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[04/08/11 - 10:23 PM]
Development Update: Friday, April 8
Updates include: Katherine Heigl to lead HBO's "Knitting Circle"; Amber Tamblyn, Katie Jacobs to develop FOX drama; and Bob Odenkirk books a live-action pilot at Adult Swim.

[04/08/11 - 05:39 PM]
Exclusive: More USA Summer Premieres: "Burn Notice," "Suits" on Thursday, June 23; "Royal Pains," "Necessary Roughness" on Wednesday, June 29
Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams co-star in "Suits" (formerly "A Legal Mind") while Callie Thorne toplines "Necessary Roughness."

[04/08/11 - 04:37 PM]
Thursday's Cable Ratings: "Swamp People" Puts History in Front
TNT's NBA coverage and MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew" also rise to the top last night.

[04/08/11 - 01:03 PM]
ESPN's Thursday Masters Coverage Averages 2.55 Million Viewers
ESPN spins the numbers for Thursday, April 7.

[04/08/11 - 12:37 PM]
"The Comedy Awards" to Be Simulcast With Web Exclusive Content on thecomedyawards.com
The webcast, hosted by comedians Andrew Daly and Jen Kirkman, will feature expanded digital exclusive coverage of the inaugural event.

[04/08/11 - 11:37 AM]
HBO Documentary "Gun Fight" Shines a Light on Gun Culture in America When It Debuts April 13
The film, which airs the week of the fourth anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, comes from two-time Oscar-winner Barbara Kopple.

[04/08/11 - 11:32 AM]
History(R) Continues Its Ratings Success With Thursday Night Debut of "Mounted in Alaska"
History spins the numbers for Thursday, April 7.

[04/08/11 - 11:31 AM]
HBO Renews Animated Comedy Series "The Ricky Gervais Show" for Third Season
The series wraps its sophomore run next Friday, April 15 at 9:00/8:00c.

[04/08/11 - 11:16 AM]
Students By Day, Ninjas By Night In Nickelodeon's "Supah Ninjas," New Live-Action Comedy Series Bowing Saturday, April 16, At 8:30 P.M. (ET/PT)
George Takei co-stars in the 26-episode, half-hour series.

[04/08/11 - 11:07 AM]
E! Shows What Marriage Is Really Like When A Two-Time NBA Champion and A Sassy Diva Come Together on "Khloe & Lamar," Premiering Sunday, April 10 at 10:00PM ET/PT
The newcomer will be followed by the previously announced "The Dance Scene."

[04/08/11 - 10:33 AM]
CBS's Thursday Dramas Are Time Period Winners
CBS spins the numbers for Thursday, April 7.

[04/08/11 - 10:29 AM]
Poignant Survivor Testimonies and Scientific Data Chronicle Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami in New Discovery Special
"Megaquake: Hour That Shook Japan" airs Sunday, April 24 at 10:00/9:00c on the network.

[04/08/11 - 10:00 AM]
New Jersey's Dina Manzo to Bring Party Planning Expertise to HGTV
The former "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star will topline the series, due in September.

[04/08/11 - 08:38 AM]
Thursday's Broadcast Ratings: "Rules" Sees Week-to-Week Gains for CBS
The Eye however can't catch the "American Idol" fueled FOX.

[04/08/11 - 03:01 AM]
Logo's "NewNowNext Awards" 2011 Hosted by James Van Der Beek Announces This Year's Winners
The ceremony airs this Monday, April 11 at 10:00/9:00c on the cable channel.

[04/08/11 - 12:01 AM]
Sundance Channel's New TV Show Seeks Companies Challenged by the Recession
The series, from @radical.media, will showcase how businesses are coping with today's economic challenges.

[04/07/11 - 10:47 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 7
Updates include: Robert Sean Leonard to depart FOX's "House"; Sean Bean joins ABC's "Missing"; and Bravo shutters "The Real Housewives of D.C."

