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Anna Nicole Smith saga brings in big bucks for tabloid TV

By Kelli Kennedy - Associated Press... March 28, 2007

Ratings for five major celebrity news shows ("Access Hollywood," "Entertainment Tonight," "Extra," "Inside Edition" and "The Insider") all increased in February compared to the previous month, according to Nielsen Media Research.

Both "Inside Edition" and "Entertainment Tonight," for example, drew their biggest audiences since February 2004, following Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl, according to Nielsen.

Entertainment Tonight said it didn't pay for interviews and declined to discuss how much money it spent chasing the story, adding "we license footage and materials, a standard practice for news organizations."

from Naplesnews.com