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The Business

Hollywood News Banter

TV Guide magazine chief content officer Michael Schneider joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

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By Kim Masters • Jul 2, 2015 • 1 min read

TV Guide magazine chief content officer Michael Schneider joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

  • While there's still money in the big broadcast networks, it's been a soft year for upfront ad sales. While Fox had a hit with Empire, the fading popularity of American Idol has their ad numbers coming back down to Earth after years of being inflated. ABC is faring better, thanks to shows from Shonda Rhimes and new successful comedies like Blackish and Fresh Off the Boat.

  • The list of companies cutting ties with Donald Trump continues to grow. Both NBC and Macy's told the presidential hopeful they were done with him after he made racist statements about Mexican immigrants. Trump's beauty pageants will be getting airtime somewhere though. The cable network REELZ announced it will show Miss USA on July 12.

  • TV Land has pulled

    Dukes of Hazzard

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    Michael Schneider

    Senior editor at Variety

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    Kaitlin Parker

    Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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