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Peacock slate remains intact

NBC has opted to keep all of its commissioned scripts, bucking the trend set by CBS, Fox and the CW, which significantly trimmed their development slates during the past few days, citing the effect of the writers strike.

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'Bad' breaks good at AMC

"Breaking Bad," AMC's second original scripted drama series, got off to a solid start Sunday.

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Schaffer to head HBO PR unit

Veteran HBO PR executive Quentin Schaffer has been promoted to executive vp corporate communications.

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Pitt joins Cartoon, Boomerang

Adina Pitt has been named vp content acquisitions and co-productions at Cartoon Network and Boomerang, where she will be responsible for identifying, negotiating and acquiring pre-produced series, specials, movies and shortform product for exposure on all platforms.

Read more : 24.01.2008 00:00:00

Dramas, comedy terminated by Fox, CW

More details emerged Wednesday on the pilot scripts released by Fox and CW on Tuesday. The list of about two dozen projects terminated by Fox is said to include several dramas and a dramedy.

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Fox crushes competition with 'Idol'

No surprise here: Fox won the night in all meaningful measures with the second week of "American Idol," while NBC came in second place.

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'Bar' set for TNT

TNT has picked up Steven Bochco's drama pilot "Raising the Bar" to series.

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Starz wheels, deals for films

Starz Entertainment has locked up its movie vault in a big way. The John Malone-backed pay cabler has renewed its exclusive three-year output deals with movie suppliers Sony and Disney.

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Super Bowl ad bounty has cinematic quality

Super Bowl commercials have sold out at a much quicker pace than in recent years, and Hollywood is getting much of the credit. Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount and Fox are among the studios that have bought more than 10 Super Bowl ads.

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ABC trims development slate

ABC on Thursday became the latest network to trim its 2008-09 development slate, citing the effects of the writers strike on this year's pilot season.