[04/07/11 - 09:01 PM]
"American Idol" Voting Results for April 7
Plus: Rihanna and Kelly Clarkson & Jason Aldean will perform on the next results show Thursday, April 14.

[04/07/11 - 05:08 PM]
Bravo's "Top Chef Masters" New Recipe Spices Up the Ratings Delivering Double Digits Increases in Adults 18-49
Bravo spins the numbers for Wednesday, April 6.

[04/07/11 - 03:40 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars," "Extreme Couponing" Split 18-49 Crown
TLC's newcomer shares top honors in the key demographic with A&E's hit series.

[04/07/11 - 03:11 PM]
Syfy's "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files" Sets Series Ratings Records for Third Consecutive Week
Syfy spins the numbers for Wednesday, April 6.

[04/07/11 - 02:02 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Teen Mom" Special Hands MTV Demo Crown
Plus: The Women's NCAA Basketball Championship sparks ESPN on the night.

[04/07/11 - 12:53 PM]
MTV Announces Two "Jersey Shore" Spinoffs
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Paul "DJ Pauly D" Delvecchio and Jenni "JWoww" Farley will topline the respective projects.

[04/07/11 - 12:27 PM]
Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon Deliver #1 Finishes vs. ABC and CBS Competition for the Late-Night Week of March 28-April 1
NBC spins the late-night numbers for the week of March 28-April 1.

[04/07/11 - 12:25 PM]
Style Network Debuts New Wedding Programs on April 23!
Said duo includes the first-ever "How Do I Look?" wedding episode and the new special "Glamour's 25 Biggest Wedding Dos and Don'ts."

[04/07/11 - 12:16 PM]
Investigation Discovery's "I (Almost) Got Away With It" Returns With Third Season Starting Tuesday, April 12
The third season kicks off with six episodes and an additional seven episodes starting Tuesday, May 31.

[04/07/11 - 11:58 AM]
FOX Orders Up a Second Serving of "Bob's Burgers"
"[The series] has proved to be a perfect neighbor to our slate of fan-favorite animated families this year," said Kevin Reilly.

[04/07/11 - 11:58 AM]
Showtime(R) Moves Into House and Home: Network Orders 12 Half-Hours of "House of Lies," 12 One-Hour Episodes of Drama "Homeland"
Both series will start production during the summer of 2011.

[04/07/11 - 11:28 AM]
MTV Networks Entertainment Group Launches 345 Games: New Video Game Division to Develop Gaming Related Products Based on Comedy Central(R) and Spike TV Franchises
First out of the gate are "Deadliest Warrior: Legends" and "Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon."

[04/07/11 - 11:04 AM]
Q1 2011 Cable Ratings Recap: "The Game," "Tosh.0" & "Spartacus" See Largest Growth Among Scripted Series
"Hot in Cleveland," "Californication," "Big Love" conversely saw the biggest declines.

[04/07/11 - 10:54 AM]
"Inspector America" Premieres Sunday, April 17 at 10 p.m. on History(R)
The newcomer follows Timothy Galarnyk, an infrastructure safety inspector with over 35 years of experience.

[04/07/11 - 10:06 AM]
"Late Show" Tops "The Tonight Show" in Adults 18-34 for the Second Consecutive Week and Ties in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54
CBS spins the late-night numbers for the week of March 28-April 1.

[04/07/11 - 09:00 AM]
ABC's "Mr. Sunshine" Surges Week to Week/"Off the Map" Improves its Time Slot
ABC spins the numbers for Wednesday, April 6.

[04/07/11 - 08:57 AM]
Sundance Channel Acquires Critically Acclaimed Fan Favorite "My So-Called Life"
Repeats of the short-lived ABC series will premiere Monday, April 25 at 11:00/10:00c on the network.

[04/07/11 - 08:40 AM]
Wednesday's Broadcast Ratings: "Breaking In" Hits Post-"Idol" Highs
The show's launch had the best "Idol" retention of any sitcom in over four years.

