ABC Gets Belmont in 2006
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2006 will mark the first time in 19 years the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes will not be shown on the same network as ABC will host the Belmont.
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Mountain West Conference football and basketball games will move from ESPN to College Sports Television in the fall of 2006.
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ABC would love to find a way to restore the still substantial âLostâ audience to near the blockbuster level it reached when the show first became a phenomenon more than three years ago.
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ABC and ESPN have increased the price of commercials and sold a sponsorship to American Express Co. for their NBA Christmas doubleheader, which will highlight the league&#39;s most prominent feud and biggest brawl.
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For the second straight year, ABC led nominees for awards from an organization that monitors depictions of gays and lesbians in the media.
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SACRAMENTO, California -- As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: &quot;...The state&#39;s big horse racetracks and card clubs will launch their big push today for an initiative that could give them slot machines with a $3 million-a-week television buy for a
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ESPN announced yesterday the signing of Rick Reilly, whose contract with Sports Illustrated expires at the end of November, to write the back-page column in ESPN the Magazine and to deliver essays on âSportsCenterâ during its golf coverage.Reilly said he succumbed to ESPN after rejecting offers 5 and 10 years ago. âThe money was ridiculous,â he said in a news media conference call. âThis is an itch Iâve always wanted to scratch, to take my voice to a different place.â Despite being on TV regularly with one-minute commentaries, he said ESPN wanted him for his column. âBelieve me, with this nose, I know whatâs best for me,â he said.
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The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday  said it reached an agreement with ABC television affiliates to  include local advertising in the network's online offering of  seven prime-time TV series, including "Desperate Housewives"  and "Lost."
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In a scripted, made-for-television world, the story line for the 139th Belmont Stakes tomorrow afternoon would go like this: Trainer Todd Pletcher, riding an increasingly uncomfortable 0-for-28 streak in Triple Crown races, finally breaks through on his home turf and does it with historic and unexpected tact.
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ABC on Thursday became  the latest network to trim its 2008-09 program development  slate, citing the effects of the writers' strike on this year's  pilot season.
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The upsets have begun and the little guys are moving into The Associated Press poll. After ranked teams started the season 21-0, five fell to unranked opponents this weekend, shaking up media poll released Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES  - ABC and CBS split the  nightly win on another active Wednesday in primetime.
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ABC has picked up the  fantasy comedy-drama "Pushing Daisies" for a full season.
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By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press writer  NEW YORK   ABC faced growing pressure Friday about its planned miniseries on the buildup to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Television network ABC has sold out commercial time for Hollywood's Oscars awards show, pulling in an average price of &#36;1.6 million for a 30-second spot, media sources said on Tuesday.
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The return of âLost,â albeit a two-hour repeat of last seasonâs finale, buoyed ABCâs ratings on Wednesday during a night otherwise dominated by Foxâs âAmerican Idolâ and âThe Moment of Truth.â
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The Belmont Stakes is leaving NBC to return to ABC in 2006, ending a Triple Crown TV partnership with the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.