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[02/04/09 - 06:48 PM] Development Update: Wednesday, February 4 Updates include: Steve Zahn and Stephen Graham head to HBO; Yves Simoneau to helm ABC's "V" revival; and more casting news for pilot season.
[02/04/09 - 04:06 PM] NBC First to Commit to Obama Address President Obama will address the nation twice this month: Monday, February 9 and Tuesday, February 24.
[02/04/09 - 02:12 PM] Bravo Lets America Vote for Final Contestant on New Series 'The Fashion Show' The newcomer, due later this year, follows "professional designers as they strive to make their mark in the dog-eat-dog world of fashion."
[02/04/09 - 01:54 PM] America's Most Wanted Wants You to Choose Your Favorite Hero As in previous years, thousands of police officers, firefighters, EMTs and other first responders are expected to be nominated.
[02/04/09 - 01:53 PM] The CW's "90210" Climbs to Best Performance in a Month and Best Against Idol in All Demos The CW spins the numbers for Tuesday, February 3.
[02/04/09 - 01:18 PM] ABC Delays "Cupid," NBC Benches "Who" Plus: NBC will bookend the April 9 launch of the Amy Poehler-led "Parks & Recreations" with two new episodes of "The Office."
[02/04/09 - 01:04 PM] ABC Announces New Comedy, "Surviving Suburbia," to Premiere Monday, April 6 The series, starring Bob Saget and Cynthia Stevenson, will follow "Dancing With the Stars" at 9:30/8:30c.
[02/04/09 - 12:14 PM] Models Tell All!!!!!! Look for a marathon of season five of "America's Next Top Model Obsessed" this Sunday on Oxygen.
[02/04/09 - 09:42 AM] Vivica A. FOX Signed to Host TV Land's "The Cougar" The eight-episode series will premiere in April.
[02/04/09 - 09:41 AM] 'Battlestar Galactica' Scores Best Performance Since Season 2 Premiere with New Live + 7 Data Sci Fi further spins the numbers for Friday, January 16.
[02/04/09 - 08:37 AM] BBC America Announces Three Sci Fi Dramas - Being Human, Survivors and a New Season of Primeval All three shows will premiere later in 2009.
[02/03/09 - 06:22 PM] Development Update: Tuesday, February 3 Updates include: Kendra Wilkinson to star in "The Girls Next Door" spin-off and HBO to tackle the financial meltdown of 2008.
[02/03/09 - 03:08 PM] The Jonas Brothers Rock the CW on Tuesday, February 10, to Host a Night of "90210" and "Privileged" The trio will also offer a sneak peek of their new film, "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience," in theaters February 27.
[02/03/09 - 02:42 PM] Oxygen Scores with "Supermodel Sunday" Oxygen spins the numbers for Sunday, February 1.
[02/03/09 - 01:43 PM] Taking a Chance on Love Scores for Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel spins the numbers for Saturday, January 31.
[02/03/09 - 01:41 PM] The 'Love Comes Softly' Journey Continues as Seven-Time Emmy(R) Award Winner Cloris Leachman, Sarah Jones, Patrick Duffy, Kevin Richardson and Haylie Duff Star in 'Love Takes Wing' a Hallmark Channel Original Movie Premiering April 4 Lou Diamond Phillips co-stars in and directs the film, the seventh adaptation from the "Love Comes Softly" novels by Janette Oke.
[02/03/09 - 01:40 PM] CBS Wins Monday in Viewers CBS spins the numbers for Monday, February 2.
[02/03/09 - 01:39 PM] 48 Hours Mystery Sweeps Its Time Slot as Saturday's #1 Program on Saturday, January 31 CBS spins the numbers for Saturday, January 31.
[02/03/09 - 01:38 PM] Nominees Adele, Chris Brown and Sugarland Added to the Superstar Lineup of Performers for the "51st Annual Grammy(R) Awards," Live, Sunday, FeB. 8, on the CBS Television Network Plus: Sheryl Crow, Craig Ferguson, Al Green, Jay Mohr, Queen Latifah and T-Pain are named presenters.
[02/03/09 - 01:25 PM] Lifetime Television Announces a Second Order of the Popular New Reality Series Eight episodes have been ordered for the second cycle, which will follow a new group of friends for 120 days culminating in a big event.
[02/03/09 - 01:23 PM] HGTV Orders Additional Episodes of David Bromstad's Color Splash The series, which airs Saturdays at 9:00/8:00c, has been extended for 26 episodes.
[02/03/09 - 12:41 PM] Fremantlemedia North America Holds Open Casting Audition in Nashville for Season Two of "Can You Duet" on Cmt CMT will hold an open call audition on Saturday, March 7 for thousands of country star hopefuls at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee.
[02/03/09 - 12:38 PM] CMT Orders a Second Season of "Can You Duet" from Fremantlemedia North America A new eight-episode season will launch in June.
[02/03/09 - 12:32 PM] ABC's Monday Lineup Builds Week to Week in Viewers and Adults 18-49 for the 3rd Straight Week ABC spins the numbers for Monday, February 2.
[02/03/09 - 12:31 PM] The Bachelor Hits Season Highs in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 ABC spins the numbers for the week of January 26-February 1.
[02/03/09 - 12:30 PM] ABC to Announce the New Cast of "Dancing with the Stars" in a Special Primetime 'All Night Name Drop' Hosted by Tom Bergeron, Sunday February 8 The season eight cast will be revealed in interstitials during that night's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters."
