Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Arts, Bain Capital, Beverly Hills 90210, Landmark Communications, NBC Universal, Television, The CW Television Network, Weather Channel
ABC Family‘s debut of The Secret Life of the American Teenager Tuesday night (8p) delivered the best-ever original series telecast in the network’s history with W18-34 (620,000); W18-49 (891,000) and F12-34 (1.4 million). (Cynopsis 7/3)
Shannen Doherty may join her former castmates of Beverly Hills, 90210 and reprise her role as Brenda Walsh on The CW’s new spinoff series 90210, reports Variety. Shannen would be reuniting with Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth who are in place reprising their former characters. (Cynopsis 7/3)
The Weather Channel could be sold in the next day or so, according to this report, which speculates that is how long it will be before Landmark Communications announces that it will sell the cable net to a group composed of NBC Universal, Blackstone Group and Bain Capital for between $3 billion and $3.5 billion. NBC Universal declined to discuss the report. (The Boston Globe/Reuters 7/2)
Time Warner Cable, which is in the process of being spun off from Time Warner, will pursue its core businesses after going independent and will look to bring the company within a debt target by the end of 2009, according to Robert Marcus, chief financial officer of the country’s second-largest cable provider. But, Marcus added, Time Warner Cable isn’t likely to act on continued speculation that it wants to own Cablevision anytime soon: “I think it’s a long-shot deal,” he said. “When and if it ever comes on the market, will we look at it? Absolutely.” (Bloomberg 7/2, Broadcasting & Cable 7/2)
Cablevision Systems said it would add 15 free high-definition channels to its offerings, a move that will bring the Bethpage, N.Y., company’s HD roster to 60. The new channels include Discovery, Nickelodeon, The Weather Channel, FX, AMC and Fox News. (Yahoo!/Reuters 7/2)
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