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Rosenblum: TV Brings In 50%+ Of WB Income
Deadline, May 24, 2012, 7:48 AM EDT
Warner Bros. TV chief Bruce Rosenblum told Barclay's Global Technology, Media and Communication Conference in NYC that the TV group is responsible for over half of the overall operating income at Warner Bros. He said: “From a profitability standpoint the most lucrative part of our business is success with broadcast network series.” Link | Add comment
Warner Bros. Slots Test Of ‘TMZ Live’ On KTTV
TVNewsCheck, Mar 5, 2012, 4:28 PM EST
The companion strip to TMZ will run for several weeks on Fox's Los Angeles O&O beginning March 12. Full Story | Add comment
WB To Sheen: Stop Using 'Men' Photos In Promotion
Reuters, Feb 16, 2012, 6:27 AM EST
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Fox Stations, WB Slot ‘Bethenny’ Test Run
TVNewsCheck, Jan 24, 2012, 3:27 PM EST
Reality TV star, entrepreneur and author Bethenny Frankel to host a daily talk show on Fox-owned stations that will get a six-week preview this summer. Full Story | Add comment
Warner Bros. TV Regroups Business Affairs Unit
Hollywood Reporter, Jan 24, 2012, 5:47 AM EST
ProSieben Signs Multi-Year Deal With Warner Bros.
Hollyuwood Reporter, Jan 19, 2012, 5:53 AM EST
Charles McGregor, Ex-Warner Bros. TV Exec, Dies
Hollywood Reporter, Dec 6, 2011, 6:01 AM EST
Warner Bros. Launching Facebook Show
Associated Press, Sep 29, 2011, 1:08 PM EDT
Warner claims the new show, Aim High, will be the first "social series" from a Hollywood studio. It will integrate elements of Facebook user pages into the background. Full Story | Add comment
Charlie Sheen, Warner Bros. Near Settlement
Los Angeles Times, Sep 19, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros. are putting the finishing touches on a deal to end their legal battle. Sheen, who had been in a fight with Warner Bros. over the studio's firing him from his starring role on the CBS hit sitcom Two and a Half Men last March, will get about $25 million to settle out of his contract, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The figure represents Sheen's participation in profits from the show. Link | Add comment
Warner Bros. Moves Media Buying To OMG
MediaPost, Aug 25, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
Warner Bros. is moving its media planning and buying assignment — valued at $800 million, per Kantar Media — to the Omnicom Media Group from MediaCom, a unit of WPP's GroupM, without a formal review. Link | Add comment
'Hazzard' Sheriff Sues Warner Bros. Over Royalties
Hollywood Reporter, Aug 2, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT
Women in technology
Antonellis: Industry ‘Captain’ In Every Sense
TVNewsCheck, Apr 5, 2011, 10:59 AM EDT
Darcy Antonellis, head of tech ops at Warner Bros., has earned her stripes through stints at CBS in both news and sports (including winning two technical Emmys) before joining Warner where she oversaw the move from analog to digital distribution. Now, she’s the first recipient of TVNewsCheck’s Women in Technology Leadership Award. Full Story | Add comment
WB, Lorre Seek Arbitration In Sheen Battle
Los Angeles Times, Mar 17, 2011, 7:04 AM EDT
Sheen Files $100M Suit Against WB, Lorre
Associated Press, Mar 10, 2011, 2:38 PM EST
The fired star of Two and a Half Men alleges that Warner Bros. bowed to executive producer Chuck Lorre's desire to punish Sheen, and that the producer and Warners conspired to blame the actor for causing production to stop. Full Story | Add comment
Warner Bros. To Offer Movies On Facebook
Reuters, Mar 8, 2011, 3:02 PM EST
Warner Bros is making some of its films available on Facebook, opening up a new revenue source for the Internet social network and signaling new competition for online entertainment companies. Link | Comments (1)
Warner Bros. Fires Charlie Sheen From 'Men'
Associated Press, Mar 7, 2011, 5:03 PM EST
The studio said the decision was made after "careful consideration" and that no decision has been made yet on the future of the series. Full Story | Comments (2)
'Men' Crew To Be Paid; Sheen Calls It A Start'
Associated Press, Mar 1, 2011, 5:58 AM EST
Warner Bros. Television agreed Monday to pay the crew of Two and a Half Men for half of the eight episodes of TV's top-rated comedy that were canceled by producers upset about the off-screen antics of star Charlie Sheen. Full Story | Add comment
Outbursts Trumped Big Ratings In 'Men' Move
Wall Street Journal, Feb 28, 2011, 6:10 AM EST
By halting production on the eighth season of Two and a Half Men, CBS Corp. and   Warner Bros. are turning away from a proven hit with both viewers and advertisers. Link | Add comment
Charlie Sheen Offers To Pay 'Men' Crew
TMZ, Feb 10, 2011, 6:10 AM EST
Charlie Sheen Says 'Thank You' From Rehab
Associated Press, Feb 2, 2011, 6:27 PM EST
In a statement Wednesday, the Two and a Half Men star thanked his bosses, CBS chief Les Moonves and Warner Bros.' TV division President Bruce Rosenblum, for "their concern and support." It was issued hours after the Los Angeles Fire Department released a 5-minute recording of a 911 call. Full Story | Add comment
Charlie Sheen And CBS Ready To Collide
The Wrap, Jan 12, 2011, 8:04 AM EST
As Charlie Sheen came perilously close on Tuesday to missing his call time on Two and a Half Men, CBS, Warner Bros. Television and executive producer Chuck Lorre were struggling with how to address the problem of their No. 1 star and his private behavior. Link | Add comment
'Anderson Cooper' Sold In Four Major Markets
TVNewsCheck, Nov 29, 2010, 12:19 PM EST
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution sells the new syndicated talk show in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston for a fall 2011 launch. Full Story | Comments (4)
'Two And A Half Men' Renewed Through 2021
TVNewsCheck, Nov 17, 2010, 4:49 PM EST
Tribune and Sinclair stations re-up with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for the second cycle of the No. 1 syndicated comedy. Full Story | Comments (1)

