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New CBS Spy Show Premieres to Weak Ratings

CBS’s new spy show "CHAOS" debuted Friday to disappointing ratings, TVLine.com reported. The show did lead its 8 p.m. time slot with a modest 6.43 million total viewers, but it struggled in the key 18-49 demo, averaging only a 1.1…

Fox, National Geographic Partner to Create New Network

Fox Networks and National Geographic are working together to debut a new cable network, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The network will be a Spanish-language channel, part of an effort by the companies to tap into the…

NBC Orders Prime-Time Reality Show From Network’s Former Top Programmer

NBC is buying "Fashion Star," a new prime-time reality show from Electus, the production company of Ben Silverman, who used to be NBC’s top programmer, reports Bill Carter in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The story notes that…

Thursday Ratings: Fox Cruises to Big Win as ‘Idol’ Rises

Fox scored a big ratings win Thursday night, thanks to a strong performance by “American Idol,” which was up 5% from a week earlier in the key 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Fox averaged a 5.2 rating for the night in…

Longtime ABC News Exec Exits

Amy Entelis, senior vice president of talent strategy, development and research for ABC News, is leaving the network to take another position, reports TVNewser.com. Entelis will be executive vice president of talent strategy for Sucherman Consulting Group. ABC News President…

Most Popular Star on ‘NCIS’ Branching Out

The actress who has been named in polls as the most popular star on CBS’s “NCIS” is branching out, the AP reports. Her new project is a musical collaboration with B. Taylor. The actress is Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby…

As Baseball Season Opens, Both New York Teams Are Sparring With Satellite Operators

It’s almost as big a tradition as the opening pitch in the New York market, but as the Major League Baseball season gets under way, carriage of baseball games involving New York teams remains up in the air–with both the…

Sheen Foil Chuck Lorre Uses Vanity Card to Get Personal, Describing His Recent Struggles

Chuck Lorre, the executive producer of "Two and a Half Men," used a vanity card at the end of another of his shows, "The Big Bang Theory," to lament the "tough time" he has gone through recently, reports the Los…

‘Make-a-Wish’ Kid’s Request Turns Into a PR Disaster for Food Network Star

A Food Network star has stepped into a public-relations disaster after turning down a request from a 6-year-old boy with cancer who wanted to cook a meal with her, reports TMZ.com. Ina Garten, Food Net’s “Barefoot Contessa,” initially turned down…

CBS Ready to Experiment as It Scrambles to Fill Hole in Lineup Left by ‘Two and a Half Men’

CBS appears poised to try a one-time-only experiment April 11 to help decide what to do with the “Two and a Half Men” time slot, Entertaiment Weekly reports. The network is expected to move "Mike & Molly" into the spot…