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[01/19/12 - 10:47 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, January 19
Updates include: Anne Heche to "Save Me" for NBC; Jerry Bruckheimer gets pilot green light at CBS; and Karyn Usher likewise snags pilot order at FOX.

[01/19/12 - 04:05 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Tops Viewers in Return
Discovery's "Sons of Guns" however leads the adults 18-49 charge last night.

[01/19/12 - 03:14 PM]
Dan Abrams, Daniel Radcliffe, Howie Mandel, Peter Facinelli & D.L. Hughley to Co-Host "Live! With Kelly" the Week of January 30-February 3
Guests that week include Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jennifer "JWOWW" Farley.

[01/19/12 - 02:46 PM]
"Love Etc." to Premiere Thursday, February 2 on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
The film is "a witty, poignant and humorous exploration of the universal stages of love, depicted through five real stories over the course of one year in New York City."

[01/19/12 - 12:33 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars" Trumps Drama Premieres
Plus: numbers for Discovery's "Ragin' Cajuns," Spike TV's "Ink Master" and Lifetime's "Dance Moms."

[01/19/12 - 12:13 PM]
The Bad Girls Are Ready to Play Hard in Vegas Season Premiere of Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas" at 10PM ET/PT
Plus: look for the season finale of "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" that night at 11:00/10:00c.

[01/19/12 - 12:00 PM]
Dan Harrison Named Executive Vice President, Scheduling for Fox Broadcasting Company
Harrison joins FOX from CBS Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Development.

[01/19/12 - 11:41 AM]
Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Earns Highest Rated Episode of the Series With 2.8 Million Total Viewers
Bravo spins the numbers for Monday, January 16.

[01/19/12 - 11:22 AM]
Vanilla Ice Rocks Out with a Second Season of DIY Network's "The Vanilla Ice Project"
The series returns with two premiere episodes on Saturday, January 21 at 10:00/9:00c following a one-hour special, "Ice My House."

[01/19/12 - 10:32 AM]
NBA TV's Coverage of the Los Angeles Lakers @ Los Angeles Clippers Scores Record Ratings
NBA TV spins the numbers for Saturday, January 14.

[01/19/12 - 10:03 AM]
Michelle Obama Makes Her Late Night Talk Show Debut As the First Lady of the United States on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Tuesday, January 31
Mrs. Obama's first appearance was on October 27, 2008, a few weeks prior to her husband, Barack Obama, being elected President of the United States.

[01/19/12 - 10:01 AM]
"MTV2's Guy Code" Finishes First Season As Highest-Rated Series in Network's History
MTV2 spins the numbers for Tuesday, January 17 and the season to date.

[01/19/12 - 09:47 AM]
World Premiere of New Series "Transformers Rescue Bots" and Second Season Premiere of "Transformers Prime" Roll Out on The Hub TV Network February 18
Also on tap is the network premiere of 1986 classic "Transformers: The Animated Movie."

[01/19/12 - 09:42 AM]
Cameron Crowe Documentary "The Union," About Elton John and Leon Russell, Debuts Feb. 2 on HBO
The film is filled with concert footage of John and Russell throughout their careers, including John's first U.S. appearance at The Troubadour in Los Angeles.

[01/19/12 - 09:13 AM]
ABC Grows and "Modern Family" Scores its Best-Ever Results Against "Idol"
ABC spins the numbers for Wednesday, January 18.

[01/19/12 - 08:40 AM]
CLOO to Host "Mannix" Marathon on Saturday, January 28 With Episodes from the Classic TV Series Chosen by @TedonTV, the Network's SVP of Research Ted Linhart
The 12 episodes including Diane Keaton in one of her earliest roles.

[01/19/12 - 08:27 AM]
Wednesday's Broadcast Ratings: "Idol" Returns Down But Still on Top
Plus: NBC's "Are You There, Chelsea?" and The CW's "One Tree Hill" take big dips in their second weeks.

[01/19/12 - 07:11 AM]
Syfy Elevates Chris Regina to Senior Vice President, Programming
Regina's new duties will include the oversight of acquisitions of studio-distributed theatrical films and series.

[01/19/12 - 07:05 AM]
IFC's "Portlandia" Grows Audience in Week Two
IFC spins the numbers for Friday, January 13.

