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[10/22/13 - 11:34 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, October 22
Updates include: ABC mulls reviving "Body of Proof," gives additional scripts to "Back in the Game," "Super Fun Night"; and Janeane Garofalo, Rex Lee and Francia Raisa book pilots.

[10/22/13 - 05:51 PM]
No One Covers the World Series Like FOX Sports
Coverage begins this Wednesday, October 23 at Fenway Park in Boston.

[10/22/13 - 03:40 PM]
Pierce Gagnon Cast in New CBS Drama Series "Extant"
He'll co-star alongside Halle Berry in the project, due in summer 2014 on the network.

[10/22/13 - 03:11 PM]
"MNF's" Vikings-Giants Telecast Helps ESPN Win the Night among All Networks in All Key Male and Adult Demos
ESPN spins the numbers for Monday, October 21.

[10/22/13 - 02:55 PM]
Monday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "MNF," "Voice" Top the Charts
Plus: numbers for Discovery's "Bar Hunters," VH1's "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" and Bravo's "Real Housewives of Miami."

[10/22/13 - 02:39 PM]
Discovery Channel's "Fast N' Loud" #1 Cable Program on Monday Among Men
Discovery spins the numbers for Monday, October 21.

[10/22/13 - 02:39 PM]
BAFTA Los Angeles(R) Announce Host Rob Brydon and Honoree Idris Elba at the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards Presented by BBC America on November 9, 2013
For the second year in a row, the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards will be broadcast on BBC America, airing in primetime November 10 at 9:00/8:00c.

[10/22/13 - 01:20 PM]
Haunted Hub Themed Programming Delivers Kids and Co-viewing
The Hub spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 01:00 PM]
American League Championship Series Drives Strong Week for FOX
FOX spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 12:34 PM]
Showtime(R) Announces Pickups of "Homeland" and "Masters of Sex"
Both series are set to return in 2014 with 12 one-hour episodes.

[10/22/13 - 12:02 PM]
Starz Adds Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton and Joseph Sikora to "Power" Cast
The series tells the story of wealthy New York City nightclub owner, James "Ghost" St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick), who caters to the city's elite.

[10/22/13 - 11:57 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Michael" Showcases the Year's Most Entertaining Celebrities and Pop Culture Icons with "Live's Best Halloween Show Ever"
The series will put the spotlight on many of pop culture's biggest headliners, with more than 50 costumes throughout the program.

[10/22/13 - 11:51 AM]
TBS's Coverage of the 2013 National League Championship Series Accounts for Four of Basic Cable's Top 15 Programs for the Week
Turner spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 11:50 AM]
NBC Wins the Fourth Week of the Season in 18-49 and Is at Its Highest Four-Week Season Average in Six Years
NBC spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 11:43 AM]
VH1 Original Movie "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" Scores As Cable's Highest Rated Original Movie Of 2013, Drawing In 4.5 Million Total Viewers
VH1 spins the numbers for Monday, October 21.

[10/22/13 - 11:38 AM]
Disney XD Rises to #1 Week in the Network's History in Prime in Boys 9-14 and Hits Near 1-Year High in Kids 6-14
Disney XD spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 11:30 AM]
Chapter 2 of "American Horror Story: Coven" Sets Ratings Record for FX
FX further spins the numbers for Wednesday, October 16.

[10/22/13 - 11:21 AM]
Fans Are Being Put on the Case in Wednesday's Milestone 300th Episode of "CSI," as They Are Challenged to Look for the 14 Hidden "300"s in the Episode
Visit CBS.com for a full list of the "300" audio and visual cues after the episode.

[10/22/13 - 11:18 AM]
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" Scores Best 7-Week Start for NFL Primetime Package in 17 Years
NBC spins the numbers for Sunday, October 20 plus the season to date.

[10/22/13 - 11:16 AM]
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to Celebrate "The Simpsons" and Soccer with Launch of Global Campaign in 2014
A broad line of branded merchandise created in conjunction with acclaimed international soccer teams, from FC Barcelona to Sport Club Corinthians, will be available to consumers.

[10/22/13 - 10:53 AM]
Sunday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: NFL Coverage Slips Past "The Walking Dead"
Plus: numbers for Food Network's "Guy's Grocery Games," Discovery's "Yukon Men" and Spike TV's "Bar Rescue."

[10/22/13 - 10:48 AM]
Saturday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: ALCS Finale Triumphs Over College Football
Plus: numbers for Starz's "The White Queen," Syfy's "Grave Halloween" and Lifetime's "Missing at 17."

