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Stringfield returning to 'ER'

...absence, the network announced Tuesday. "We now know that when it comes to 'ER,' you can go home again," NBC Entertainment president Jeff Zucker said in announcing the three-year deal. Stringfield will resume her role of Dr. Susan Lewis...

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NBC outdistances foes to win TV season's first week

...18-to-49-year-old demographic desired by advertisers. "It was important to re-establish ourselves and reassert ourselves," NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker said Tuesday. "We did that convincingly." It helped, though, that CBS decided to wait...

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Television's rush of nostalgia for old programming looks to have played itself out

...executives admitted that yes, they overdid it. "Too many of them quickly killed the golden goose," Jeff Zucker, NBC entertainment president, said Tuesday. "We'll do more of them in the future, but not a lot." Networks started raiding their...

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Matthew Perry discusses his new movie and the end (or is it?) of his hit TV series 'Friends'

...of "Friends"-ship. (The show airs on NBC Thursday at 7 p.m. CDT.) But is this really the end? Recently NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker said he "wouldn't 100 percent" rule out a 10th year. "Stranger things have happened than...

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ABC wins ratings week; XFL football hits historic low

...tournament. With 10.2 million viewers on Saturday, the basketball audience was five times that of football. NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker said Tuesday that he didn't expect the plug to be pulled on the XFL before the season, which...

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Television movies fading away at the big networks

...nights on the networks and cable, it's harder and harder for any of these to break through," said Jeff Zucker, NBC entertainment president. Meanwhile, movies are thriving on cable. Lifetime's formulaic fare is the key to its recent ratings...

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Drop in ratings for drama series reruns adds to networks' woes

...the corresponding period in 2000. "That's a bigger problem than how many rats are covering somebody," said NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker, alluding to complaints regarding the content of NBC's fill-in show "Fear Factor...

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NBC to fight football on Super Bowl Sunday with centerfold models

...a special edition of its reality show, "Fear Factor," with centerfold models. "We're having fun here," NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker said Monday. "It's all a game. It's all in fun. We're doing it with just as big a...

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NBC claims victory in 2001-02 TV season, led by 'Friends'

...for its ninth and final season next fall. "We just finished a great week, a great month and a great season," NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker said Tuesday. NBC is alone among the four biggest networks in increasing its audience this...

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Networks turn up summer programming heat

...the first airing. "I think you'd have to say this is our most aggressive slate of summer programming," said NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker. New fare makes up about 40 percent of NBC's summer schedule, including "Crime & Punishment...

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