[04/07/11 - 08:30 AM]
Diane Lane, Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini Star in HBO Films' "Cinema Verite," A Dramatic Look at the Making of the Groundbreaking Documentary "An American Family," Debuting April 23
The pay channel further details the original movie, which also stars Patrick Fugit, Kathleen Quinlan, Lolita Davidovich, Shanna Collins and Thomas Dekker.

[04/07/11 - 08:09 AM]
ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Turns in 2nd-Best Performance This Season
ABC spins the late-night numbers for the week of March 28-April 1.

[04/07/11 - 07:40 AM]
mtvU Pairs the Hottest Performances with the Hottest Movies During the 2011 "mtvU Movies & Music Festival"
"Movies & Music Festival" will air on mtvU beginning May 16th and across MTV platforms the weeks of May 23rd and May 30th.

[04/07/11 - 06:46 AM]
Additional Presenters Announced for the "TV Land Awards 2011" Premiering Sunday, April 17 at 9 pm ET/PT
Newly on tap: Barbara Walters, Ben Stiller, Paul Reiser, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, Marlo Thomas and "The Real Housewives of New York City."

[04/07/11 - 06:12 AM]
"The X Factor" Launches First-Ever Audition Studios Across America
Throughout the month of April, anyone 12 years old or over will have the opportunity to use the state-of-the-art studios to audio- and video-record their a cappella audition.

[04/07/11 - 05:31 AM]
ESPN Launches New "WatchESPN" App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
Said app is available to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV subscribers.

[04/07/11 - 05:01 AM]
GMC, America's Favorite Network for Uplifting Music and Entertainment, Announces Casting Call for New Original Series "America Sings" Hosted By Drew Lachey
"America Sings," due this June, is "an uplifting, one-of-a-kind victory of voices celebration that will highlight North America's most talented singing groups and the communities they are from."

[04/07/11 - 05:01 AM]
We Are Family: BET Favorite Antonia "Toya" Carter Makes a Comeback With Her Own Original Series "Toya: A Family Affair," Premiering Tuesday, April 12 At 10:00 P.M.
The follow up to "Tiny & Toya" will now launch one week earlier than previous announced.

[04/07/11 - 04:01 AM]
National Geographic Channel Announces "Witness: Disaster In Japan" - Powerful World Premiere Documentary Captures Historic Catastrophe Through the Eyes of Those Who Experienced It
The one-hour special airs Wednesday, April 13 at 10:00/9:00c on the network.

[04/07/11 - 12:29 AM]
Interview: "Nikita" Executive Producer Craig Silverstein
The CW's freshman drama returns with new episodes tonight at 9:00/8:00c.

[04/06/11 - 11:12 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, April 6
Updates include: Mary McDonnell named regular on TNT's "The Closer"; Hope Davis joins Tea Leoni's "Spring/Fall" at HBO; and Jennifer Coolidge to guest on NBC's "Help Wanted."

[04/06/11 - 04:11 PM]
NBC Revives "Chase" on Saturday Nights Beginning April 23
The first of five new episodes will air Saturday nights at 8:00/7:00c.

[04/06/11 - 02:52 PM]
WWE Delivers 12 Million Unique Viewers to USA Monday Night
USA further spins the numbers for Monday, April 4.

[04/06/11 - 01:23 PM]
ESPN's "E:60" Returns April 12 with Five New Episodes
Carl Crawford and Christina Taylor Green are among the upcoming topics.

[04/06/11 - 11:41 AM]
Bravo Media Announces Aggressive Development Slate With Eight New Series, Including a Scripted Project With Lionsgate
"Face Down" follows "a charming and irresistibly flawed make-up artist as he navigates through a world of dodgy politicians, demanding stars, and privileged socialites."







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[12/17/25 - 08:01 AM]
First Behind-the-Scenes Look at Netflix's "Mercenary: An Extraction Series," with Production Underway
The highly-anticipated series starring Omar Sy recently wrapped filming in Ireland and is resuming production in Morocco.

