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		| [09/21/11 - 11:24 PM] Development Update: Wednesday, September 21
 Updates include: Victor Garber to voice title role on "Charlie's Angels"; The CW wants "Extreme Musical Chairs"; and "Roseanne's Nuts," "Russian Dolls" out at Lifetime.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 04:19 PM] Tuesday's Cable Ratings: MTV's "Teen Mom" Finale Tops Viewers, Demos
 Plus: numbers for Bravo's "Kathy Griffin: Pants Off," TLC's "Big Hair Alaska" and TBS's off-network premiere of "The Big Bang Theory."
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 03:50 PM] Comedy Central Is Hot Hot Hot! "Tosh.0" Fall Season Premiere Pulls in 3 Million Viewers, "Workaholics" Draws a Record 2.1 Million
 Comedy Central spins the numbers for Tuesday, September 20.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 11:44 AM] A&E Premieres New Original Series "American Hoggers" on Wednesday, October 19 at 10PM ET/PT
 The Thom Beers-produced newcomer was previously slated to roll out this past summer.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 10:35 AM] Disney XD Orders 2nd Season of No. 1 Original Series "Kickin' It"
 The show's July 25 episode is the network's No. 1 live-action telecast ever in Boys 6-14, Boys 6-11 and Boys 9-14.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 10:06 AM] Bravo's "Top Chef: Texas" Premieres Wednesday, November 2 at 10 PM ET/PT
 Plus: Emeril Lagasse and Hugh Acheson will join Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons at the judges' table.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 09:16 AM] "Reel Love" Starring LeAnn Rimes and Burt Reynolds to Premiere Sunday, November 13 on CMT
 The two-hour movie will premiere at 7:00/6:00c on said night.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 09:14 AM] CBS Tuesday Dramas Score Ratings Wins; Premiere of "Unforgettable" Sweeps Time Period
 CBS spins the numbers for Tuesday, September 20.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 08:59 AM] Social Media Darlings "Junk Gypsies" Bring Rebellious Design Style to New HGTV Series
 The series will sneak peek on HGTV on Sunday, November 27 at 7:00/6:00c.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 08:52 AM] ABC Finishes #2 on Tuesday in Viewers/"Body of Proof" Tops its Season Finale by Double Digits
 ABC spins the numbers for Tuesday, September 20.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 08:51 AM] HBO Documentary Films Presents Martin Scorsese's Documentary "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," Debuting Oct. 5 and 6, Exclusively on HBO
 The film was produced by Scorsese, Olivia Harrison and Nigel Sinclair.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 08:36 AM] Comedy Central's(R) "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time" Season Two Premieres on Wednesday, October 5 at 10:30 p.m.
 The hit sketch series will follow the fall season premiere of "South Park."
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 08:36 AM] Tuesday's Broadcast Ratings: "New Girl" Gives FOX Demo Crown
 The Zooey Deschanel-led comedy builds off its "Glee" lead-in, finishing as the night's top 18-49 draw.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 08:11 AM] The 15th Anniversary of "South Park" Continues With All-New Episodes Beginning on Wednesday, October 5 at 10:00 P.M. on Comedy Central(R)
 Plus: premiering on Sunday, October 9 at 10:00/9:00c is Arthur Bradford's documentary, "Six Days to Air: The Making of 'South Park.'"
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 07:35 AM] Investigation Discovery Digs Up Eccentric Last Requests from Beyond the Grave in Season 2 of "The Will: Family Secrets Revealed"
 10 new episodes will roll out beginning Wednesday, October 19 at 9:00/8:00c on the cable channel.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 07:33 AM] PBS to Debut First Episode of Ken Burns's "Prohibition" on Free PBS Apps for iPad and iPhone Beginning September 23
 The entire series will air nationally on PBS Sunday-Tuesday, October 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 06:57 AM] U.K. Comedy Stars Join Matt Smith in This Year's "Doctor Who" Christmas Special
 Claire Skinner), Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Alexander Armstrong are among those featured in the Steven Moffat-penned installment.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 06:55 AM] FOX and Gordon Ramsay Check Into "Hotel Hell" (Working Title)
 In the series, Ramsay and a team of hospitality experts will travel across the country to fix struggling hotels.
 
 
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		| [09/21/11 - 06:28 AM] "48 Hours Mystery," TV's Most Popular True-Crime Series, Launches iPad App
 Users get access to full video episodes from each week's show as well as stories dating all the way back to the 2005-2006 season.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 12:18 AM] Video: A Few Minutes With... "The X Factor" Judge Simon Cowell
 Part two of two from our chat with the folks behind the FOX series.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 12:17 AM] Video: A Few Minutes With... "The X Factor" Host Steve Jones
 Part one of two from our chat with the folks behind the FOX series.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 12:16 AM] The Futon's Ratings Survival Guide: "Revenge" (ABC)
 Find out the numbers the newcomer will likely need to get a second season.
 
 
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		|  | [09/21/11 - 12:15 AM] The Futon's Ratings Survival Guide: "The X Factor" (FOX)
 Find out the numbers the newcomer will likely need to get a second season.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 11:07 PM] Development Update: Tuesday, September 20
 Updates include: Sam Raimi, Matt Tolmach land CBS dramas; Nicholas Sparks sells "The Watchers" to ABC; and Josh Gad to pen a comedy for NBC.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 04:32 PM] Monday's Cable Ratings: "MNF" Holds Off "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen"
 ESPN's football franchise is still cable's top program last night.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 02:24 PM] Sunday's Cable Ratings: Disney Originals Top the Viewers Chart
 The network's "Shake It Up" and "So Random!" are Sunday's most-watched programs; Bravo's "New Jersey" takes demo crown.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 02:19 PM] Friday's Cable Ratings: "SpongeBob SquarePants" Tops in Prime
 Plus: numbers for Showtime's "Living for 32," HBO's "24/7: Mayweather/Ortiz" and Lifetime's "Roseanne's Nuts."
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 01:51 PM] "Roast of Charlie Sheen" Leads Comedy Central to Its Highest-Rated, Most-Watched Roast in the History of the Franchise With 6.4 Million Total Viewers
 Comedy Central spins the numbers for Monday, September 19.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 01:34 PM] Syfy Greenlights New Reality Series "Dream Machines" and Second Seasons of "Hollywood Treasure" and "Haunted Collector" for 2012
 The newcomer will follow Florida-based brothers Marc and Shannon Parker "as they take the most imaginative vehicles ever seen in movies and TV shows and engineer them into realities on road."
 
