ABC World News, Feb 08, 2012

ABC's 'The River' has murky premiere ratings Entertainment Weekly by James Hibberd This is a bummer: ABC's promising thriller The River got off to a relatively modest start in the ratings Tuesday night. The two-hour opener averaged 7.5 million viewers and a meh 2.4 rating in the adult demo, up 4 percent from the ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC sells all of its Oscar broadcast commercial spots Los Angeles Times Chief Executive Bob Iger said Tuesday that the ABC network last week sold the remainder of its available advertising time — several weeks earlier than usual. "There was demand for even more spots than allowed in [our] contract," Iger said in an ... See all stories on this topic »

Up ABC's 'The River' Without a Paddle The Associated Press Actress Eloise Mumford her role in ABC's spooky new drama, 'The River' - from 'Paranormal Activity' director Oren Peli, about an expedition up the Amazon to find a missing famed wildlife explorer. (Feb. 7) See all stories on this topic »

Walt Disney Gambling on ABC News Investorplace.com The media conglomerate has for years looked for a cable partner for ABCNews and found no takers. Now, it's reportedly in the hunt yet again, and the stakes couldn't be higher. According to media reports, the Burbank, Calif.-based company is in talks ... See all stories on this topic »

Preview: 'The River' brings paranormal activity to ABC Wausau Daily Herald ... premieres Tuesday on ABC, is a nifty supernatural adventure tale set in mysterious river-riven regions of the uncharted Amazon. Topographically speaking, it is "Lost" inside-out. The story is this: Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood), a world-beloved, ... See all stories on this topic »

Poll finds broad support for Obama's counterterrorism policies Washington Post A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that Obama, who campaigned on a pledge to close the brig at Guantanamo Bay and to change national security policies he criticized as inconsistent with US law and values, has little to fear politically for ... See all stories on this topic »

Study: ABC and NBC Anything But 'Fast and Furious' on Gunwalking Scandal Fox News (blog) However, when Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Thursday (February 2) before a House oversight committee investigating Operation Fast and Furious, the news was completely ignored by NBC and ABC (there was one full story on Friday's CBS This ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News (blog)

Mandy Moore: ABC Orders Comedy Pilot Starring Singer & More TV Casting News Huffington Post Moore, who most recently appeared in several episodes of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," will headline an untitled comedy about the conflict between your real family and the one people make as adults with their close friends. Moore will play Annie, ... See all stories on this topic »

Tennessee cops ignored pot find at ABC official's home: report New York Daily News An unnamed employee of the state's Alcoholic Beverage Commission told local television station WSMV that three police officers discovered the dope at the home of Danielle Elks, the ABC's director, in October. The commission regulates bar activities, ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Year-to-Year, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer Cuts Total Viewer/Demo Gap with ... TVbytheNumbers For the week of January 30, 2012, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 8.03 million Total Viewers and a 1.7 rating/6 share/2.09 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. Year-to-Year “WorldNews” cut the viewing gaps with ... See all stories on this topic »

Kyle Bornheimer joins ABC comedy pilot Entertainment Weekly by Lynette Rice Kyle Bornheimer — last seen in Romantically Challenged, Perfect Couples and Worst Week — will join the cast of the ABC comedy pilot White Man Van. The single-camera project from Bobby Bowman is based on the British format White Van ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC Goes Straight To Series With KJ Steinberg Project Mistresses Cinema Blend Is ABC desperate to replace Desperate Housewives? It looks that way; as the veteran series is on its way out at the end of this season, the network has given the greenlight to Mistresses from KJ Steinberg, creator of The Nine to go straight to series... See all stories on this topic » Cinema Blend

Federal Air Marshals Face A Hostile Work Environment, ABC News Reports Huffington Post Former air marshal and "whistleblower" Steve Theodoropoulos spoke withABC and told them that culture within the agency is "hate African Americans, hate females, go after gays and lesbians cause we don't like the way they think. See all stories on this topic »

RBA's solid case for leaving rates on hold ABC Online By ABC's Alan Kohler Keynesian purists are all clutching their foreheads, but actually it's pretty fabulous that Australia's politicians are competing with each other to promise budget surpluses. It's so much better than the appalling tax cut and ... See all stories on this topic »

