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January 29, 2008
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JUST THE FACTS: Baywatch will shake its way onto Ion Television’s program lineup in March, officials said Monday.

Liberty Acts To Remove Diller
Liberty Media sued Monday to try and remove Barry Diller from the board of IAC/Interactive Corp and effectively seize control of the operator of Ask.com, Ticketmaster and the HSN home shopping network. click to read more...
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StarzInBlack Targets Late-Night Audience
Starz InBlack next week will launch a late-night weekly talk show featuring popular Atlanta-based radio personality Ryan Cameron. click to read more...
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No Ham And Eggers Here
If Tom Petty isn't exactly your musical taste, Spike TV has a Super Bowl XLII halftime menu option you may want to sink your teeth into instead. click to read more...
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Nick Taps Johnson To Head Up Animation Efforts
The charge of finding the next Dora The Explorer and Spongebob Squarepants will fall to Nickelodeon veteran Brown Johnson, who Monday was named to the newly created position of animation president. click to read more...
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Nickelodeon Setting Sail With Summer Cruise
Nickelodeon will dip its toe into the crowded waters of the cruise industry, teaming with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to create a week-long, Nickelodeon-themed excursion. click to read more...
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Survey: Viewers Changing Patterns, Not Tuning Out, During Strike
Despite the writers strike, primetime TV viewers are not deserting the medium in mass, but they are shifting their viewing patterns, according to a study Carat released Monday. click to read more...
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Starz To Turn `Crash’ Into Original Series
Starz Entertainment will base its upcoming summer, original drama series on the Academy Award-winning movie Crash, the network said Monday. click to read more...
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Current TV Seeks $100M IPO
# Current Media, the San Francisco-based independent youth-oriented cable network founded by former Vice President Al Gore and entrepreneur Joel Hyatt, is testing the waters of the public markets, filing documents Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a $100-million initial public offering of stock. click to read more...
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U-verse TV Pitched to Chicago Suburbs
AT&T is blowing U-verse TV into more than 175 communities surrounding the Windy City, in what the telco claimed is the largest initial rollout to date for the Internet Protocol TV service. click to read more...
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Lifetime Dances into New Reality Series

First there was Dancing With The Stars. Now Lifetime Television is offering dancing with your mom. Click to read more...

A Cure For Award-Show Withdrawal

For those of us who love our awards shows -- and nuts like me who even missed the cancelled Golden Globes -- the Screen Actors Guild ceremony was a welcome star-studded spectacle. Click to read more...

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