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Tom Brokaw to Moderate USA Network Town Hall

NBC News’ Tom Brokaw and the USA Network are teaming for "Characters Unite National Town Hall" — the first- time-ever panel discussion about American diversity and the complex social issues facing the populace. This project, which grew out of USA Network’s…

Get Ready for ‘Worst Cooks in America’ Reality Series

Personality chef Anne Burrell and Beau MacMillan, executive chef at Elements in Phoenix, will co-host a new primetime reality series called "Worst Cooks in America." In the five-part Food Network series, "challenged" cooks will be put through a rigorous education…

truTV Teams With National Football League for Year-Round Show

NFL Films will team with truTV for a new reality series that’s all about professional football all year round. "NFL Full Contact" premieres Feb. 8 at 10 p.m. on truTV, encompassing the NFL from the NFL Kickoff game in Pittsburgh,…

TBS’ ‘Lopez Tonight’ Talker off to a Strong Start

TBS’ debut of "Lopez Tonight" — the latenight talk show hosted by George Lopez that was also seen on TNT and truTV — drew for a total of 3.2 million viewers across all three cable networks, according to James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter. On TBS…

Strong Season Finale for ‘Mad Men’

 The third season of AMC’s “Mad Men” finished on Sunday with 2.3 million viewers, up 33 percent from last season’s finale, B&C reports. The numbers were off from the season premiere of 2.8 million viewers, but the show did well…

Donald Trump to Reunite With ‘Apprentice’ Villain for New Series

Donald Trump and his old “Apprentice” villain are reuniting to produce a new reality show that will attempt to find her a husband, Variety reports. The eight-episode show "Omarosa’s Ultimate Merger" will air on cable’s TV One. Omarosa will choose…

Twitterer With a Not-TV-Appropriate Name Gets Picked Up by CBS for Comedy

A hit Twitter account with a name that can’t be said on network primetime has been picked up for comedy project development by CBS, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The account called “Shit My Dad Says” was launched only in August…

CW Schedules Highly Anticipated Series in ‘Gossip Girl’ Slot

The CW slotted a new show that is already getting good reviews for Mondays at 9 p.m. starting Jan. 18, Variety reports. “Life Unexpected”  will replace “Gossip Girl,” which will go on hiatus before finishing up in the spring. When it…

Two-Year CBS Studios Deal for DeNiro’s Tribeca Productions

Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, partners in Tribeca Prods., made a two-year deal with CBS Television Studios, Variety reports. The team has three New York-focused projects in the works for CBS, CW and Showtime, two of which will fall…

ABC Trying to Figure Out Where 1% of Its Households Went

According to Nielsen, ABC has lost 1 percent of its TV households, and now has just 97 percent U.S. coverage, lower than rivals CBS, NBC and even the usually less-distributed Fox, Variety reports. All four networks lost some households during…