TV News: Wrote for ‘Everybody Hates Chris,’ ‘King of the Hill’ — Aron Abrams, writer and producer on TV comedies “Everybody Hates Chris” and “King of the Hill,” died suddenly Saturday on the Big Island of Hawaii while on vacation. He was 50.
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Writer Aron Abrams dies at 50
TV News: Key distrib deal set for net’s Jan. 1 launch — Just in time for its Jan. 1 launch, the Oprah Winfrey Network closed a gaping hole in its distribution base by cutting a carriage deal with Cablevision.
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OWN locks in Cablevision carriage
TV News: Annual Christmas broadcast up 39% this year — L.A. TV viewers, still recovering from last week’s rain, gathered ’round the TV yule log as they dried off on Christmas morning.
TV News: NBC’s NFL broadcast delayed due to storm — Outdoor weather conditions wreaked havoc with America’s favorite indoor activity Sunday, as an impending Philadelphia blizzard caused the postponement of NBC’s primetime broadcast of the Minnesota Vikings-Philadelphia Eagles game to Tuesday.
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Wintry weather wreaks havoc on ratings
TV News: Org, DoJ expected to approve venture — The proposed merger of Comcast and NBC U is on track to win approval from both the FCC and the Dept.
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Comcast-NBC U merger on right track
TV News: John Malone may add Kabel BW to empire — John Malone’s Liberty is reportedly eyeing Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany’s third largest cable group.
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Liberty eyes German cabler
TV News: DJ Pauly D gets option deal — “Jersey Shore” cast member Paul DelVecchio, aka DJ Pauly D, has signed a series option deal with MTV.
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MTV has ‘Jersey’ spinoff in works
TV News: Fred Foy also introduced ‘Dick Cavett Show’ — Fred Foy, best known for his narration of “The Lone Ranger” show, died Dec. 22 in Woburn, Mass., of natural causes. He was 89.
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‘Lone Ranger’ announcer-narrator dies
TV News: Univision claims night’s No. 1 show — NBC drew the most young adults on the penultimate Tuesday of the year behind gameshow “Minute to Win It” and a “Saturday Night Live” repeat special, but it was Univision’s “Soy Tu Duena” that emerged the top demo draw.
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NBC tops Tuesday demos
TV News: Ninth Circuit Court likely next up — A federal court judge has denied Disney’s appeal of a $319 million judgment for British production company Celador Intl.
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Court denies Disney appeal vs. Celador