[10/22/13 - 10:46 AM]
Disney Channel Is TV's #1 Total Day Network in Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 for the 123rd Consecutive Week
Disney Channel spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 10:20 AM]
CBS Wins 4th Straight Week in Viewers with #1 Drama, Comedy, New Series and News Program
CBS spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 10:11 AM]
ABC's Music Lounge Is Live with a New Installment of the "Nashville"-Inspired Docu-Web Series "On the Record," Featuring the Original Song "This Town," Performed by Clare Bowen and Charles Esten
The song is available on iTunes and ABC.com/MusicLounge and is featured in this week's episode of "Nashville."

[10/22/13 - 10:10 AM]
ABC Is Up 6% Week to Week in Adults 18-49 with 5 of the Top 15 Non-Sports TV Shows
ABC spins the numbers for the week of October 14-20.

[10/22/13 - 10:03 AM]
Simon Andreae Joins Fox Broadcasting Company as Executive Vice President, Alternative Entertainment
Previously, Andreae served as Senior Vice President of Development and Production, West Coast, at Discovery Channel

[10/22/13 - 10:00 AM]
TBS's "The Pete Holmes Show" Announces First Two Weeks of Guests
The series will pack live comedy, in-studio guest interviews, sketches and video pieces into a fast-paced half hour.

[10/22/13 - 10:00 AM]
The "I Love Lucy Christmas Special," a One-Hour Special Featuring Two Newly-Colorized Classic Episodes, to Be Broadcast Friday, Dec. 20
The two episodes were colorized with a vintage look, a nod to the 1950s period in which the shows were filmed.

[10/22/13 - 09:49 AM]
"60 Minutes" Makes Top 10
CBS spins the numbers for Sunday, October 20.

[10/22/13 - 09:00 AM]
Nominee Voting Opens for the 40th Annual "People's Choice Awards"
Fans can vote to ensure their favorites are nominated across 54 categories including Favorite Movie Actor, Favorite TV Crime Drama and Favorite Female Artist until October 31.

[10/22/13 - 08:48 AM]
"The Voice" and "The Blacklist" Deliver the Night's #1 and #2 Ratings in 18-49 on the Big 4 Networks
NBC spins the numbers for Monday, October 21.

[10/22/13 - 08:39 AM]
"Castle" Tops "Blacklist" as Monday's Most-Watched Scripted Show
ABC spins the numbers for Monday, October 21.

[10/22/13 - 08:32 AM]
College Football: ESPN Networks Highlighted by 19 Teams in First BCS Standings
Overall, games will include eight of the top 10 in the Standings, and also contains seven of the 10 remaining unbeaten teams.

[10/22/13 - 08:29 AM]
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: NBC Still Unstoppable with "Voice," "Blacklist"
Plus: The CW's "Beauty and the Beast" and "Hart of Dixie" both climb to season highs.

[10/22/13 - 07:40 AM]
Ink, Artistry & Attitudes Come to Life on Oxygen's "Best Ink" Season Three Premiering Wednesday, December 4 at 10 PM ET/PT
Pete Wentz returns a host with Joe Capobianco, Sabina Kelley and Hannah Aitchison as judges.

[10/22/13 - 07:34 AM]
Syfy Launches New SyfyGames.Com to Curate Best Online Free-to-Play Games for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Supernatural Genre Fans
Additionally, SyfyGames.com will also offer exclusive content for fans playing the Battlestar Galactica Online game from Bigpoint.

[10/22/13 - 07:28 AM]
WE tv's Hit Original Series "Braxton Family Values" Returns with the Highly Anticipated Season 3 Conclusion Premiering Thursday, November 14 at 9PM ET/PT
Viewers can pick up right where the series last left off: with the shocking revelation that Traci's husband may have cheated on her and fathered a secret illegitimate child.

[10/22/13 - 07:07 AM]
Sage Steele to Host ABC's and ESPN's "NBA Countdown"
Per the agreement, Steele will take on a new role at ESPN, hosting the Friday and Sunday editions of "NBA Countdown" - ESPN's and ABC's NBA pre-game show.

[10/21/13 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Monday, October 21
Updates include: Nickelodeon renews "The Haunted Hathaways," "See Dad Run"; Nick Zano, Dan St. Germain land comedy pilots; and Renee Olstead to star in ABC Family's "Work Mom."

[10/21/13 - 05:40 PM]
New Adrenaline-Fueled Drama "Almost Human" to Debut with Special Two-Night Series Premiere Sunday, November 17, and Monday, November 18, on FOX
Plus: "Bones" to now move to Fridays on November 15 alongside the new season of "Raising Hope."

