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'Earl's' First Good Deed: Better Numbers for NBC

Jason Lee is a thief in "My Name Is Earl," which helped NBC steal viewers. (By Mitch Haaseth -- Nbc Via Associated Press)

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Yes, Fox owns some UPN stations, such as here in Washington, where it owns both the Fox broadcast station and the UPN station. It's called a "duopoly." Write the FCC and thank them.

When "Geraldo at Large" launches in November, it will take the time slots on the Fox and UPN stations where the revival of "A Current Affair" had aired.

Ratings-starved "A Current Affair" will end its run in October. It is produced by Twentieth Television, a syndication operation of News Corp., the parent of Fox broadcast network and Fox News Channel.

Yesterday's announcement was made by Jack Abernethy, CEO of Fox Television Stations Inc., who used to work for Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes at both FNC and CNBC.

Ailes was named chairman of the Fox Television Stations just last month, which means Abernethy reports to him again.

Synergy here, synergy there, synergy everywhere.

Produced in New York and distributed by Twentieth TV, "Geraldo at Large" will report that day's "most compelling" stories "in a fast, informative and exciting way," the announcement said.

The show will include "special correspondents and field teams" and feature "top newsmakers."

In Washington, "A Current Affair" runs on WTTG at 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and repeats the next day at 12:30 p.m.

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