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: ABC originals return to solid numbers — The finale of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was below its season average but strong nonetheless for the last game of the year, dominating a night that included original episodes of ABC’s regular lineup.
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Football finishes big for NBC
TV News: Measure restricts growth of Berlusconi empire — The Italian government, under pressure from the communications watchdog Agcom, has renewed rules limiting ownership of media outlets that were due to expire on Jan.
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Italy extends media ownership law
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: Dish, Comcast grapple over net, Style; Sinclair, Time Warner Cable scuffle — There was smoke but no New Year’s Day fire from two TV carriage fights that went down to the wire this weekend.
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Extensions for E!, Sinclair fights
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
TV News: Primetime portion of Dick Clark special draws 9 million — Auds continue to flock to ABC and Dick Clark on New Year’s Eve.
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ABC tops New Year’s Eve ratings
