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- Former CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour debuts as host of ABC News’ ‘This Week’
- ‘Nightline’ co-anchor Martin Bashir leaving ABC for new roles at MSNBC and ‘Dateline NBC’
- CBS takes new spin on daytime programming with talk show after ‘As the World Turns’ ends
- Media watchdog: Ukraine TV networks too close to gov’t, independent journalism under threat
- All-star baseball game, talent show, fishing captain’s death make Tuesday big night for TV
- Shows featuring dancing, dating, dousing woo summer viewers; World Cup final sets US record
- ABC’s ‘This Week’ brings on Christiane Amanpour on Aug. 1.
- Despite ‘Tonight Show’ drama, fewer people are watching late-night comics
- Top networks hit record low levels for viewership
- China’s Xinhua News Agency launches international English TV network this week
- ‘Time to hang up my nightly suspenders’: Larry King stepping down from CNN show after 25 years
- Mexico-Argentina World Cup match is most-watched program for Spanish-language network
- Lakers’ NBA championship win produces best ratings for basketball since 1998
- CNN ending use of AP content after 2 sides could not reach contract extension
- ABC wins in Nielsen ratings behind classic Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals series
- In high-definition TV land, pro basketball and hockey championships show strong ratings
- More than 24 million see new American Idol crowned and Cowell bid a farewell on Fox
- Former CBS CEO Michael H. Jordan dies at 73, led Westinghouse purchase of broadcaster
- CBS comes out on top for the 7th TV season in 8 years; ‘American Idol’ still a winner
- Campbell Brown says she’s leaving her CNN show because not enough people watching
- Nielsen ratings show ABC, NBC have weak spots at 10 p.m. with ‘Happy Town,’ ‘Marriage Ref’
- Frank Sinatra was an American idol once, but not anymore; show saluting him is ratings dud
- Ratings drop for ‘American Idol’ as caustic Simon Cowell heads toward exit
- China’s Xinhua News Agency says it will launch international English TV network this week
- May sweeps stunts for new ‘Good Morning America’ team include wish-fulfillment for hosts
- ESPN draws record audience with NFL draft coverage, cuts audience of broadcast TV’s hit shows
- Sen. Shelby says no deal likely with Dems on financial overhaul bill before key Monday vote
- Showdown vote on regulations looms; Democrats ready to test GOP resolve to block bill
- With test vote looming, Senate negotiators looking for deal on overhauling financial rules
- With a test vote looming, Senate negotiators say no deal yet on overhauling financial rules
- High school musical ‘Glee,’ romantic mystery ‘Castle’ are new generation of hits for Fox, ABC
- Great stretch of sports programming with NCAA championship game, Masters buoys CBS in ratings
- CNN fights back, telling advertisers it’s in a ‘category of one’ delivering non-biased news
- Secretary of State Clinton, Defense Secretary Gates say nuclear threat is changing rapidly
- ‘Dancing’ leaps over ‘American Idol’ in Nielsen ratings for the 1st time
- White House: Expect slow jobs rebound even as economy shows signs of reversing downward spiral
- Summers expects financial overhaul to pass in the Senate, says unemployment to fall slowly
- Rebecca Jarvis named CBS News business correspondent and news reader for Saturday ‘Early Show’
- 2 radio journalists shot to death in Honduras, 5 dead in one month
- PBS, NPR stations in 5 regions will get $10M infusion to expand local news coverage
- Nature project ‘Life’ scores Discovery Channel the best ratings for new series in decade
- Democrats on track for health care vote Sunday as Obama, leaders pressure wavering lawmakers
- Christiane Amanpour replaces Stephanopoulos for ABC Sunday morning job
- NBC prime-time viewership increases by 45 percent in 2 weeks since Jay Leno’s move
- Citing story of uninsured cancer fighter, Obama makes case for health care bill in Ohio
- Obama travels to Ohio, rallying support for health care overhaul that Dems admit lacks votes
- Survey: Online news consumers have favorites, but little loyalty, and don’t want to pay
- House’s Democratic vote-counter still hunting for votes on Obama’s health care overhaul
- Kate Snow leaving ABC News to join NBC this spring
- Broadcasters excited over how well specials are doing; regular shows doing less well
- White House insists on health care overhaul, with or without help from holdout Republicans
- Pelosi tells Democrats that passing health care bill is worth risks in November
- Obama brings high-stakes health care summit to order amid conflicting expectations for success
- Planning final push to pass Obama’s bill, Democrats look beyond televised session with GOP
- News Corp. selling Bulgarian TV channel bTV for $400M to Central European Media Enterprises
- List of top 15 cable programs in the Nielsen ratings for Feb. 8-14
- NBC crosses the ratings finish line in 1st place as Winter Olympics get under way
- Biden defends $787B stimulus program, says taxpayers have ‘gotten their money’s worth’
- ABC finds an encouraging note in popular premiere of final season of ‘Lost’
- Big night for Grammys, continued success for pro football helps drive ratings up
- NFC championship, ‘American Idol’ help Fox crush competition for week of Jan. 18-24
- After a week of political setbacks, White House advisers say Obama will focus on jobs, economy
- NBC: Conan O’Brien reaches deal to exit ‘Tonight’; deal includes severance for staff
- Conan and Jay are suffering late-night woes, but NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker seems immune
- NY’s top court rejects Dan Rather’s bid to appeal his breach of contract case against CBS
- With Jay Leno out of prime time, producers of drama shows are happy to help fill the vacancy
- NBC ending Jay Leno’s nightly prime-time show, asks late-night hosts to shift to later slots
- Romer: Employment key to curbing deficit; refuses to speculate on jobless rate by fall
- CBS entertainment chief says other nets helped by Leno move
- Holiday respite over, football, news, laughs draw viewers back to networks on Sunday
- Policies forbidding payment for news interviews grow blurry as outlets vie for access, photos
- Anchor changes at ABC’s 2 biggest newcasts make no immediate difference in Nielsen ratings
- In week stuffed with repeats, CBS dominates its rivals in Nielsen ratings
- Diane Sawyer launches a new era as ABC’s evening news anchor
- His last day at work: ‘World News’ anchor Charles Gibson retires from ABC News after 34 years
- His last day at work: ‘World News’ anchor Charles Gibson retiring from ABC News after 34 years
- CBS wins Nielsen prime-time viewership with trusty dramas, comedies, ‘60 Minutes’
- Obama aide Axelrod says banking industry must step up lending to struggling businesses
- Lieberman rejects plan to let people 55 and up buy into Medicare
- Obama meeting banking executives, wants their support for consumer protection agency
- Obama advisers: Jobs key focus, deficit comes next; employment growth seen in spring
- Taiwan says no to Tiger Woods-style animated news, rejects company’s TV channel application
- Rating the holiday specials: ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ a hit for CBS
- Universal Studios theme park unfazed by Comcast deal; light bulbs are only GE reminder
- ABC’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ tops Nielsens list on holiday week
- Obama must explain how more US troops would increase number of Afghan forces, senator says
- Obama’s war plan must explain how more US troops increases size of Afghan forces, senator says
- Longtime CBS News producer Bernard Birnbaum dies at 89; worked with Cronkite, Kuralt
- Strength in scripted series helps win the week for CBS in Nielsen TV ratings
- Fresh from victory in vote to debate a health care bill, Democrats at odds over the details
- Frustrated by demands of Senate moderates, Democrats look ahead to disputes over health bill
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