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All of ABC's comedies were up 12 to 17 percent since their last first-run episodes in early December.
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On the theater side, he means that they show major first-run movies.
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Fox and NBC conceded the night with reruns, while CBS aired first-run offerings of 60 Minutes (8.4 million viewers), Amazing Race (7.6 million) and CSI: Miami (8.2 million).
Oscar Ratings Drop 2011
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The next day, the show began airing in first-run syndication with Larry Toffler hosting.
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The 7 o'clock time slot was taken by a first-run 60 Minutes (9.20 million viewers) against a special pregame edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live (8.67 million) and a Dateline NBC repeat (3.82 million).
Ratings: NBA Championship Dunks the Competition; Tonys About Even With Last Year 2011
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Although these efforts to kill off high-def analog video—along with the FCC's recent decision to allow cable companies to disable a set-top box's analog-video outputs when showing first-run movies—may seem unpalatable, the reality is that most of us are probably already using HDMI connections in our newer gear whenever possible.
Goodbye, HD component video: Hollywood hastens the 'analog sunset' 2011
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The 7 o'clock time slot was taken by a first-run 60 Minutes (9.20 million viewers) against a special pregame edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live (8.67 million) and a Dateline NBC repeat (3.82 million).
Ratings: NBA Championship Dunks the Competition; Tonys About Even With Last Year 2011
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Amid all the Easter dinners and visiting, prime-time television tried to lure viewers with a mishmash of first-run episodes, specials and repeats, and CBS won the night in total viewership — helped by the new Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Beyond the Blackboard.
Ratings: Beyond the Blackboard Helps CBS Chalk Up an Easter Win 2011
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So, now we know how much your products are actually worth: not as much as a first-run episode of a hit television show, but more than its reruns.
NBC rates ‘You’ve Got Talent’ over pleas for healthcare rationing. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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It now plans to make these shows available as early as possible, during what is known as "the first-run window".
Cinematic TV dramas spark a revolution in online viewing 2011
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