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Fox Will Give Animated Sitcom Another Season to Catch On

The Fox Network announced that it is giving a freshman show–part of its “Animation Domination” Sunday night lineup–a second season, Deadline.com reports. The show is "Bob’s Burgers," which apparently has been compatible with "The Simpsons," "Family Guy" and "Cleveland Show"…

Ovation Buys Rights to Televise ‘Dance’ Repeats

The Ovation network has acquired the rights to rebroadcast Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance," reports The New York Times. Beginning in August 2011, Ovation will air the season six and season seven episodes of the competition reality series….

Wednesday Ratings: Strong Opening for Christian Slater’s New Sitcom–With Help from ‘Idol’

Christian Slater’s new Fox sitcom, “Breaking In,” opened to solid ratings Wednesday night, scoring a 3.5 average in adults 18-49 and 9.9 million total viewers, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. Of course, the show’s lead-in was “American Idol,” which dominated the night, as…

‘X Factor,’ Striving to Distinguish Itself From ‘American Idol,’ Reveals Plan to Have Two Hosts … Wait a Minute, Isn’t That How ‘Idol’ Started Out?

Simon Cowell’s upcoming Fox singing competition show “The X Factor’–which he has repeatedly said will not be like “American Idol”–has taken a step apparently designed to help distinguish it from “Idol,” revealing that the show will have two hosts, according…

Vince McMahon’s WWE Takes Another Step Away From Wrestling: It’s Changing Its Name

Vince McMahon has been positioning his WWE empire as something more than a wrestling operation, and he just announced another step in that process, the Los Angeles Times reported. WWE is changing its name, sort of. WWE will no longer…

Dish Acquisition of Blockbuster Wins Court Approval

Dish Network has won court approval for its $320 million acquisition of Blockbuster following a bankruptcy auction, Bloomberg reported. “The proposed sale is fair and reasonable,” U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland said today in Manhattan, adding that the Dish offer…

Baldwin Doing Spin Control After Comments on ’30 Rock’: ‘Here’s to Five More Seasons’

Alec Baldwin caused a stir when he commented Wednesday that “30 Rock” would end its run after next season, as reported earlier. Now the actor appears to be doing his best to “unring that bell.” Baldwin provided a clarification of…

Another Longtime ‘Today’ Host Plans to Leave Show

Just days after the story broke that Meredith Vieira plans to leave NBC’s “Today” show, word surfaced that another of the show’s on-screen fixtures has notified the network he will be departing, ETOnline.com reports. Matt Lauer has reportedly told NBC…

’30 Rock’ Baby Boom: Tina Fey Is Pregnant, as Two Castmates Also Expand Families

"30 Rock" star Tina Fey told Oprah Winfrey on a taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she’s expecting her second child, reports People.com. Fey said she’s five months pregnant. Fey and her husband, composer Jeff Richmond, have a 5-year-old…

Showtime Going Ahead With ‘United States of Tara’ Episode With Japan Earthquake Storyline–Written Before Real-World Disaster

Showtime issued a statement about an episode of "United States of Tara" that includes a storyline about a massive earthquake in Japan, noting that it has "deepest sympathy" for the real-life earthquake victims but that the episode was written before…