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WGA Awards Nominees Announced

The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its annual awards in the television, news, radio, graphic animation and promotional writing categories. Nominees in the dramatic series category include the writing teams for Showtime’s “Dexter,” NBC’s “Friday Night…

Bravo Renews ‘Flipping Out,’ ‘Rachel Zoe’

Bravo has renewed “Flipping Out,” “The Rachel Zoe Project,” “Million Dollar Listing” and “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover.” “Flipping Out” and “Million Dollar Listing” will both enter their third seasons, while “The Rachel Zoe Project” and “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” will start their…

NBC Confirms Return of Bromstad, Hire of Telegdy

NBC has issued a statement confirming the appointments of Angela Bromstad and Paul Telegdy to new positions overseeing scripted and unscripted programming, respectively, at the network and studio levels. The combination of operations at NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios…

Big Numbers for TNT’s ‘Leverage,’ ‘Librarian’

TNT’s series premiere of “Leverage” drew almost 5 million viewers Sunday night. The debut was followed by the premiere of the original film “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice,” which drew 5.4 million viewers. “Leverage” debuted with 2.1 million…

Headline News Gets Money Guy ‘Clark Howard’

“Clark Howard” will premiere on Headline News Jan. 3. The program will air Saturdays and Sundays at 6 a.m., noon and 4 p.m., and will feature syndicated radio show host and money coach Clark Howard. Two 30-minute shows will air…

Zuckerman in for Nathan at ‘Criminal Intent’

Ed Zuckerman is replacing Robert Nathan as one of the executive producers and showrunners of Dick Wolf’s “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.” Mr. Nathan’s depature comes less than a year after he was named head writer and showrunner for the…

Nathanson Resigns from Charter Communications Board

Marc B. Nathanson stepped down from his position on the board of directors of Charter Communications effective Dec. 1, the company said in a press release. Nathanson served as vice chairman for more than eight years and has stepped down…

Sportsman Channel Coming to DirecTV

The Sportsman Channel and DirecTV have made a distribution deal. The network will be available to DirecTV customers in the Choice Xtra package by the end of January. The Sportsman Channel is owned and operated by InterMedia Outdoors, which also…

4 Million Tune in to Lifetime’s ‘Flirting With Forty’

Lifetime’s original film “Flirting With Forty,” starring Heather Locklear, drew 4 million viewers in its premiere Saturday night. The film, in which Ms. Locklear plays an older divorced mother who begins dating a much younger man, ranks among Lifetime’s most-viewed…

Blitzer Re-Ups With CNN

Wolf Blitzer has renewed his contract with CNN. Mr. Blitzer will continue to anchor “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer” weekdays from 4-7 p.m. Additionally, CNN has tapped John King to lead the Sunday news block from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,…