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NBC Pulling Plug on Sitcom, Replacing It With Show From Former ‘Mad About You’ Star

NBC is giving up on one of its shows and pulling the plug, yanking the show from its Thursday night lineup in favor of a new project from former “Mad About You” star Paul Reiser, Entertainment Weekly reports in its…

Syfy Picks Up Three New Reality Shows

Three new unscripted shows are being picked up by Syfy, including a show about people living through paranormal experiences and another featuring "Da Vinci Code"-type sleuthing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Paranormal Witness" blends first-hand testimony and drama and will…

HBO Appears to Have an NFL Team in Mind for Next ‘Hard Knocks’–Assuming There’s an NFL Season

One of HBO’s most successful sports programs, "Hard Knocks," is coming back later this year–assuming there’s an NFL season–and indications are that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the leading candidates to be featured, reports SportsNewser.com. The Bucs are perceived as…

Showtime Responds to Growing Threat From Netflix, Limits Availability of Its Programming

Netflix has just struck a deal for its first original series, “House of Cards,” starring Kevin Spacey, putting itself in direct competition with premium cable channels. But Showtime was already prepared for battle, Crain’s New York Business reported. By midyear,…

‘Judge Judy’ Moves Ahead of ‘Oprah’ in Syndie Ratings

“Judge Judy” took the top spot in the daytime syndication ratings for the week ended March 13, beating “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for the first time in nine weeks, TVNewsCheck reported. Following the February sweeps period, most shows went into…

ABC Dominates Monday Night as ‘Dancing’ Premieres to Big Ratings

ABC got a strong performance from the two-hour season premiere of “Dancing With the Stars” and scored a big win for the night overall in Monday’s overnights, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC finished the night with a 4.5 average rating in adults…

NBC Unveils Summer Lineup Marked by Reality Shows, Seinfeld Series

NBC rolled out its summer 2011 schedule today, with the highlights including three new reality shows, the return of “America’s Got Talent” for season six and a second season of Jerry Seinfeld’s “The Marriage Ref,” Deadline.com reported. The new reality…

Sunday Ratings: CBS’s NCAA Overrun Shakes Things Up

Overnight ratings for Sunday night were impacted by CBS’s coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament, which ran 19 minutes into the network’s prime-time schedule and offset the network’s programming for the rest of the night. But it appears that CBS…

Women in Cable Telecommunications Announces 2011 Touchstone Partners–Comcast, Rainbow Media, Time Warner and Turner Top the List

Women in Cable Telecommunications has announced its 2011 Touchstone Partners, and at the top level the list is made up of WICT’s Strategic Touchstone Partners Comcast, Rainbow Media/WE tv, Time Warner Cable and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. The organization said…

NFL Filmmaker Steve Sabol Has Brain Tumor

One of the most familiar faces on the NFL Network, the president of NFL Films, Steve Sabol, is about to begin chemotherapy and radiation treatment for a brain tumor, reports NFL.com. Sabol, 68, had a seizure two weeks ago in…