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Toyota demands ABC retract runaway car report

2010-03-18T19:16:12Z

<div><p>Toyota has fired an angry missive to television network ABC demanding it retract a report claiming Toyota's vehicles could speed out of control because of an electronics flaw.</p><p>The embattled Japanese car giant -- which has recalled more than eight million vehicles because they were prone to "unintended acceleration" -- accused the network of sensationalism in a February report tha...

CNN veteran Christiane Amanpour moves to ABC News

2010-03-18T17:30:42Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour was named on Thursday to anchor the ABC News' Sunday morning program "This Week" starting in August, after 27 years as an international correspondent for Christiane Amanpour replaces Stephanopoulos for ABC Sunday morning job</div><div><p>ABC News has hired Christiane Amanpour, one of CNN's best-known personalities for her hard-nosed reporting from war zones over the past two decades, to host its Sunday mor...

'Face of CNN' Christiane Amanpour leaving for ABC

2010-03-18T15:16:16Z

<div><p>Christiane Amanpour, who become the face of CNN television for millions during 20 years covering wars and interviewing world leaders, is leaving for the ABC network, CNN and ABC said Thursday.</p><p>ABC News president

2010-03-15T19:15:20Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul is in talks to join ABC's "Star Search" ...

Obama expects passage of health care bill

2010-03-15T15:01:08Z

<div><p>President Barack Obama says he expects to get the votes for his health care overhaul, telling ABC News "we're going to make this happen."</p><p>In an interview Monday, the president said Democrats are working to get a bill ready for a vote later this week.</p><p>He said: "I bel...

ABC, Lifetime among winners of GLAAD Media Awards

2010-03-14T04:30:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Lifetime film, 'Rachel Maddow Show,' 'Brothers & Sisters' among GLAAD Media Award winners</div><div><p>Joy Behar, Cynthia Nixon and the Kate Snow leaving ABC News to join NBC this spring</div><div><p>ABC News reporter and "Good Morning America" weekend host Kate Snow is jumping to NBC News.</p><p>NBC announced Friday that Snow will begin wor...

2-second video causes headache for ABC News

2010-03-11T03:46:01Z

<div id="subtitle">ABC's insertion of wrong video in Toyota story causes problems</div><div><p>For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles.</p><p>The network's handling of a Feb. 22 "World News" story about potential problems...

ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot

2010-03-10T21:00:33Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged.</p><p>The man...

Correction: Disney-Cablevision story

2010-03-10T12:00:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Correction: Disney-Cablevision story</div><div><p>In a March 8 story about a TV broadcasting dispute, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Cablevision Systems Corp. dropped the Nielsen Co. for March 1-7. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.</p><p>1. "Academy Awards," ABC, 41.7 million.</p...

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming

2010-03-08T16:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Stay tuned: More fee disputes coming over local TV channels on cable lineups</div><div><p>Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.</p><p>Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, ABC's ratings telecast</div><div><p>Early indications are that an Academy Awards telecast where "The Hurt Locker" topped the popular "Avatar" for best picture was popular with viewers.</p><p&g...

Cablevision gets ABC back in time for Oscars

2010-03-08T06:45:21Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp customers were able to watch the live broadcast of the Oscars on Sunday after the cable company reached a last-minute deal to return WABC-TV to air in a dispute over ...

3.1M customers face Oscar night without broadcast

2010-03-07T15:15:34Z

<div id="subtitle">3.1M Cablevision customers face Oscar night without broadcast amid unyielding feud with ABC</div><div><p>Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC's parent company

Old cop shows, minority actors among TV pilots

2010-03-04T20:34:58Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Rockford Files" and "Hawaii Five-O" are flying high during pilot season, minority actors are hot, but Britain not so much.</p><p>For the first time in a decade, there is no broadcast p...

Viacom to drop Jon Stewart, Colbert Report from Hulu

2010-03-04T10:00:25Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Comedy Central is withdrawing its popular comedy shows "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "Reuters) - Cablevision Systems chief executive Jim Dolan on Tuesday blasted Walt Disney's "bullying" threat to pull ABC from its cable...

Disney: ABC may go dark on Cablevision in New York

2010-03-02T04:30:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Disney says WABC-TV signal may go dark on Cablevision in New York area in dispute over fees</div><div><p>The Walt Disney Co. on Monday began warning Cablevision subscribers in New York that...