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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury, the producer-distributor of The Wendy Williams Show, and the daytime syndicated talk show’s longtime home, the Fox TV Stations, announced this morning that the talker will be replaced by Sherri, hosted by Sherri Shepherd, in the fall. With that, daytime staple The Wendy Williams…

Billy Bush may be en route to his TV comeback, two years after getting the hook from the third hour of NBC News’ Today. Bush has had conversations with executives surrounding Extra about joining the syndicated entertainment newsmag, sources said, as the program prepares to make a major station move. Two weeks ago it…

Another syndicated daily program has landed a permanent slot on the Fox TV Stations after a summer test run. 25 Words or Less, a celebrity/civilian game show hosted and produced by Meredith Vieira, former longtime host of the syndicated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, will return to the Fox TV Stations in fall 2019…

Meredith Vieira, former longtime host of the syndicated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, has been tapped to host and produce 25 Words or Less, a new celebrity/civilian game show that is getting a three-week summer trial run on several Fox Television stations. Set to debut August 6, the half-hour show has a strong…

Fox Television Stations has extended the MyNetworkTV programming service for two additional years, through the 2019-20 season. MyNetworkTV, whose lineup consists of 10 hours a week (Monday-Friday) of drama series and newsmagazine reruns, airs on the Fox stations in each of the top 3 markets, including New York (WWOR…

Sharri Berg has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of News and Operations for the Fox Television Stations group. Fox Television Stations CEO and FOX News Co-President, Jack Abernethy made the announcement; last Friday he was named Co-President of Fox News in the wake of Roger Ailes’ resignation. Berg will…

UPDATE: Fox Television Stations have extended the MyNetworkTV programming service for two more years, through the 2017-18 season, which is will be the net’s 12th. While this may be considered a formality between the two long-time partners — Fox TV Stations also gave the network a two-year pickup in fall 2013 — this…

Following a successful six-week test run last summer on select Fox TV stations, Media General’s BiteSize TV and Fox TV Stations have inked a deal to renew BiteSize TV’s Hollywood Today Live for the 2015 broadcast season. The daily entertainment news and variety show will premiere September 14 on Fox TV Stations and…

Fox Television Stations will become a power in the San Francisco Bay area as a result of this deal. It will pick up its SF area affiliate KTVU and independent KICU and give Cox Media Group WHBQ in Memphis and WFXT in Boston — which will remain Fox affiliates — the companies say. Regulators will have to approve the…

The Obama administration has dropped efforts to collect a $28,000 fine from Fox Television Stations for a 2003 reality TV episode that featured pixilated images of strippers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The action was in response to a Supreme Court ruling in June that tossed out some FCC indecency sanctions. Fox…

Because of the phone-hacking and bribery scandal plaguing News Corp’s British newspaper publishing subsidiary, a public interest group has filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny broadcast license renewal to three Fox TV stations. Licenses of the three Fox Broadcasting Co…

BALTIMORE, May 15, 2012 — Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI), announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) for the renewal of the affiliation agreements for 19 television stations Sinclair owns and/or programs. The new agreements go into effect January 1…