EXCLUSIVE: ABC News Eyeing High-Level Executive Shifts Broadcasting & Cable By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/7/2012 3:26:22 PM ABCNews currently has a plan in the works that would elevate Good Morning America senior executive producer James Goldston to a more wide-ranging role under President Ben Sherwood, ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC's White Van Man Pilot Is Going Ahead With Kyle Bornheimer Starring Cinema Blend The ABC pilot for White Van Man is ready to go ahead; the cast contingency is out of the way. Kyle Bornheimer is on board to star in the pilot, which is based on a successful British series, meaning the greenlight has been given. See all stories on this topic » Cinema Blend

New news: have Canberrans changed their media habits? ABC Online By James Vyver The local ABC 7pm bulletin has taken a recent ratings hit; the natural ebb and flow of viewership or a shift away from TV news? According to the latest Nielsen survey from August 2011, the 7pm TV news bulletin on ABC1 attracted around ... See all stories on this topic »

ABC News Digital Hits 100 Million Video Starts Broadcasting & Cable The ABC News and Yahoo! News' digital original video series, which includes Newsmakers, Around the World with Christiane Amanpour and This Could be Big with Bill Weir, tripled their video streams. In the last month alone the series grew 219%. See all stories on this topic »

ABC comedy 'Happy Endings' gets laughter started TheNewsTribune.com I mention this not to beg for sympathy, but to make a point about the ABCcomedy "Happy Endings": It's the funniest show on TV. Why do I say this? Not just because I have always found it supremely smart and amusing, week in and week out. See all stories on this topic »

Sutton Foster: 'Bunheads' Picked Up by ABC Family! Just Jared ABC Family has picked up the drama pilot Bunheads starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster! The show, which comes from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, centers around “Michelle, a Las Vegas showgirl who impulsively marries a man and moves ... See all stories on this topic » Just Jared

ABC TAIWAN ELECT January Sales Fall 11.20% (Table) : 3236 TT Bloomberg ABC TAIWAN ELECT said unconsolidated sales in January fell 11.20% to NT$75221000 from NT$84709000, according to a statement filed to the Taiwan Stock Exchange. (Figures are in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)... See all stories on this topic »

ABC takes you to The River, drops you in the probably haunted water A.V. Club DC by Erik Adams February 7, 2012 Here's what's up in the worldof TV for Tuesday, Feb. 7. All times are Eastern. The River (ABC, 9 pm): Chronicle gave the “found footage” sci-fi/horror concept a shot in the arm last weekend—just in time for The River to ... See all stories on this topic » A.V. Club DC

911 tape released of social worker who last saw Powell children alive ABC 4 (ABC 4 News) - For the first time we're hearing the 911 call, made by the social worker who last saw Josh Powell and his two children alive. The social worker called 911 just moments before the house exploded. In this call, you can clearly tell social ... See all stories on this topic »

Courtesy of ABC Family (2) Hollywood Life Jane's (Erica Dasher) two world collided in a big way on the Feb. 7 episode of Jane By Design when India (India de Beaufort) and Jeremy (Rowly Dennis) showed up at her school, determined to figure out her big secret. And while India may remain ... See all stories on this topic »

Cable Networks Power Higher Earnings at Disney Multichannel News "We're off to a good start in this fiscal year executing on our ongoing strategy, deriving greater value from our brands -- Disney, Pixar, Marvel, ESPN and ABC -- in the US and around the globe," Disney President and CEO Bob Iger said in a statement. See all stories on this topic »

Russia Claims Syria Receptive to Plan to End ... - ABC News Radio By Jeanette Torres World News and Headlines From ABC News Radio. World News - ABC News Radio

US to Cut Back on Diplomatic Personnel in Iraq - World News - ABC ... By Jeanette Torres World News and Headlines From ABC News Radio. World News - ABC News Radio

Yahoo! Alliance Boosts ABC News Digital to Record Online ... By Yahoo Additionally, the ABC News/Yahoo! News digital original video series including Newsmakers, Around the World with Christiane Amanpour and This Could be Big with Bill Weir also saw triple the amount of video streams since their October ... Yodel Anecdotal

Breastfeeding Advocates Protest Outside ... - ABC News Radio By Jeanette Torres Health News and Headlines From ABC News Radio. ... Legal. External links are provided for reference purposes. ABC News is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites. Copyright © 2012 ABC News Radio Digital; Terms of Use ... Health News - ABC News Radio