[01/19/12 - 04:01 AM]
Grammy(R) Nominees Coldplay and Rihanna to Perform Live Together for the First Time
Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.

[01/18/12 - 11:03 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 18
Updates include: The CW sends three dramas to pilot; NBC fills out cast of "Beautiful People"; and Nick Stoller gets a green light for his CBS comedy.

[01/18/12 - 10:19 PM]
Entertainment Studios Launches Two Primetime First-run Sitcoms for Fall 2012
"The First Family" and "Mr. Box Office" have each received 104 episode production orders.

[01/18/12 - 04:52 PM]
Live Twitter Chat With "Grey's Anatomy" Star Jessica Capshaw Set to Take Place on Thursday, January 19
The actress will be up on Twitter at @jessicacapshaw, during the West Coast broadcast of the show.

[01/18/12 - 04:11 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings: "Pawn Stars," "American Pickers" Still Big for History
Plus: numbers for OWN's "Oprah and the Legendary Cast of 'Roots' 35 Years Later," MTV's "Caged" and E!'s "Fashion Police."

[01/18/12 - 03:54 PM]
Popular Young Actress Debby Ryan Stars in "Radio Rebel," A Disney Channel Original Movie Premiering Friday, February 17
Sarena Parmar, Adam DiMarco, Merritt Patterson and Atticus Mitchell also star in the project.

[01/18/12 - 03:17 PM]
HDNet, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, and CAA Establish Joint Venture to Rebrand HDNet as AXS TV
HDNet's signature programming including "HDNet Fights," "Inside MMA," "Dan Rather Reports," Sunday concert series, and select non-scripted series will continue on AXS TV.

[01/18/12 - 03:09 PM]
ABC Family's "The Lying Game" Scores Series Highs for the 3rd Consecutive Week
ABC Family spins the numbers for Monday, January 16.

[01/18/12 - 02:38 PM]
Hallmark Channel Original "A Taste of Romance" Is #1 Movie of Week Among HH RTG and W25-54 RTG
The Hallmark Channel spins the numbers for Saturday, January 14.

[01/18/12 - 02:17 PM]
Syfy Greenlights Two-Hour Pilot for Time Travel Action Thriller Rewind from BermanBraun and Universal Cable Productions
Justin Marks wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Tom Spezialy, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein.

[01/18/12 - 02:06 PM]
Oxygen Scores Double Digit Increases in Key Demos for Third "Glee" Marathon
Oxygen spins the numbers for Saturday, January 14.

[01/18/12 - 01:54 PM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Cajun Pawn Stars," "Kourtney & Kim" Snag Top Spots
Plus: numbers for TLC's "World's Smallest Storm Chaser," E!'s "Live from the Red Carpet" and Comedy Central's "Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain."

[01/18/12 - 01:10 PM]
Investigation Discovery's "On the Case With Paula Zahn" Tops Off Network's Best Week Ever in Prime for All Key Demos
Investigation Discovery spins the numbers for the week of January 9-15.

[01/18/12 - 12:42 PM]
"Hayley: World's Oldest Teenager" and "Kristie Mills: Love on the Transplant List" Premiere Sunday, January 29th on TLC
Other upcoming specials include "Last Chance to Live" on Wednesday, February 1.

[01/18/12 - 12:22 PM]
TBS Ranks as Basic Cable's #1 Entertainment Network with Adults 18-34 in Primetime for the Eighth Consecutive Week
Turner spins the numbers for the week of January 9-15.

[01/18/12 - 11:55 AM]
TLC Shares Royal Romance With "Undercover Princes" and "Undercover Princesses"
The series, which follows three single princes and princesses from around the world as they go undercover as locals, premieres Tuesday, January 31 at 10:00/9:00c.

[01/18/12 - 11:51 AM]
Fox Broadcasting Company, 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia Announce Sponsors for 11th Season of "American Idol"
Ford, Coca-Cola and AT&T are once again among the show's advertising partners.

[01/18/12 - 11:40 AM]
MTV Press Releases "Bittersweet Blessing" by Ashley Salazar from the Groundbreaking Docu-Series "16 and Pregnant"
The book will hit stores on Tuesday, January 24 from the network's publishing arm.

