ABC moves "Lost" out of "Idol's" way
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LOS ANGELES  - ABC is reshuffling its Wednesday lineup, launching a two-hour comedy block and moving the hit drama "Lost" to 10 p.m.
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ABC Sports, which has carried the entire Bowl Championship Series since 1998, withdrew yesterday from talks to retain the full package of games.
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Britain's Channel 4 said on Friday it has scrapped next year's "Celebrity Big Brother," one of its most popular shows, in sweeping changes to its primetime schedule after being accused of "dumbing down" its content.
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A day after NBC said it  would delay the January 3 premiere of "Celebrity Apprentice" by  a week to avoid clashing with the last original episode of  "Grey's Anatomy," ABC on Thursday moved its medical drama to  January 10, forcing NBC to reverse its decision.
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The daytime soap operas might be  losing their bubbles in the weeks ahead as networks resort to  episodes not penned by striking writers.
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Strong showings from some of ABC's signature shows, "Monday Night Football," "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "According to Jim" and "Lost," helped the network snap CBS' six-week winning streak among adults 18-49 last week.
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A network executive's half-baked suggestion became a pilot for ABC's "Lost" in record-breaking time. The result has been a show among the top 10 this season.
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One day after the premiere audience for Foxâs "American Idol" fell 4 million viewers shy of the seriesâ 2007 debut, the talent competition slipped further in the ratings on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - With CBS putting up a "CSI" repeat, ABC and "Grey's Anatomy" ran away with Thursday's primetime ratings race.
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CBS's U-turn over 'Jericho is a sign that networks are reassessing niche shows and how to retain loyal viewers.
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ABC has pulled its contract offer to the Bowl Championship Series, a move that could result in three of college football's biggest games moving to another network.
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LOS ANGELES - ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
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"Lost" crashed in the ratings this week, hitting an all-time low for a new episode. ABC's drama about plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island drew an estimated 12.8 million viewers Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research. That's well off the peak of more than 20 million for the drama that became an instant sensation when it debuted in September 2004.
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The National Football League has thrown a penalty flag at ABC television, and the network has apologized, for its literal use of locker-room humor to promote the new hit drama "Desperate Housewives."
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ABC has dropped Miss America, leaving the famous beauty pageant without a network TV outlet for the first time in 50 years.
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The broadcast companyâs loss stemmed from write-downs, breakup costs and weak advertising sales.
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Flash back to last fall: With intense buzz surrounding "Lost," ABC split Season Three in two, hoping to launch new shows "The Nine" and "Day Break" and eliminate grumbling about reruns.