 
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		|  | [09/20/11 - 01:31 PM] HBO Comedy Series "How to Make It in America" Returns for Its Eight-Episode Second Season October 2
 This season's guest stars include Gina Gershon, Andre Royo, Joe Pantoliano, James Ransone, Eriq LaSalle and Isaac Mizrahi.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 12:34 PM] Me-TV Announces New Shows on Fall Schedule Including NBCUniversal Series "Kojak," "The Rockford Files," & "Columbo"
 Also on tap: "Leave it to Beaver," "Dragnet," "Adam 12," "Boris Karloff's Thriller," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Wagon Train," over the course of the next few years.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 12:33 PM] Canada's Funniest Dysfunctional Family Finds a Home on DirecTV; Hit Comedy "Less Than Kind" Makes U.S. Debut Exclusively on the Audience Network
 The series will make its exclusive U.S. debut this fall on DirecTV's Audience Network.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 12:29 PM] "History of the World in Two Hours" Premieres Sunday, October 2 on H2
 The special marks the first joint programming experience between the newly renamed H2 (formerly known as History International) and its parent network, History.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 12:10 PM] The "People's Choice Awards" to Be Broadcast Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, on the CBS Television Network
 Mark Burnett returns as executive producer of the season's first awards broadcast.
 
 
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		|  | [09/20/11 - 11:37 AM] "The Closer" Ranks as Basic Cable's #1 Drama for the Week
 Turner spins the numbers for the week of September 12-18.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 11:30 AM] Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior Celebrate Halloween Throughout October With New Episodes, Popular Guest Stars and Special Performances
 Said lineup includes "Wizards of Waverly Place - Apartment 13B," a four-part saga with a new episode each Friday.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 11:29 AM] Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban to Perform on "The 45th Annual CMA Awards"
 Paisley and Carrie Underwood host this year's event, airing Wednesday, November 9 at 8:00/7:00c on ABC.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 11:15 AM] Animal Planet Examines the Battle to Survive Ancient Nordic Lands in New Special "Viking Wilderness"
 The four-part event bows Tuesday, October 4 at 9:00/8:00c with back-to-back installments.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 10:59 AM] HGTV Adds More Character-Driven Series To Its Programming Lineup
 "Junk Gypsies," "Kitchen Cousins" and "Weekends with Luis" are on tap for later this year.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 10:56 AM] LL Cool J Honored as This Year's "I Am Hip-Hop Icon" Award Recipient at the "BET Hip Hop Awards"
 Mike Epps hosts the event, premiering Tuesday, October 11 at 8:00/7:00c on the cable channel.
 
 
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		|  | [09/20/11 - 10:47 AM] NBC Has Four of the Top 5 Programs of the Week in Adults 18-49 and the Top Three Telecasts of the Week in Total Viewers
 NBC spins the numbers for the week of September 12-18.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 10:44 AM] The Hub TV Network Launches New Season of "R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series" October 1 With Special "Haunt Your House Sweepstakes"
 Guest stars this season include Joel Courtney, Frankie Jonas, Bailee Madison, Dakota Goya and Bobby Coleman.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 10:38 AM] Hallmark Channel Original, "Love Begins", Enchants an Audience of 2.9 Million With 1.8 HH Rating
 The Hallmark Channel spins the numbers for Saturday, September 17.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 09:55 AM] ABC Earns No. 2 in Adults 18-49 with its Top-Rated Week in Over 3 Months
 ABC spins the numbers for the week of September 12-18.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 09:32 AM] "Men" Delivers 28 Mil Viewers, All Time Series High, "2 Broke Girls" Best Fall Comedy Premiere Since 2001; "HIMYM" Scores Best Ever Premiere
 CBS spins the numbers for Monday, September 19.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 09:30 AM] TV Guide Network Honors the Small Screen With a Five-Part Series, "100 Moments That Changed TV," Premiering Sunday, October 2 at 9:00 PM ET/PT
 Veteran news reporters Tom Brokaw, Larry King, Robin Roberts, Bryant Gumbel and Cynthia McFadden are among the featured personalities.
 
 
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		| [09/20/11 - 09:28 AM] DIY Network Tackles High-End Head-On In New Primetime Series, "Million Dollar Contractor"
 The series, featuring New York City's premier contractor Stephen Fanuka, premieres Sunday, October 16 at 10:00/9:00c.
 
 
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		|  | [09/20/11 - 08:53 AM] Monday's Broadcast Ratings: "Men," "Girls" Huge for CBS
 Over 27 million tune into the season premiere of "Two and a Half Men."
 
 
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		|  | [09/20/11 - 08:51 AM] HBO Comedy Series "Hung" Returns for Its Ten-Episode Third Season October 2
 Recurring guest stars this season include Kaitlin Doubleday, Ana Ortiz and Matt Walsh.
 
 
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		|  | [09/20/11 - 08:50 AM] ABC is the Most-Watched Net on Season-Opening Monday/"Castle" Marks its Best-Ever Premiere
 ABC spins the numbers for Monday, September 19.
 
 
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