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May 16, 2008: Fall Showdown: 'Survivor's' moment of hell
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The most interesting battle on the schedule next season is that Fox is gunning to finally take down CBS’ “Survivor.” Fox has lined up its...

May 16, 2008: Fox Upfront: The victory lap
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If CBS held a relatively traditional upfront, Fox practically put on a Brooks Brothers suit and cooked meatloaf. The network’s event could have been held...

May 15, 2008: Fall video previews: 'Fringe,' 'Dollhouse,' more
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THR.com just launched its 2008-09 pilot preview video player that includes many of the trailers screened at the broadcast upfronts this year. See clips of...

May 15, 2008: CBS Upfront: meat and potatoes
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ABC took plenty of shots at competitors during its upfront presentation. But it was CBS, while barely mentioning its rivals, who made other nets look...

May 15, 2008: 'Top Model' finale sports highest rating of the season
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A sluggish season of the CW's "America's Next Top Model" concluded on a high note (4.6 million, 2.3/7) and tied Fox for second place in...

May 15, 2008: '24' writers to quit making it up as they go along
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For next year's long-awaited return of "24," the writers strike has given the show's producers a chance to address a major complaint from fans and...

May 14, 2008: Hell's Kitchen matches series high
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Down to its final three contestants, Fox's "American Idol" climbed a notch from last week to rule Tuesday night. "Idol" (24 million viewers, 8.6 preliminary...

May 14, 2008: 'Lost' finale preview
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Here's five THR.com video clips from Part 1 of Thursday's "Lost" season finale titled "There's No Place Like Home." One clip show the Oceanic Six's...

May 14, 2008: CW upfront: Dawn Ostroff in 3-D
Comments: 0 | Categories: The CW , Upfronts

Article Templatehttp://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1119669402http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=769341148The CW had a rough year. All the networks had a rough year, but the CW really had a rough year. Yet on Tuesday,...

May 14, 2008: ABC upfront: Computing the bottom line
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Article Templatehttp://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1119669402http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=769341148 ABC's upfront presentation strategy was so different in every respect to NBC, it almost seemed as if the network was straining to achieve...

May 13, 2008: ABC upfront 1: Jimmy Kimmel
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Deserving of his own post, here's a rundown of Kimmel's one-liners from the ABC upfront: -- "Is this the WGA strike after-party or the SAG...

May 13, 2008: Gladiators returns to record low
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All-American bummer: Despite those nifty ads, NBC's "American Gladiators" came back to a record low ...

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