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NBC Renews ‘SVU,’ Although Stars Have Yet to Commit

NBC has officially greenlit another season of “Law & Order: SVU”—but it’s still unclear if the show’s lead actors will be back. The network confirmed Tuesday that it had picked up producer Dick Wolf’s “SVU” for its 11th season, an…

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‘Doctors,’ ‘Wilkos’ Post Gains in March Syndie Sweep

“The Doctors” ended the March sweep ratings period with a positive prognosis, while NBC Universal’s “The Steve Wilkos Show” captured the highest year-to-year gain in first-run syndication during the ratings period. “Doctors,” in its first season, is up 46% to…

FunnyOrDie, ‘Children’s Hospital’ Nominated for Webby Awards

Several of FunnyOrDie’s videos, TheWB.com’s “Children’s Hospital” and Sundance Channel’s “Green Porno” are among nominees for the 13th annual Webby Awards. FunnyOrDie received nominations for “Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad” and “Prop. 8: The Musical,” which starred Jack Black,…

Bravo Goes Scripted: ‘Blueprint,’ ’30 Under 30′

Bravo is getting into the scripted drama business with two new projects: “Blueprint” and “30 Under 30.” At Bravo’s upfront presentation in New York Tuesday morning, network general manager Frances Berwick said “Blueprint” is about a gay/straight duo in the…

Masters Golf Draws 42 Million Viewers

This weekend’s coverage of the 2009 Masters golf tournament on CBS reached a total of 42 million viewers for third- and final-round play, up 6% over last year and ranking as the Masters’ most watched weekend since 2001. This weekend’s…

Leno to Air on WHDH After Station Relents

NBC has successfully knocked down a rebellion in its affiliate colonies, with Boston’s WHDH Monday announcing it would carry Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. comedy show after earlier threatening not to. “Upon further consideration, we have decided to telecast Jay Leno…

Discovery Ups Day to COO, Digital Media/Commerce

Discovery Communications has promoted Kelly Day to COO of its digital media and commerce division. Ms. Day will be responsible for the company’s U.S. Web sites, interactive technology, digital operations and programming, and licensing and home entertainment. She was previously…

Web Video Viewing Increases

Web-video consumption among U.S. online audiences rose 2% in unique viewers (130 million) and almost 9% in total streams (9.7 billion) for March over the month before, Nielsen Online VideoCensus said. Streams per viewer (74.4) increased almost 7% and the…

Eminem Slated to Perform at MTV Movie Awards

Eminem will perform at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, airing May 31. More presenters and performers will be announced at a later date. Fans will be able to participate in the nominee process for the first time by voting from…