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NBC Has Low Expectations for Tonight’s Debut of Newsmagazine

Ratings expectations for "Rock Center" are low — even from its own network — as NBC prepares to debut the program tonight, on Halloween, reports the Los Angeles Times. "I don’t pretend to think that we’re gonna move the needle…

CNN Overhauls Morning Lineup

After renovating its evening and afternoon lineups earlier in the year, CNN is setting its sights on the morning schedule, The New York Times reports. Soldedad O’Brien is returning to the cable news channel’s morning schedule, where she will anchor…

‘Reba’ Production Company Sued

The production company behind “Reba” has been hit with a lawsuit, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog. Claiming she has been cheated out of profits, Allison Gibson, who created and was a showrunner of "Reba," sued production company…

Which Popular TV Shows Are About to Become Facebook Games?

Facebook games based on a number of popular TV shows will soon be coming to your computer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Developed by Ubisoft, the first Facebook games will be "CSI: Miami," "House, M.D.: Critical Cases" and "NCIS: Major…

Queen Latifah Talk Show in the Works, With Big-Name Backers

Another entry in the daytime talk derby has been announced, with Sony readying a talk show to be hosted by Queen Latifah, Deadline.com reports. Among the principals behind the show are Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, according to the…

Mixed Results for NBC Shows Premiering Against Game 7 of World Series

NBC had two key premieres Friday night, and a rainout earlier in the week in the World Series, combined with an improbable rally by the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6, forced the network to compete with Fox’s telecast of…

Real Estate in the Corner of the TV Screen Is Becoming a Hot Advertising Property

"Bugs," those network logos that reside at the bottom of your TV screen, are becoming fertile ground for advertisers, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. Both The CW and Fox have sold the real estate around bugs to advertisers. The…

‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Returns to Strong Ratings

The return of the 1990s animated show "Beavis and Butt-Head" earned strong numbers Thursday night for MTV, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The show drew 3.3 million total viewers, the story says. Among MTV’s target demo of viewers 12 to…

Winners and Losers Among Networks as World Series Goes Seven Games

A dramatic comeback by the St. Louis Cardinals in Thursday’s game six of the World Series, pushing the Series to a seventh and final game tonight, was good news for Fox, which stands to benefit in the ratings from its…

ABC Orders Interracial Family Sitcom

ABC has ordered a single-camera comedy focusing on two culturally diverse families who are learning to co-exist because of a marriage uniting the families, Deadline.com reports. The two families are Chinese and Irish/Italian. The sitcom, “No. One Son,” comes from…