ABC Seeks to Keep Stations from Deserting 'Ryan'
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ABC television, backed by Republican Sen. John McCain and other leading conservatives, sought on Thursday to keep nervous affiliate stations from deserting a Veterans Day broadcast of the acclaimed World War II film "Saving Private Ryan."
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LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON  - Fearful of  the FCC crackdown on indecent broadcasts, at least 18 ABC  affiliates plan to pre-empt the network's unedited broadcast of  the film "Saving Private Ryan" at 8 Thursday night.
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Under pressure from former  President Bill Clinton and the Democratic Party, ABC scrambled  on Friday to make 11th-hour changes to a miniseries suggesting  he was inattentive to the Islamic militant threat that led to  the September 11 attacks.
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As 12,000 film and TV writers move closer to a walk-out, replacement entertainment could mean more reruns and more Ryan Seacrest
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The head of the Federal  Communications Commission has recommended it reject indecency  complaints against ABC television stations that recently aired  the film "Saving Private Ryan," an FCC official said on Monday.
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News programming has proved to be unpopular on network television, even as the writers' strike creates holes in prime time schedules, the Associated Press reports: With the exception of CBS ordering a few more ''48 Hours: Mysteries'' true crime yarns, the networks haven't looked to their news divisions to fill holes expected when viewers' favorite dramas [...].
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ABC television, backed by Republican Sen. John McCain and other leading conservatives, sought on Thursday to keep nervous affiliate stations from deserting a Veterans
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Do you think ABC affiliates, including WRIC, should have pulled Steven Spielberg&#39;s &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; from the schedule?
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Authorities said Monday they would allow a top independent TV station back on the air, but warned that it would have to bid for a broadcasting license next year.
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Sixty-six ABC affiliates, covering nearly one-third of the country, ultimately decided not to air the movie &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Veterans Day due to skittishness over whether the Federal Communications Commission would deem it indecent.
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CBS News is looking to make its perennially last-place morning program more competitive in the ratings by abandoning the format that allows stations to air mostly local news between 7 and 8 a.m.
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At the same time that CBS has refused to share copies of the premiere with critics and reporters in order to maintain secrecy over that episodeâs results, it has been screening the program for schoolchildren and potential advertisers.
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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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The ABC television network is rightly being pilloried from all concerned - including FCC Chairman Michael Powell â-or its tawdry &quot;Monday Night Football&quot; opening this week.
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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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ABC moved forward with its miniseries "The Path to 9/11" on Sunday despite angry calls from former Clinton administration officials not to air it because it contained fabricated scenes about their actions prior to terrorist attacks.
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The Days, owned by its advertisers, may boost ABC'S bottom line. But will they control content?