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Results of Digital Video Recording Playback

Nielsen Media has begun tracking viewing habits of users with TiVo/DVR devices, and the results are quite interesting.

TV Notes: Schedule Changes/Additions (“Medium”, “3 lbs.”)

“Medium” may be tapped to fill in for the time-period now vacated by “Kidnapped”, according to sources. From Broadcasting & Cable:

NBC is expected to bring back Medium to replace the relocated Kidnapped Wednesdays at 10.

While NBC isn’t commenting, sources with knowledge of the situation said the network is planning on bringing the veteran drama [...]

Little Mermaid DVD Sells 4M Copies

The two-disc Platinum Edition DVD of the 17 year old animated classic debuted to more than four million units in its first week of release. The movie had been placed in Disney’s “vault” for the past seven years.

That mark makes it the top selling animated movie release for October ever, and surpassed all previous [...]

Creator-Exec Producer of “Entourage” Pitches New HBO Show

Doug Ellin (creator-exec producer of “Entourage”) has sold HBO his next comedy series.

Currently unnamed, the half-hour comedy has been presented as a “mature version of ‘Entourage’ set on Wall Street”.

Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Premiere Disappoints

The season 3 premiere of the Sci Fi Channel critical favorite and recent recipient of a Peabody Award, premiered last week with a 1.8 rating (1.0 A18-49). That’s a shade under 2.2M viewers (2.16M).

NBC To Premiere Late-Night Poker Show

Scheduled to begin airing at 2:05 AM Eastern on January 2nd, “Poker After Dark” will pit six poker pros against each other, vying for a top-prize of $125,000 every week.

Please continue on to read the press release from NBC Universal.

TV Land Continues “High School Reunion”

TV Land has brought back the series which ran for three seasons on The WB, greenlighting six new episodes from executive producer Mike Fleiss (of “The Bachelor”).

Production will begin on the new episodes early next year with an expected launch set for the 3rd or 4th quarter.

22.1M watch Cowboys/Eagles Game

The NFL game which pitted Terell Owen against his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles, attracted a 13.9 rating (22.1M viewers) this past Sunday on FOX.

The game was the second most watched program of the week, behind Grey’s Anatomy on ABC (22.8M) .