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‘NCIS’ Veteran Signs On for Another Season

A veteran cast member on CBS’s top-rated procedural drama “NCIS” has come to terms on a deal that will keep him around through the upcoming tenth season, TVLine.com reports. Rocky Carroll, who has been a part of the show since…

Showtime Orders Two New Drama Series

Showtime has picked up two drama pilots to series, giving 12-episode orders to both shows, Deadline.com reports. The pay-cable channel ordered “Ray Donovan” and “Masters of Sex.” “Ray Donovan” stars Liev Schreiber as a professional fixer, in Schreiber’s first regular…

Tony Awards Hit New Low in Sunday Nielsens

TV viewers showed no love for Broadway Sunday night as the broadcast of the Tony Awards, aired by CBS, was the lowest-rated Tonys of all time, reports TVbytheNumbers.com. The 66th Annual Tony Awards managed only a 1.0 average rating in…

Content Ratings to Be Added to TV Shows Streamed Online

Television shows that are streamed online will soon receive content ratings — the black labels that inform families of what to expect from network programs, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. The ratings will be included in all episodic…

Glenn Beck Signs New Deal Worth $100 Million

Conservative media personality Glenn Beck has signed a radio deal with Premiere Networks that’s worth $100 million over five years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The deal is worth about double the previous five-year pact he signed in 2007, the…

‘Modern Family’ Producer Inks Two-Year Pact With 20th TV

20th Century Fox Television has signed a co-executive producer of "Modern Family" to a two-year overall deal, reports TheWrap.com. Abraham Higginbotham will be promoted to executive producer and will develop projects for the studio, which produces the popular ABC comedy,…

Animated Cable Show Gets Second Season

Disney XD has announced the renewal of an animated program, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. The channel will bring back "Ultimate Spider-Man" for a second season. The series has been a solid performer in young demographics, with the…

There Go the Ratings: Horse With Chance to Win Triple Crown on Saturday Is Forced to Retire

The thoroughbred racehorse that was given the best chance of any horse in years to win the elusive Triple Crown won’t get its shot, as I’ll Have Another has been retired due to a tendon injury, The Huffington Post reports….

Soft Ratings (Again) on Thursday Night, Even for Summer — Including a Historic Low for an ABC Series and Weak Series Premieres for Two Fox Shows … and That’s Nothing Compared With How Bad Things Were on NBC

Memories of “Must-See” Thursday nights grow increasingly faint, as last night’s Nielsen overnights paint a grim ratings picture — even by summer standards. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the one broadcast network that aired all repeats (CBS) won the night, and all…

Maybe Now You Can Finally Replace Your Lost ‘Batman’ Lunch Box — Warner Bros. Launches Merchandising Effort Tied to the 1960s TV Show

Warner Bros. Consumer Products got a jump on Licensing Expo 2012, taking place next week in Las Vegas, by announcing a major rollout of items celebrating the classic 1960s television series "Batman," Deadline.com reports. The Adam West-Burt Ward series was…