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March 8, 2021 at 12:22 pm

Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Draw 17.1 Million to CBS

Oprah, Meghan and Harry drew a sizable audience Sunday night, making for an old-style prime-time television moment in the age of on-demand viewing. Oprah Winfrey’s...

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In this combination photo, Phil Griffin, left, speaks at the NBC Universal summer press tour, Aug. 2, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Rashida Jones poses for a portrait. Griffin is stepping down after 12 years as MSNBC president and will be replaced by Rashida Jones, who has been head of breaking news at NBC and recently directed the network’s coverage of the 2020 election. She is the first Black executive to lead a cable news network. (AP Photo, left, and MSNBC via AP) CACP101 CACP101

December 7, 2020 at 3:45 pm

MSNBC names a new president as Rashida Jones replaces Phil Griffin

MSNBC named Rashida Jones, one of its most senior editorial executives, as the new president of the network Monday, the first change in leadership since...

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FILE — Richard Plepler, the face of HBO for years, in New York, April 10, 2015. The gregarious executive, a quintessential New York power player who spent 27 years at HBO and left eight months after AT&T became its owner, is rebooting himself as a producer. And he will do it with Apple. (Jesse Dittmar/The New York Times) XNYT61 XNYT61

January 2, 2020 at 11:01 am

Apple deal returns former HBO boss Richard Plepler to spotlight to make movies, shows for TV+

Ten months after he chafed under AT&T’s takeover of the network, he reboots himself as a producer in a five-year deal with Apple TV Plus.

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April 11, 2019 at 6:00 pm

Disney plus streaming service is unveiled to Hollywood fanfare

BURBANK, Calif. — The Walt Disney Co. has talked about plans to start a Netflix-style streaming service for two years. On Thursday came the big...

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Anchor Bill Hemmer at the Fox News studio in Manhattan, Nov. 2, 2018. Scarred by the quick-change twists of President Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, when anchors and pundits looked as stunned by the outcome as their viewers at home, TV news producers this year are treading carefully. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times) XNYT352 XNYT352

November 6, 2018 at 6:12 pm

After a bumpy 2016, TV news anchors play it safe on election night VIEW

Election Night on television is all about the projections. But the slogan of Tuesday night’s midterm coverage might as well be “let’s not get ahead...

Bill Hemmer, who runs the election map for Fox News, which he calls the Bill Board, at Fox News studios in New York, Nov. 2, 2018. On election nights, maps are the stars of the show. Increasingly a main attraction of cable news networks, the interactive screens, loaded with data and visual effects, bring a sci-fi gloss to cable news and transform granular data into something viewers can actually see. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)

November 5, 2018 at 5:25 am

Maps tell the story: News anchors show off the technology you'll see on-screen Tuesday

Talking to anchors and number-crunchers at CNN, MSNBC and Fox News about the technology they'll have at their disposal as the election results come in...

October 23, 2018 at 4:53 pm

After ‘blackface’ remarks, TV host Megyn Kelly sends apologetic email to colleagues

Several hours after she was widely criticized on social media for her remarks, Kelly sent an apologetic email to her NBC colleagues.

October 14, 2018 at 5:00 pm

Low-profile Fox studio exec Rice gets power job atop Disney Television

When regulators sign off on the $71.3 billion transaction joining 21st Century Fox to the Walt Disney Company, Rice will assume one of the biggest...

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June 5, 2018 at 1:59 pm

Jordan Peele signs deal giving Amazon first look at TV series ideas

The agreement with Peele, who won the Oscar for best original screenplay in March, is sure to grab the attention of the industry and Amazon’s...

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FILE – In this image released by ABC, Roseanne Barr, left, and John Goodman appear in a scene from the reboot of “Roseanne,” premiering on Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST. For the reboot, Roseanne will be at odds with her sister Jackie, played by Laurie Metcalf, over President Donald Trump. Barr said she thought it was important to show how the Conner family deals with the same issues many American families are facing. (Adam Rose/ABC via AP, File)

March 29, 2018 at 8:11 pm

‘Roseanne’ reboot was part of ABC plan to lure Trump voters

The network realized it was leaving some viewers behind — and put into effect a plan that brought back a working-class sitcom.

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