[10/21/13 - 03:18 PM]
Friday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Shark Tank" Continues Demo Reign for ABC
Plus: numbers for WE tv's "Kendra on Top," TLC's "What Not to Wear" and Nickelodeon's "The Legend of Korra."

[10/21/13 - 01:58 PM]
Hallmark Channel Announces Beth Stern and John Sterling to Preside Over "Kitten Bowl"
"Kitten Bowl," in association with North Shore Animal League America will be presented Sunday, February 2 (12:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ET/PT).

[10/21/13 - 01:02 PM]
Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) to Guest-Star on TNT's "Falling Skies"
She will play Sara, a woman far removed from her former life as a graphic designer.

[10/21/13 - 12:19 PM]
All New "Serious Jibber-Jabber" With Conan O'Brien Featuring Entertainment Legend Mel Brooks Now Available Exclusively Online
"Getting the chance to speak with Mel Brooks for an hour and twenty minutes about virtually everything is most comedians' dying request," said O'Brien.

[10/21/13 - 11:38 AM]
Special Edition of NBA TV's "Open Court" to Feature NBA Greats Responding to Fan Questions Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. ET
Charles Barkley, Dominique Wilkins, Rick Fox, Steve Kerr, Kenny Smith, Steve Smith and Tracy McGrady will join host Ernie Johnson.

[10/21/13 - 11:30 AM]
ABC Family Announces Premiere Dates for Its Hit Returning Series
"Pretty Little Liars," "Twisted," "Switched at Birth," and "The Fosters" are all due back in January.

[10/21/13 - 11:02 AM]
Big East Tip-Off Is a Party on FOX Sports 1
Rob Stone sits alongside Bill Raftery and Tarik Turner to host the program live from Studio A at the FOX Network Center in Los Angeles.

[10/21/13 - 11:00 AM]
Video: MTV Debuts New Docu-Series "Scrubbing In" on Thursday, October 24 at 10:00 PM ET/PT
The 10-episode series, follows a group of young travel nurses assigned to work at two Orange County, CA hospitals for three months.

[10/21/13 - 10:59 AM]
"The Big Bang Theory" Tops All Broadcast Programs in 7-Day DVR Lift Among Adults 18-49 and Is Second in Viewer Lift
CBS further spins the numbers for the week of September 30-October 6.







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[02/26/26 - 02:19 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Soars to Season High with Best Audience in Over a Year
"Live" has now ranked as the No. 1 talk show in syndication for 157 consecutive weeks across all key measures.

[02/26/26 - 02:08 PM]
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[02/26/26 - 01:36 PM]
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[02/26/26 - 01:16 PM]
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[02/26/26 - 01:00 PM]
FOX Television Network Renews Hit Joel McHale Series "Animal Control" for Season Five
In addition, the first three seasons of the series are currently streaming on Netflix, and the show has been sold in territories around the world.

[02/26/26 - 10:31 AM]
More Stars Take the Stage to Present at the 98th Oscars
Javier Bardem, Chris Evans, Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani and Maya Rudolph are among the featured talent.

[02/26/26 - 10:30 AM]
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In the new rock and roll centric season, the Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by "muses" from his wild and rebellious past.

[02/26/26 - 10:21 AM]
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The year-round campaign rallies the public alongside donors, volunteers, and partners to provide kids with the food and resources they need to rise and thrive every day.

[02/26/26 - 10:01 AM]
"Running Point" Season Two Returns April 23 on Netflix
Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) is no longer the surprise choice to lead the Los Angeles Waves, she's the one everyone is watching.

[02/26/26 - 10:01 AM]
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New episodes of the eight-episode season will debut weekly leading up to the series finale on Sunday, May 10.

[02/26/26 - 10:00 AM]
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[02/26/26 - 09:14 AM]
FOX Sports Assembles World-Class Broadcast Team for 2026 World Baseball Classic
Headlining FOX MLB's coverage of Team USA matchups and knockout rounds are highly acclaimed play-by-play announcers Joe Davis, Adam Amin and Kevin Kugler; expert analysts John Smoltz, A.J. Pierzynski and Adam Wainwright; and veteran reporters Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci.

[02/26/26 - 09:01 AM]
Video: Trailer & Key Art - "Sunny Nights" Starring Will Forte & D'Arcy Carden
After a critical acclaimed Australian debut, the darkly comedic crime drama starring Will Forte and D'Arcy Carden makes its U.S. debut on March 11 on Hulu.

[02/26/26 - 09:01 AM]
BritBox Announces April 7th Premiere for "A Taste for Murder"
The six-part crime procedural produced by Eagle Eye Drama and in association with ITV Studios stars Warren Brown, Phyllis Logan, and Cristiana Dell'Anna, and was shot on location in Croatia and Italy last year.