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Comcast Offloading the Likes of MSNBC, CNBC

Comcast is spinning off those networks and others, though Bravo is staying

(Newser) - Telecoms and media giant Comcast is spinning off most of its NBCUniversal cable-TV networks—assets that brought in about $7 billion in revenue over the last year. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that the company is shedding news and entertainment networks MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, E!, Syfy, and the...

Oxygen Show on Rapper's 10 Baby Mamas Rankles Critics

But Shawty Lo defends his life to MTV

(Newser) - Move over Honey Boo Boo , a new reality show is coming along to rile up critics. Oxygen is developing one called All My Babies' Mamas, featuring rapper Shawty Lo along with the 10 women with whom he has fathered kids, and, of course, the 11 kids themselves. The Parents Television...

Fat TV Is Ratings Heavyweight
 Fat TV Is Ratings Heavyweight 

Fat TV Is Ratings Heavyweight

Dance Your Ass Off is latest weight-centric hit

(Newser) - As American waistlines continue to expand, a crop of fat-centric TV shows has emerged to cater to viewers who struggle with their weight, CNN reports. From NBC’s The Biggest Loser, to Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva, Style’s Ruby, and Fox’s upcoming More to Love, networks have embraced...

Tori's Marriage Now the Stuff of Movies

(Newser) - Good news for Tori Spelling fans and very bad news for everyone else: The Oxygen network said today it is bringing back her Tori & Dean reality show for a fourth season, commissioning a made-for-TV movie based on her marriage to Dean McDermott, and planning a marriage advice show....

NBC Buying Oxygen for $925M
NBC Buying Oxygen for $925M

NBC Buying Oxygen for $925M

Women's channel fills out NBC's cable roster

(Newser) - NBC Universal is snapping up Oxygen Media, saying it will pay $925 million for the cable channel aimed at women—up to $500 million less than some analysts expected. The channel launched in 2000 with much fanfare to challenge Lifetime, but never had a hit show, despite backing from Oprah...

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