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‘Dancing with the Stars,’ triumphs at Family Television Awards in the US
MUMBAI: The Eighth Annual Family Television Awards in the US recognised honorees in nine categories for their contributions to outstanding family entertainment.
The Family Television Awards positions itself as are the only awards recognising programming for family viewing. The awards are given by the members of the Family Friendly Programming Forum and selected by the members of the Association of National Advertisers. Over 40 advertisers that participate in the Forum are taking positive steps to increase family friendly programming choices on primetime television.
Their mission is to support and promote the development of family friendly television across all programming genres between the hours of 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., when adults and children are most likely to watch television together.
The honorees were
Drama: “Numb3rs” (CBS)
Comedy: “Everybody Hates Chris” (The CW)
Reality: “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
Reality/Game Show Host: Howie Mandel “Deal or No Deal” (NBC)
New Series: “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
Actor: Tony Shalhoub “Monk” (USA)
Actress: Jennifer Love Hewitt “Ghost Whisperer” (CBS) TV Movie/Drama: “The Ron Clark Story” (TNT) TV Movie/Musical: “High School Musical” (Disney Channel)
Family Friendly Programming Forum co-chairman Kaki Hinton says, “Our mission is to support and promote the development of ‘family friendly’ television across all programming genres during the primetime hours when children and adults are most likely to watch television together. Working with our network partners, in eight short years we have achieved our goal of ensuring that there is always at least one show that families can watch during primetime every night of the week.”
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
