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Tigers-Twins Cliffhanger Brings Best MLB Audience of the Year

The 12-inning showdown between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins for the American League Central title brought TBS the highest regular season Major League Baseball audience this year, on ether broadcast or cable, reports Multichannel News. Some 6.54 million…

‘Juno’ Star Ellen Page Co-Writing HBO Comedy

“Juno” star Ellen Page will write and produce “Stitch N’ Bitch,” a single-camera comedy for HBO, with actors Alia Shawkat and Sean Tillmann, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series will follow two cool hipsters as they set out from Brooklyn’s…

Real-life ‘Green Acres’ for Planet Green

Planet Green greenlit a non-scripted version of "Green Acres" featuring a New York City gay couple who head to the country to run a farm, reports Variety. The show, titled "Beekman Farm," will feature Josh Kilmer-Purcell—an ad exec, drag queen…

Syfy to Air Modernized ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Miniseries in December

“Alice,” Syfy’s modern reworking of Lewis Carroll’s "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" and “Through the Looking Glass,” will air on two consecutive nights beginning Dec. 6, Variety reports. The cast of the four-hour miniseries includes Kathy Bates, Tim Curry and Colm…

Soul Train Awards to Return in November on New Viacom Channel

The Soul Train Awards recognizing pioneers in R&B will return to the air after two years away, on Centric, which is a new channel jointly operated by Viacom’s BET and MTV Networks divisions, reports the Associated Press. The ceremony will…

Stand-Up Stars to Talk Comedy on Showtime Series

Comic Paul Provenza will host a new 2010 Showtime series called "Behind the Green Room Door," featuring stand-up stars talking comedy, reports the Futon Critic. The six-episode, 30-minute series will allow viewers to hear and see what comedians talk about…

A Bunch of Nancy Grace News: First, Watch the Video of Her Giving Swift Justice to Jon Gosselin (It’s a lulu); Second, She’s Prepping Syndie Show Called…’Swift Justice’

It’s our Nancy Grace compendium: First, watch Grace yell and scream and tear Jon Gosselin apart in this video clip from CBS Television Distribution’s syndicated "The Insider." We already see this as being a finalist as one of our TV clips…

Take THAT, Bobby Flay and Rachel Ray: Show Full of Unknowns is Food Network’s Highest-Rated Series Premiere in the Network’s History

The Food Network said that the second-season debut on Sunday scored as the highest-rated, most-watched series premiere in Food Network’s history. The show was "The Next Iron Chef." The show had a 33% increase over the season-one bow, garnering a 1.1 Nielsen…

Nat Geo Has the Dog Whisperer, Now BET Gets the Dog Torturer

The BET Network is making a documentary series with a controversial sports star. The network is teaming with NFL quarterback Michael Vick to create a documentary series about his return to the pro football following an 18-month stint in federal prison after a…

Showtime to Launch Boxing Reality Series

Even though Mark Burnett and Sylvester Stallone’s "The Contender" failed to click for NBC, Showtime is launching another boxing reality series on Oct. 10 called "Fight Camp 360: Inside The Super Six World Boxing Classic," reports Multichannel News. The series…