
Starting in January, the show will run on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on the cable channel,..... Hit streaming service Spotify eyes U.S. music fans Antony Bruno DENVER (Billboard) - MTV Urge ... Yahoo Music Unlimited ... Virgin Digital ... Since 2003 -- when iTunes launched in the United States -- all of these digital mus We Are Sinners, All of Us Broadcasting & Cable Last week, I barely escaped a massive snowstorm in Denver, only to arrive in a torrential windstorm in Los Angeles. Given that the wrath of a higher power was seemingly after me, maybe it should not have been a surprise that on the flight out of the Rockies, I was actually called an “infidel” to my face. While in Denver on Tuesday for the CTAM conference, hearing constant .....
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