Federal Air Mashals Face A Hostile Work Environment, ABC News ... By The Huffington Post News Editors An ABC News report that aired on Tuesday night investigates the apparently crazy world of air marshals. According to the report, there is a "striking" lack of professionalism within the agency. Current and former air marshals spoke with the ... The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Nabors' Former CEO Skips $100 Million Parachute - ABC News Radio By Carmen Cox ABC News Radio · Home. News. Business · Entertainment · Health · Music · National · Politics · Sports · World · Local · Live. Podcasts. Nightline Podcast · This Week Podcast · Perspective Podcast · World NewsPodcast. About. Management ... Business News - ABC News Radio

Worldwide Radio Summit 2012 Presents: Monetizing Radio -- The ... ... up for the WORLDWIDE RADIO SUMMIT 2012, APRIL 27-28 at the W HOTEL in HOLLYWOOD, presented by ALL ACCESS and A&R WORLDWIDE to learn how you can learn about "Monetizing Radio -- The Future ABC's Of Generating Revenue. ... As part of our pledge to not present "the same old stuff," only THE WORLDWIDE RADIO SUMMIT 2012 gives you the opportunity to meet radio, music and digital/social media execs from around the world to share ideas and collaborate. Latest Net News from AllAccess.com

ABC News: Are we 'doping' our atmosphere? | JunkScience.com By Steve Milloy ABC News reports in “Global Warming: Like 'Weather on Steroids'“: Are we “doping” our atmosphere? What's going on with these record warm temperatures… extreme snowfall… even January tornadoes? Is climate change the cause? JunkScience.com

News' rogue lawyer … shameful presser … capital turns off ABC ... By Crikey Back when it was blithely ignoring the phone hacking scandal after theNews of The World's royal editor Clive Goodman was sacked and jailed for phone hacking, News International used to say the hacking was the result of a “rogue reporter” ... Crikey

iMap Weather Radio Proven To Be Life Saver -::- WDT In addition to an appearance on ABC World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, observations from users of iMap Weather Radio have flooded social media with feedback. On Facebook, J. Little says “The Alert from my phone woke me up and I ... News - WDT

Denver Snowstorm Grounds 600 Flights | Video - ABC News ABC News Now. Playlist: World News: 2/7/12. World News: 2/6/12.World News: 2/3/11. World News: 2/2/12. World News: 2/1/12. Person of the Week ... abcnews.go.com/.../denver-snowstorm-grounds-600-flights-bli...

ABC World News Now: 20th Anniversary Promo - YouTube ABC's Rob Nelson and Paula Faris produce their own TV promo for WNN's 20th birthday ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyDN5Nn_CVQ

Powell Tragedy: Could Kids Have Been Saved? - ABC News U.S.. World. Politics. Brian Ross Investigates. Health. Entertainment. Money. Tech . Travel ... abcnews.go.com/.../powell-tragedy-children-saved-15525762

Week-to-Week, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” Cuts Total ... Year-to-Year, ABC Slashes Gap with NBC among Adults 25-54 by 23% tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/...to.../118169/

Iran Threat: Attack on U.S.? | Video - ABC News World · Politics · Brian Ross Investigates · Health · Entertainment · Money · Tech · Travel ... abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/iran-threat-attack-us-15483803

Hulu - ABC World News with Diane Sawyer: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 ... Video description: Obama Looks Forward to Election Issues; Gingrich Takes Heat From His Own ... www.hulu.com/.../abc-world-news-with-diane-sawyer-thu-jan-...

Israel Warns US Jews: Iran Could Strike Here - World News - ABC ... Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Israeli facilities in North America -- and around the world -- are on high alert, according to an internal security document ... abcnewsradioonline.com/.../israel-warns-us-jews-iran-could-str...

Super Bowl Apps: My ABC World News Now Segment « Andrea Smith Super Bowl Apps: My ABC World News Now Segment. February 2, 2012 Andrea Smith Leave a comment Go to comments. The Super Bowl XLVI 2012 is set for ... andreasmith.org/.../super-bowl-apps-my-abc-world-news-now...

The Yeshiva World ABC News: Israel Warns US Jews: Iran Could ... Israeli facilities in North America — and around the world — are on high alert, according to an internal security document obtained by ABC Newsthat predicted ... www.theyeshivaworld.com/.../ABC-News%3A-Israel-Warns-U...

Hulu - ABC World News with Diane Sawyer: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 ... Video description: Nuclear Plant Leak in Southern California; Romney's Words Used Against ... www.hulu.com/.../abc-world-news-with-diane-sawyer-wed-feb.

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