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Overnights, adults 18-49 for 5月 23, 2012
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  • David Wiegand

    Fans of Sex and the City have finally gotten their wish: Their beloved sex-focused sitcom is back on the air ... sort of. The four women have become four men, of course, and the writing isn't as good. Oh, and the laugh track so annoying, it's offensive. And did I mention that the costumes would be considered fashionable if you were holding a yard sale? Men at Work on TBS is almost quaint, it's so old fashioned. If it had any meat on its bones, you'd be tempted to say it's the sadly ignoble epitome of TV's long-festering emasculated-men syndrome. But it's so much of a big, forgettable, innocuous shrug, it's not even worth any actual vitriol.

  • Mike Hale

    The USA Network's motto is "Characters Welcome." Apparently they're especially welcome if they resemble Oscar Madison and Felix Unger. Already stocked with Odd Couple knockoffs in Psych and White Collar, USA adds to its inventory Common Law, another comic crime-fighting show about mismatched partners. But this latest entry exhibits very little of that kind of spark as it tries to wring laughs from the juxtaposition of counseling and police work. It looks too flat and schematically plotted to succeed as the type of lightweight summer fun we’ve come to expect from USA.

  • Joanne Ostrow

    Johnny Carson: Fantastic entertainer, miserable human being. That's the lasting message of Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, the new PBS American Masters film, a rich history of a rare product of television who dominated the small screen for decades. Unprecedented access to personal archives plus all existing episodes of The Tonight Show (1962-92), distinguishes this film by Peter Jones. Telling interviews with family and colleagues, including second wife Joanne Carson, former Tonight Show executive producer Peter Lassally and a number of biographers sharpen the picture. The clips are carefully selected to illustrate specific personality traits, the performance highlights are given context and meaning beyond funny lines and memorable moments.

  • Hank Stuever

    AMC's The Pitch is a sharply-made if slightly off-putting reality series that follows different advertising agencies each week as they compete for new accounts. The inspiration for the show — made clear by its own ad campaign — is to harness some of the verve generated by the network's acclaimed Mad Men. The Pitch has a way of making the ad world seem like a real downer — a repugnant exercise in egotism laced with depressing bouts of creative compromise.

  • Tim Goodman

    HBO's Veep stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former Sen. Selina Meyer, who accepts the vice presidential duty and regrets it almost immediately: She has no real power and gets muscled by the Senate, Congress and the (so-far-unseen) president, who delegates all the truly crappy jobs to her. Louis-Dreyfus has found perhaps her best post-Seinfeld role and takes to it with such fervor — the constant swearing, the barely veiled desire to become president, the unhappy give-and-take with other politicians and a delightful disdain for average citizens — that you can't help but applaud what is clearly an Emmy-worthy effort. Her work alone makes Veep a gem, but there's even more to like.

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