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Spike Picks Up Another Season of Series

Spike TV has picked up one of its shows for another season, B&C reports. The cable channel is ordering 13 episodes for a fourth season of “1000 Ways to Die.” Season four will premiere in March 2012. Season three of…

Monday Ratings: ‘Two and a Half Men’ Slips, ‘Terra Nova’ Rises

CBS took a comfortable win in the 18-49 demo for prime time in Monday’s overnights, even with “Two and a Half Men” dipping 12% from a week ago, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. “Men’s” 5.2 average demo rating still made it the top…

FX Renews Drama Series

FX has announced that it is bringing back a drama series for another season, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. "Sons of Anarchy" has received a fifth-season renewal, with the cable network ordering 13 new episodes, the story…

ABC Announces Its First Cancellation of Fall Season

ABC announced its first cancellation of the fall season, pulling the plug on a high-profile drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Charlie’s Angels” had been on the brink pretty much from the beginning, with rapidly eroding ratings in the key…

Monster Numbers for AMC Drama

AMC had a huge viewer turnout for Sunday’s season premiere of a drama series that was one of the cable network’s surprise hits of the past year, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “The Walking Dead” pulled in 7.3 million…

NBC Owns Sunday Night Ratings With NFL Coverage; ABC’s ‘Pan Am’ Continues Its Descent

NBC continued to dominate the Sunday night ratings with its football coverage, while ABC’s freshman drama “Pan Am” appears less likely than ever to get off the ground, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. NBC’s coverage of the blowout win by the Chicago Bears…

Late-Night Rivals See Ratings Shift

In the long-running rivalry between late-night hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno, the numbers appear to be shifting in the young fall season. Letterman, whose CBS talker “Late Show with David Letterman” has typically wound up second to Leno’s NBC…

Doctor Who Is in Top Gear as BBC America Posts Its Best Quarter Ever

BBC America recorded its best-ever quarter in the third quarter in prime time (up 18%) and total day (up 23%), according to Nielsen figures. The iconic science fiction series “Doctor Who” and the worldwide hit car show “Top Gear” were…

Donald Trump Gloats Over Rosie O’Donnell’s Weak Ratings … Well, Technically, He Says He Feels Bad About It

Donald Trump appeared to passive-aggressively stoke an old feud with comic Rosie O’Donnell by wishing her well with her new talk show, OWN’s "The Rosie Show," while noting the less-than-spectacular ratings for her series premiere, reports AccesssHollywood.com. “I felt badly…

Two New Shows Get Full-Season Orders; Sophomore Series Extended

Two new fall shows got good news from their network boss, and a sophomore show on the same network received an order for six more scripts, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. In ABC Chief Paul Lee’s…