TV News: Cable net draws 1 million viewers during primetime Saturday night — According to fast nationals, the newly launched Oprah Winfrey Network drew 1 million viewers during primetime Saturday night.
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Oprah’s OWN network off to solid start
TV News: Programming and development prexy to replace Terry Wood — CBS TV Distribution has tapped Aaron Meyerson to replace Terry Wood as the syndie distributor’s new programming and development prexy.
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Meyerson named president of CBS TV Distribution
TV News: Emmy-winning anchor will be based in Atlanta — CNN’s “American Morning” anchor John Roberts is leaving the net to join Fox News Channel as a senior national correspondent based out of Atlanta.
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John Roberts ankles CNN for Fox News
TV News: U.K.’s Competition Commission likely to investigate deal — News Corp.’s planned £8 billion ($12.4 billion) takeover of U.K. paybox BSkyB is likely to be subjected to a six-month long inquiry by Blighty’s Competition Commission.
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BSkyB takeover faces probe
TV News: Highest-rating series in France — He might not have caught Red John, but Patrick Jane’s certainly hypnotized France.
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‘Mentalist’ hypnotizes Gaul
TV News: ‘Life in the Ruins’ bows on Sunday — There will be no shortage of news retrospectives in the coming week on the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan.
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Haiti disaster remembered
TV News: TCA press tour begins on Jan. 5 — There’s more to life in showbiz this month than awards jockeying.
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CES kicks off on Jan. 6
TV News: Station loses prominent VHF channel position after dropping PBS affiliation — As KCET dumped PBS and officially went indie Sunday, the station was downgraded by two Southern California cable operators.
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Cablers downgrade indie KCET
TV News: Cymphonique to star in sitcom — Nickelodeon has picked up a sitcom pilot starring young recording artist Cymphonique.
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Nickelodeon dons ‘Braces and Glasses’
TV News: Excluding the NFL, cabler draws best-ever rating — ESPN kicked off the year in a big way as its coverage of the Rose Bowl drew strong ratings.
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Rose Bowl scores for ESPN
