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‘Properties’ Not so Hot With ABC

ABC is not ordering additional episodes of its first-season Friday night comedy “Hot Properties,” which has already completed its initial production order of 13 episodes.“Properties” will run as scheduled through December, but it is unclear whether all 13 episodes will…

E! Picks Up ‘Simple Life’

E! has acquired the former Fox reality series “The Simple Life” and ordered a 10-episode season, the network announced Monday.The show’s de facto fourth season will be called “The Simple Life: Til Death Do Us Part” and will feature Paris…

HBO Acquires Latino Police Drama

HBO has acquired a Latin American police series for its Signature channel, the network announced Monday.Filmed in Argentina, the 13-part drama”Epitafios” will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles on HBO Signature. The drama follows a police officer hunting a…

Gray Buys WNDU-TV for $85 Million

Gray Television has agreed to pay $85 million to acquire NBC affiliate WNDU-TV in South Bend-Elkhart, Ind., from the University of Notre Dame’s Michiana Telecasting Corp.Gray President Bob Prather said in the announcement Monday, “The acquisition of WNDU-TV is consistent…

Cox to Carry PBS Kids Sprout

Cox Communications has agreed to carry PBS Kids Sprout, a 24-hour preschool network and VOD service, the company said.The deal gives PBS Kids Sprout 18 million subscribers. Sprout is a partnership among Comcast Corp., PBS, HIT Entertainment and Sesame Workshop.

Discovery Restructures Sales Team

Discovery Networks U.S. has reorganized its advertising sales force, putting teams in charge of specific groups of networks, the company said Monday. The new network sales teams will be headed by John Barry, responsible for TLC and Discovery Home Channel;…

UPN to Run Party Planning Reality Series

UPN will televise a new reality series that follows a group of party planners as they organize special events for unsuspecting guests of honor. The series, “Get This Party Started,” will be hosted by former “Laguna Beach” reality series cast…

Lifetime Orders ‘Cheerleader Nation’

Lifetime has ordered eight episodes of a new reality series chronicling a group of Kentucky cheerleaders and their parents, the network announced Monday.“Cheerleader Nation” is the first nonscripted series ordered by Susanne Daniels since she became president of entertainment in…

Indecency Forum Participants Announced

Representatives scheduled to participate in the Senate Commerce Committee’s all-day forum on indecency Tuesday in Washington include Kevin Martin, chairman, Federal Communications Commission; Matt Polka, president and CEO, American Cable Association; Kyle McSlarrow, president and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications…

25 Years of NAMIC: Mellon Mentorship Path to Achievement

By Lee HallSpecial to TelevisionWeek NAMIC’s L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program has helped hundreds of aspiring young people find their way in a complex business world. Begun in 1993, the program was renamed four years later to honor the late…