Sentence examples for hit programming from inspiring English sources

10 23 p.m. | Updated LOS ANGELES - Stephen McPherson, the president of ABC Entertainment, abruptly resigned late Tuesday after a six-year reign known more for internal volatility than for hit programming.

Today, Viacom's MTV Networks subsidiary, General Electric's NBC Universal, CBS, the Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and News Corp.'s Fox all provide not only promotional clips of their TV shows but also full-length episodes of some of their biggest hit programming on their own advertising-supported Web sites.

Both have been closely linked with hit programs in the recent past.

She went through two rounds of the Hardest Hit Program in 2011 and 2013.

It led to appearances on radio and television programs, including the hit program "To Tell the Truth".

This summer, the company's Fox broadcast network reversed its ratings slide of recent years with its hit program "American Idol".

The business model of those networks is based largely on importing what they hope will be hit programs from the United States.

That is why Viacom has brought in the MTV programming president, Brian Graden, a cable wunderkind known to have an uncanny eye for hit programs.

Besides, Mr. Currie said he expected the ratings to go up soon, with some help from CBS's new hit program in prime time: "Survivor".

The identification of potential hit program formats -- adaptable to the United States market -- has become a kind of obsession with American production companies and networks.

But the only content that consumers are likely to pay to download are hit programs, and several executives on both sides of the venture said the combination of the two networks would greatly increase the opportunity to create such hits.