[01/18/12 - 11:29 AM]
Science Takes Viewers Back to Nature's Fight Club in Season Two of "Monster Bug Wars"
The series returns with six new episodes beginning Tuesday, January 24 at 10:00/9:00c.

[01/18/12 - 11:11 AM]
"The Simpsons" Tops the Week! FOX's Animated Favorite Outperforms "Modern Family" and "Big Bang Theory" As Last Week's No. 1 Series
FOX spins the numbers for the week of January 9-15.

[01/18/12 - 10:12 AM]
Disney Channel Sweeps #1 Total Day Ranking Across All TV in Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11, Boys 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 for the 2nd Consecutive Week
Disney Channel spins the numbers for the week of January 9-15.

[01/18/12 - 10:07 AM]
CBS Television Distribution's Trio of Magazines All Post Weekly Growth
CBS Television Distribution spins the numbers for the week of January 2-8.

[01/18/12 - 10:06 AM]
CBS Scores Decisive Across-the-Board Weekly Win for Second Straight Week
CBS spins the numbers for the week of January 9-15.

[01/18/12 - 10:04 AM]
ABC Delivers 6 of the Top 20 TV Shows in Adults 18-49 and Places the No. 1 New Drama
ABC spins the numbers for the week of January 9-15.

[01/18/12 - 10:00 AM]
TeenNick Welcomes "The Wonder Girls," "Dance Academy" in February
Australian import "Dance Academy" will follow new episodes of "Degrassi" on Friday nights.

[01/18/12 - 09:54 AM]
On Sunday, "The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards" Wins Its Three-Hour Time Period in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers and Other Key Measures
NBC spins the numbers for the week of January 9-15.

[01/18/12 - 09:53 AM]
EPIX Presents "Kevin Smith Burn in Hell" - An EPIX Original Comedy Event, Premieres February 11
Additionally, EPIX is reaching out to Kevin Smith fans everywhere with an on demand preview beginning February 3.

[01/18/12 - 09:12 AM]
Oxygen Moves Season Premiere of "Best Ink" to Tuesday, March 27 at 10PM ET/PT
The competition series, hosted by Kimberly Caldwell, was previously slated to launch on Monday, January 30.

[01/18/12 - 09:08 AM]
ABC's Tuesday Builds to its Top Numbers Since November
ABC spins the numbers for Tuesday, January 17.

[01/18/12 - 09:05 AM]
Craig Carton, Nate Quarry, and Mike Straka to Serve As On-Air Talent for Spike TV's "MMA Junkie Live"
The weekly original series will premiere Thursday, February 23 at 11:00/10:00c on the network.

[01/18/12 - 08:49 AM]
Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: Originals Return on Top for FOX
Plus: The CW's "Remodeled" opens below every original airing of "Ringer" this season.







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[05/13/26 - 12:06 PM]
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[05/13/26 - 12:03 PM]
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[05/13/26 - 12:02 PM]
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[05/13/26 - 12:01 PM]
"Running Point" Renewed for Season 3 on Netflix
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[05/13/26 - 12:00 PM]
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[05/13/26 - 11:59 AM]
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[05/13/26 - 11:58 AM]
"My Life with the Walter Boys" Renewed for Season 4 on Netflix
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[05/13/26 - 11:57 AM]
"Love Is Blind" to Return with Season 11 Set in Boston
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[05/13/26 - 11:56 AM]
Netflix Announces New YA Drama Series "Calabasas" - Forges Creative Partnership with Chris Van Dusen
At an elite private school in the country's most exclusive town, the headmaster's ambitious daughter is destined to have it all - until she's swept into a forbidden romance with the one boy determined to burn down her glittering world instead of play by its rules.

[05/13/26 - 11:55 AM]
Netflix Renews "Big Mistakes" for Season 2 - Extends Creative Partnership with Dan Levy
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[05/13/26 - 11:54 AM]
Netflix Announces "Barbaric"; A New Medieval Fantasy Drama
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[05/13/26 - 11:53 AM]
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[05/13/26 - 11:49 AM]
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[05/13/26 - 10:30 AM]
Viewership for 2026 NBA Draft Lottery Presentation on ABC Up 23 Percent Year Over Year
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