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A&E Show’s Renewal Held Up by Salary Situation

The stars of a quirky A&E series are upping the ante for the surprise hit with demands for more money. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the "Duck Dynasty" stars want more than $200,000 an episode for the fourth season. The…

With NBC’s ‘The Voice’ in the Mix, ABC’s ‘Splash’ Plunges

The second night of NBC’s new season of the singing competition “The Voice” was well off the pace from the premiere one night earlier, based on Nielsen overnights, but “The Voice” was still enough of a presence to shake things…

Salary Dispute Takes Down Syndicated Show After 15 Seasons

A salary dispute has brought an end to a popular syndicated program that has been on the air for 15 years. After negotiations for a new deal broke down, "Judge Joe Brown," the second-highest-rated court show in syndication, has been…

Syfy Renews Drama Series

The cable channel Syfy has ordered another season of a drama series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Syfy ordered 13 episodes for a second season of “Continuum.” The Canadian time-traveling series is about a female police officer from the future…

‘The Voice’ Propels NBC to Big Ratings Win

NBC got some good ratings news Monday night as the season premiere of “The Voice” pushed the Peacock Network to a nightly win, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that the two-hour opener for “The Voice” averaged a 4.7 rating…

History Channel No. 1 on All of TV From 8-10 p.m. Sunday Night

The History channel continued its remarkable roll over the weekend. History touted itself as the No. 1 channel on all of television Sunday from 8-10 p.m. after its miniseries “The Bible” delivered another huge audience. The telecast, the fourth in…

Did FX Mess Up With Big Order for Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’?

FX’s unusually large commitment to "Anger Management," Charlie Sheen’s comedy, now appears as though it may have been a bit hasty, reports The New York Times’ Arts Beat. With 80 episodes of the cable channel’s 90-episode order left to go,…

TBS Renews Series for Fifth Season

TBS is bringing back a comedy series for a fifth season. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that the cable channel ordered a 13-episode season of "Cougar Town," which will launch in 2014. The order is a bit short of…

Drama Series Sinks to Historic Low on Another Tough Night for Broadcast

The broadcast networks continued to struggle to find viewers Sunday night, with the overrun of CBS’s coverage of the March Madness NCAA men’s basketball tournament helping to push the network to a comfortable win for the night, based on preliminary…

Highest-Rated March Madness Coverage in 23 Years

Coverage of the March Madness NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is blowing away recent years’ tournaments. CBS Sports and Turner Sports announced that combined coverage of the opening week on TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV is averaging a 6.3/14 overnight rating/share,…