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Comcast defends its stand on keeping the NFL Network on a sports tier in an op-ed piece by executive VP David Cohen in the Philadelphia Inquirer. “The vast majority of the network’s programming is filler such as training-camp coverage and…
HBO said it ordered a second season of its comedy series “Eastbound & Down.” Season one of the show, which stars Danny McBride as self-destructive former major league pitcher Kenny Powers, concluded its six-episode run in March. Production on new…
TV Land has picked up a third season of “High School Reunion,” TelevisionWeek reports. The new shows will focus on Chaparral High School in Las Vegas’ class of 1989, TVWeek says. —Jon Lafayette
The Los Angeles Times says that of the 71 scripted pilots at the five broadcast networks, 33 are half-hour comedies and 19 of those are multi-camera comedies, a format only CBS now has on the air. “When you look at…
ABC is expected to soon announce changes to its schedule, including the second season of “Wipeout” debuting May 27 followed by two episodes of the new animated program “The Goode Family,” the Hollywood Reporter says. “Pushing Daisies” may return to…
The Washington Post takes issue with The CW calling its new program “Blonde Charity Mafia” a docu-series, implying something on it is real. The paper’s Reliable Source column last month obtained what appears to be a script and the network…
Sci Fi has cast Tahmoh Penikett of “Battlestar Galactica” and Laura Vandervoort of “Smallville” in its four-hour TV movie “Riverworld,” the Hollywood Reporter says. Ryan Carnes of “Desperate Housewives” has been cast as the Phantom in “The Phantom,” the trade…
BBC America is cutting its three-hour morning international news programming because of low ratings, Daily Variety reports. Instead, the network will air lifestyle programs such as “Kitchen Nightmares,” the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper is drawing compliments from conservatives like Rush Limbaugh for sharply questioning the Obama administration as a member of the mainstream media, the National Review says. “I don’t doubt there will come a day when…
With The CW getting out of the comedy business, Fox planning to launch only “awesome” sitcoms in protected time periods, and NBC cutting back on the amount of time it has for anything scripted, it’s a tough time for sitcoms…