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Broadcasting & Cable Today: The Business of Television



Monday, March 24, 2008

TODAY'SNEWS

Deal or No Deal Hitting It Big in Syndication
By Ben Grossman
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution hit 95% of the country in clearances for the fall national-syndication debut of game show Deal or No Deal.

NASCAR, GAC Become Drafting Partners
By Ben Grossman
Scripps Networks’ Great American Country and NASCAR are partnering on a new show that celebrates the enduring intermarriage between country music and auto racing.

It’s Official: CBS Cancels Jericho
By Ben Grossman & Alex Weprin
CBS confirmed that the March 25 episode of low-rated sophomore drama Jericho will be its last. The series next week will finish a seven-episode run in a second season that failed to show any Nielsen-fueled reason to go on.

Olympian Task: NBC's David Neal Grapples with Covering Beijing Games 
By Marisa Guthrie
David Neal, the NBC senior VP overseeing the Beijing Games, talks to B&C's Marisa Guthrie about covering China's bad public relations, ad sales for the Olympics and what might be the Summer Games' answer to curling.

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Scripps Networks, NBC Seek America's Ugliest Backyard
By Anne Becker
In time for the spring gardening season, Scripps Networks' DIY Network is teaming up with NBC's Today on America's Most Desperate Landscape Search, a contest to find the nation's most awful yard. The NBC morning show will feature the four most offensive yard-owners and award the winner a makeover from DIY host and licensed contractor Jason Cameron.

HBO Slates Return Dates for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Costas Now
By Alex Weprin
HBO set return dates for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and Costas Now.

WNET New York to Launch SundayArts
By Marisa Guthrie
In its battle for federal funding, PBS has clung to its educational mission and stressed a renewed commitment to arts coverage, which gets increasingly short shrift not only on television but in the pages of newspapers.

Australian Idol Seeking Aussie Expats
By Alex Weprin
Australian Idol, the Aussie spinoff of Pop Idol and American Idol, is seeking contestants somewhere decidedly not down under: the United States and Europe.

Ubisoft Acquires Tom Clancy Name for Games
By Alex Weprin
Video-game publisher Ubisoft acquired the rights to use author Tom Clancy’s name on a perpetual, royalty-free basis in video games, as well as in movies, books and merchandise associated with its Tom Clancy properties.

FROMB&CMAGAZINE

Masters of Their Domain
By Michael Malone
When the February sweeps results came in at WTHR Indianapolis, VP/General Manager Jim Tellus got the staff together in the studio, sprung for a bunch of goodies, he says—veggies, cheese, a few dessert trays—and called out the results newscast by newscast: “5 a.m., No. 1…6 a.m.
From the 03/24/2008 issue of Broadcasting & Cable




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