[12/17/25 - 08:01 AM]
MGM+ and Prime Video Unveil First Look Images and Premiere Date for New Mystery Thriller Series "Vanished" Starring Kaley Cuoco and Sam Claflin
The four-part mystery thriller series will premiere on Sunday, February 1 in the U.S., Spain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Latin America with a weekly release.

[12/17/25 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Tell Me Lies" Season 3 - Official Trailer - Hulu
The new season follows Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) as they've rekindled their tumultuous romance in time for spring semester at Baird College.

[12/17/25 - 08:00 AM]
Season Three of the Critically Acclaimed Crime Drama "Gangs of London," Starring Sope Dirisu and Joe Cole, Makes Its Streaming Debut Thursday, January 15 on AMC+
In Season three, ex-undercover cop turned gangster Elliot (Dìrísù)?is now operating as a top-level criminal alongside the Dumanis, but their business is thrown into chaos when their shipment of cocaine is spiked, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilians all over London.

[12/17/25 - 07:41 AM]
ID's "The Curious Case of..." Returns with New Season of Bizarre and Unbelievable Stranger-Than-Fiction Stories
The new season will feature eight new episodes tackling bizarre, stranger-than-fiction cases filled with twists, turns, and shocking revelations through unprecedented first-hand accounts.

[12/17/25 - 07:10 AM]
Family of Innovators Breathe New Life Into Rustic Spaces in "Maine Cabin Masters," Premiering December 29 on Magnolia Network
Builder Chase Morrill, along with Ashley Morrill-Eldridge and Ryan Eldridge, his sister and brother-in-law, rebuild cabins in some of the most beautiful areas of Maine.

[12/17/25 - 07:03 AM]
"The Year: 2025" to Air Monday, Dec. 29, on ABC, Next Day on Disney+ and Hulu
This two-hour special brings audiences an expansive look at the moments that shaped 2025 through the stories that sparked conversation, captured global attention, and defined our cultural landscape.

[12/17/25 - 07:01 AM]
Paramount Affirms Commitment to Superior $30 Per Share All-Cash Offer for Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison, Chairman & CEO, Paramount said: "We remain committed to bringing together two iconic Hollywood studios to create a unique global entertainment leader."

[12/17/25 - 06:42 AM]
Cricket Celebration Bowl Delivered Double-Digit Increases on ABC
Coverage averaged 2.3 million viewers with a peak of 3.0 million.

[12/17/25 - 06:31 AM]
Netflix Unveils First Look at "Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole" Premiering on March 26, 2026
Step into the shadowy streets of Oslo, where nothing is as it seems and every clue draws you deeper into the city's dark heart.

[12/17/25 - 06:00 AM]
"The Muppet Show" Returns with a Special Event, Feb 4. on Disney+ and ABC
Music, comedy, and a whole lot of chaos are bound to ensue when The Muppets once again take the stage of the original Muppet Theatre with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter!

[12/17/25 - 05:01 AM]
Video: Paramount+ Releases Official Trailer for Original Series "Girl Taken" Launching Globally on January 8
Based on the novel "Baby Doll" by Hollie Overton, six-part psychological thriller follows the story of twin sisters Lily and Abby, whose lives are shattered when Lily is abducted from their quiet rural English town by beloved local teacher Rick Hansen.

[12/17/25 - 04:05 AM]
Netflix Welcomes Warner Bros. Discovery Board Recommendation
"The Warner Bros. Discovery Board reinforced that Netflix's merger agreement is superior and that our acquisition is in the best interest of stockholders," said Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO.

[12/17/25 - 04:01 AM]
Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors Unanimously Recommends Shareholders Reject Paramount Tender Offer
"Following a careful evaluation of Paramount's recently launched tender offer, the Board concluded that the offer's value is inadequate, with significant risks and costs imposed on our shareholders," said Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr., Chair of the Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors.

[12/16/25 - 09:31 PM]
Inside the Unseen World of Indian Customs: Netflix Reveals the Brave Heroics of the Customs Officers in Taskaree
"Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web" premieres January 14, only on Netflix.