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Broadcasting & Cable, May, 2007 by Benson, Jim

By Staff CBS Paramount Supplies the Demand Staff By Jim Benson Studio edges longtime leader WBTV as top provider CBS Paramount Network Television won the Hollywood-studio numbers game last week, landing 24 shows on next season's broadcast schedule-one more than the longtime leading supplier, Warner Bros.

Television (WBTV). The in-house CBS studio doubled new-series orders from four to eight, with CBS and sibling The CW increasing their orders this year. But including co-productions and, for the first time, reality shows like Survivor in the count put it over the top. WBTV President Peter Roth argues that winning bragging rights is no longer important: "I'm not even keeping count anymore." What matters, he says, is a...

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