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Versus Scores With NHL Playoffs

Versus has seen its ratings for the National Hockey League playoffs increase 18% in total viewers and 26% among men 18 to 49, Daily Variety says. The sports network, which signed a three-year, $70 million agreement with the NHL last…

Fox Orders ‘Target,’ ‘Tucson’ to Series

Fox has picked up the comic-book based “Human Target” and the family comedy “Sons of Tucson,” Daily Variety reports. Fox declined to confirm ordering the shows because it wants to wait till Monday to announce its lineup at its upfront…

Levy’s Job Gets Bigger at Turner

David Levy has been given responsibility for revenue from both affiliate sales and advertising sales as part of a management realignment at Turner Broadcasting, TelevisionWeek reports. Former distribution chief Andy Heller was named as point person for parent company Time…

Discovery Working on ‘Earth’ Follow Up

Discovery Channel is working on another high-definition nature series after the success of “Planet Earth,” the Hollywood Reporter says. The network is working with former BBC Natural History Unit chief Keith Scholey on a production that will look at each…

Ryan to Run ‘Lie to Me’

Entertainment Weekly says Fox has gotten Shawn Ryan to take over as showrunner of “Lie to Me” for the series second season. EW says the move doesn’t mean that Ryan’s other series, “The Unit” is dead: Ryan will juggle both…

Kutcher Wants ‘Blah Girls’ on TV

Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst production company wants to develop “Blah Girls,” an animated Web series, into a television show, Daily Variety reports. The series, which follows three teenage girls named Krystle, Tiffany and Britney, will next become one-minute segments on “The…

Stars Jump Out of ‘One Tree Hill’

Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton will not be returning to “One Tree Hill” for the CW series’ seventh season, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a video, Murray says he’s not being brought back to the show because “they…

ABC, Forman Creating ‘Find My Family’

Tom Forman, the executive producer of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” is working on a reality show for ABC based on a Dutch program called “Find My Family,” Daily Variety reports. The series, which tracks people as they seek long-lost friends…

‘Party Down’ Coming Back

Starz is bringing back its original comedy “Party Down” for a second season, E!Online reports. Most of the cast is expected to return to the show, created by Rob Thomas, the Web site says. —Jon Lafayette

Unseen ‘Dollhouse’ Episodes on DVD

Joss Whedon fans will be able to see the two episodes of “Dollhouse” that Fox decided not to air on a DVD the Fox Home Video will be releasing, the New York Times reports. One of the unseen episodes is…