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Comedy Pilot Starring Former ‘Friends’ Star Gets Greenlit by ABC

ABC has greenlit a new comedy pilot that will star a very "Friends"-ly face, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pilot, "Mr. Sunshine," will star Matthew Perry. He’ll play a stadium manager who is turning 40 and thinks he should…

Cable Network Buys Commercial Time in Super Bowl

A spot in the Super Bowl, which will be seen on CBS this year, has been bought by a cable network, Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News reports. The spot, which will run at the end of the second quarter just prior to…

Guess Which Cable Network Ad Executives Said They’d Most Likely Increase Ad Buying On in 2010

Results are now in from the latest Beta Research survey of ad executives. The survey took place August to October 2009 amongest 226 advertising media professionals–including 151 from ad agencies and 75 from advertisers–each asked which basic cable nets the ad folks were going…

HBO’s ‘Big Love’ Return Gets Group Hug From Viewers

The fourth season premiere of HBO’s "Big Love" on Sunday, Jan. 10, got off to a fast start, reports Hollywood  Reporter Live Feed blogger James Hibberd. The show had 1.7 million total viewers, up nearly 50% from last year. — Allison…

Nat Geo Not Whispering About This: New Series Has Highest-Rated Premiere Ever For the Net

National Geographic Channel, home to the popular "Dog Whisperer," had its highest-rated series premiere ever on Sunday, Jan 10th, reaching 2.9 million viewers, Multichannel News reports. The new series that set the record was "Border Wars." Over two airings that night, the show about the…

ABC Family Renews Two Shows

ABC Family has renewed two of its most popular series, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Returning for a third go-around is "Secret Life of the American Teenager." And entering its sophomore season will be "Make It or Break It."   Both will…

Ted Harbert Signs New Comcast Deal

Former ABC and NBC executive Ted Harbert will continue leading the Comcast Entertainment Group, comprised of E! Entertainment Television, Style Network and G4, for the next six years, reports B&C. Harbert’s new deal keeps him at Comcast through 2016, and…

USA Acquires ‘CSI’ Rights

The success USA Network has had with the off-network broadcast of shows like "NCIS" and "House" has paved the way for the network’s big deal with "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," reports B&C. Beginning in December, USA will have non-exclusive rights…

Travel Channel Web Site Re-Launched

Now that it is majority owned by Scripps Networks International, Travel Channel has re-launched its web site with a new video player and a vast library of travel videos, reports Multichannel News. There is also new content on the site…

Logo Orders Four New Shows, Renews Others

MTV Networks’ gay-themed channel Logo will add four new shows to the schedule this year, including "RuPaul’s Drag U," "The Robert Verdi Show Starring Robert Verdi," "The Arrangement" and "Kept," reports B&C. All four shows are unscripted, reality programs. In…