[02/03/09 - 12:23 PM] NBC's Monday Line-Up of 'Chuck,' 'Heroes' and 'Medium' Return to Strong Numbers NBC spins the numbers for Monday, February 2.
[02/03/09 - 11:46 AM] NBC's Record-Breaking Super Bowl Xliii Supercharges the Network's Top-Rated Week of JaN. 26-FeB. 1 NBC spins the numbers for the week of January 26-February 1.
[02/03/09 - 10:02 AM] Most Viewed TV Program in History: Super Bowl Xliii on Nbc NBC spins the final numbers for Sunday, February 1.
[02/03/09 - 09:53 AM] Change Has Come to the CW Network "Reaper" will now return on Tuesday, March 3 at 8:00/7:00c while "90210" moves to 9:00/8:00c.
[02/03/09 - 08:50 AM] Head & Shoulders Teams Up with CBS Interactive to Create New Original Web Series 'Heckle U,' Premiering Monday, FeB. 9 The 10-webisode series stars Tom Arnold, Owen Benjamin, Katie Cleary, Kirk Fox and Chris Wylde.
[02/03/09 - 07:54 AM] The Ax Men Are Back - Returning Monday, March 2 at 10pm ET/PT on History(Tm) Returning companies J.M. Browning Logging of Astoria and Vernonia's Pihl Logging will be joined by three newcomers this season.
[02/03/09 - 07:23 AM] DirecTV Cultivates More Comedy on the 101 Network with Trailer Park Boys Back-to-back episodes will debut every week on Thursday nights at 10:00/9:00c starting February 5.
[02/03/09 - 07:04 AM] Snl Announces February Lineup; Features Valentine's Day Spectacular Bradley Cooper and TV On The Radio are set for February 7 while Alec Baldwin and the Jonas Brothers will do the honors on Valentine's Day.
[02/02/09 - 06:26 PM] Development Update: Monday, February 2 Updates include: ABC Family axes "Kyle XY"; ABC, CBS order new reality projects; and directors line up for pilots.
[02/02/09 - 02:43 PM] 'The Office' Scores Record Ratings Following Super Bowl Xliii NBC further spins the numbers for Sunday, February 1.
[02/02/09 - 01:31 PM] Jennifer Hudson and Seal to Perform at "40th Naacp Image Awards" Thursday, February 12, Live on Fox Plus: Sean "Diddy" Combs, Taraji P. Henson, Keke Palmer, Regina Taylor and Kerry Washington have been tapped as presenters.
[02/02/09 - 01:31 PM] Meredith Baxter and Lesley Ann Warren Star in 'Bound by a Secret,' a Hallmark Channel Original Movie Premiering March 7 Bridget Ann White, Timothy Bottoms and Newcomer Ellery Sprayberry also star in the project, previously dubbed "Tea for Two" and "The Glass Seagull."
[02/02/09 - 01:30 PM] CBS.com Number One Among All Broadcast Network Sites in Unique Viewers in December The site currently ranks number two in video streams, with year-over-year growth of 45%.
[02/02/09 - 01:29 PM] ABC Qualifies as the Highest-Rated Non-Sports Network on "Super Bowl Sunday" ABC spins the numbers for Sunday, February 1.
[02/02/09 - 01:20 PM] Super Bowl Xliii on NBC 2nd Most Watched Super Bowl in History NBC further spins the numbers for Sunday, February 1.
[02/02/09 - 12:27 PM] Ion Life Rolls Out New Slate of Programming for 2009 "Say Yes and Marry Me," "Design U," "Bringing It Home," "Home Team," "Green Matters," "Explore," "Home Delivery" and "Living Better" will all roll out in 2009.
[02/02/09 - 12:24 PM] Emmy(R) Award Winner Rosie O'Donnell Stars in the Lifetime Original Movie America Philip Johnson and Ruby Dee also star in the film, which premieres Saturday, February 28.
[02/02/09 - 11:11 AM] BET Networks Acquires Rights to Hit Series 'The Game' The series is the #1 show on broadcast television among African American adults 18-34 and African American women 18-34.
[02/02/09 - 09:41 AM] ABC Family Announces Pick-Up of Three Pilots Additionally, both "Greek" (20 episodes) and "Lincoln Heights" (10 episodes) are set to return in summer 2009.
[02/02/09 - 09:22 AM] TNT Renews Popular Drama Series Leverage for Second Season 15 new episodes are set to roll out later this year.
[02/02/09 - 08:52 AM] Super Bowl Xliii on NBC Draws 42.1 Overnight Rating NBC spins the numbers for Sunday, February 1.
[02/02/09 - 07:03 AM] Chuck in 3d and 2d to Stream on NBC.com NBC.com users can also opt to watch in HD or standard definition, with or without closed-captioning, and even to stream the episode simultaneously with friends while chatting.
[02/02/09 - 07:01 AM] Wwe(R): Male Ratings Champ World Wrestling Entertainment spins the numbers for the season to date.
[02/02/09 - 05:50 AM] British 18th Century 'First-Rate' Warship and Bronze Cannon Discovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration and Captured in Discovery's Original Series Treasure Quest The discovery, which has an estimated value of one billion dollars, will be showcased on the February 5 episode of the series.
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