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...meanwhile, wants to beef up its content assets. NBC Universal spans the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks; cable channels such as Bravo and CNBC; the Universal Pictures movie studio and Universal theme parks. The acquisition would turn...

In this article: Vivendi SA, GE, NBC Universal, Comcast, Universal Pictures, Philadelphia, Joint venture, and CNBC

...mill this week was that Sheree Whitfield would be leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta. However Bravo is saying not so fast. A rep for Bravo confirms that no decisions whatsoever have been made about season three and the rumors are false.

In this article: Kandi Burruss, Real Housewives of Orange County, Ed Hartwell, and Atlanta

..."Project Runway" producer, Weinstein Co., sold the hugely popular show's rights to Lifetime after five seasons on Bravo. A lawsuit by Bravo owner NBC Universal kept any of the Los Angeles-based season's episodes from being aired. After a...

In this article: Project Runway, Lifetime, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, Heidi Klum, and Christina Aguilera

...of ABC Broadcasting at Walt Disney Co. NBC Universal spans the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks; cable channels such as Bravo and CNBC; the Universal Pictures movie studio and Universal theme parks. The cable networks have been...

In this article: Vivendi SA, Comcast, GE, NBC Universal, Universal Pictures, NBC, Joint venture, and Recession

The Lifetime show's finale was shown Thursday night. The delay came because "Project Runway" - the cult series that transformed Bravo into a hot destination for addictive reality TV - lacked a home base. Trapped in lawsuit limbo, the...

In this article: Project Runway, New York, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, NBC Universal, and Weinstein Co.

Apparently, someone at Bravo decided they needed their very own Gordon Ramsay. And he needed to be, you know, sexy. We know this, because on the series premiere of "Chef Academy," we were reminded about 20 times within the first 15...

In this article: Jean Christophe Novelli, Top Chef, Kyle, and Scott Baio

The honey-baked hams of "Chef Academy" Bravo takes one eccentric French chef, mixes in a room full of colorful show-offs and brings it to a rolling boil Jean-Christophe Novelli was born to play himself on TV. An acclaimed chef with...

In this article: Jean-Christophe Novelli, Top Chef, Tori Spelling, Mad Libs, Grey's Anatomy, and Flipping Out

...cooking-competition genre. TEACH: Jean-Christophe Novelli runs the academy (Tom Pilston / Bravo) Like Motown Records in the 1960s, Bravo is a network that likes to find a thing that works -- a "real housewife," say -- and do it again and...

In this article: Jean-Christophe Novelli, Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, World War II, Gordon Ramsay, Motown Records, and Project Runway

...Novelli has been called the sexiest chef in France, but over here, he's about as exciting as a lump of pastry dough. On "Chef Academy," Bravo's new cooking competition, Novelli comes to America under the rickety pretense that he is going...

In this article: Jean-Christophe Novelli, Top Chef, Jet lag, Gordon Ramsay, Peter Falk, and Columbo

...marriage is over. Her spoiled teenage son, Colton, lectures her about spending. The only word for this is rich. This is Bravo doing what Bravo does best -- imparting, in the slyest and most intuitive of ways, a sense of what's right and...

In this article: Andy Cohen, Orange County, Self-help, and Relativism