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“Arrested Development” Film In Development February 2, 2008 6:44 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Arrested Development, Movies, News, Television.
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The over-too-soon Fox comedy Arrested Development may be headed to the big screen. Jason Bateman has confirmed to Kristin of E! Online that the creative minds behind the show (Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard) have started the process of moving forward on a major motion picture project based on the critically beloved show.

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NBC Picks Up Canadian Series “The Listener” February 2, 2008 4:45 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007/2008 TV Season, CTV, NBC, New Series Orders, News, Television, The Listener.
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Another CTV series has been picked up by an American network, this time NBC. A week after CBS announced plans to produce the drama series Flashpoint (related article here), NBC has ordered 13 episodes of The Listener (working title). Details after the jump.

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Fox Orders 13 Additional Episodes of “The Moment of Truth” February 2, 2008 4:30 pm

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Fox has ordered an additional 13 episodes of their recently premiered game show The Moment of Truth.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, January 31, 2008 February 1, 2008 2:17 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, Lost, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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Lost returned strongly Thursday night, as the season four premiere succeeded in attracting a large audience. Though off from its season three premiere, the show rebounded significantly from last season’s finale, improving by 16% or over 2 million viewers and 14% among adults 18-49.

There’s some cause for concern in the second half drop, but the network had mostly good news in the series premiere of Eli Stone, which won its hour and performed stronger, and held better retention from Lost, than did the networks last show to premiere out of Lost (The Nine).

That concluded ABC’s sweep of the night (the 8:00 pm Lost clip show also won its hour).

Elsewhere on the night, CBS aired repeats, which put it in second in overall audience, but fourth among adults 18-49. Fox got its usually solid performance out of its two game shows ‘5th Grader’ and ‘Lyrics’ (the network was second on the night among adults 18-49) and NBC slid a bit against stiffer competition.

Over on The CW, the network did well last night, as Smallville and Supernatural each returned on par with their last newly aired episodes.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 29, 2008 January 30, 2008 4:30 pm

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American Idol and the returning House easily gave Fox the win.

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Best Ratings for SAG Awards Since 1998 January 29, 2008 7:48 pm

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Sunday nights dual telecast of the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT and TBS drew more than 6.1 million viewers (click here to read the winners).

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Marie Osmond Returning to Daytime with “Marie” January 29, 2008 7:44 pm

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Singer-actress, Marie Osmond, who recently completed a stint on ABC’s popular Dancing With the Stars, has joined up with Program Partners for an hour-long entertainment/lifestyle talk show.

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CBS Partners with CTV on Police Drama “Flashpoint” January 29, 2008 7:36 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Canadian Television, CBS, CTV, News, Series Orders, Television.
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CBS is partnering with Canadian television network CTV to produce at least 13 episodes of a police drama currently titled Flashpoint.  The series co-stars Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars).

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, January 28, 2008 January 29, 2008 4:30 pm

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ABC and CBS finish in close among households and viewers, while NBC takes the win among adults 18-49 on this night which saw the President give his final State of the Union Address.

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Starz Moves Into Drama Field With “Crash” TV Series January 28, 2008 11:53 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cable TV, Crash, Movies, News, Starz, Television.
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Starz is turning the 2005 best picture winner Crash into a 13 episode miniseries, the movie networks first original drama ever.

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“Judge Judy” Renewed for Two More Seasons and other Syndication News January 28, 2008 11:39 pm

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Court show Judge Judy Sheindlin has inked a new multiyear deal with CBS Television Distribution to continue with her show Judge Judy, and the CBS Television Stations group has renewed the top-rated court show for two more seasons.

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CBS Renews “Survivor” January 28, 2008 11:31 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007/2008 TV Season, CBS, News, Renewals, Survivor, Television.
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CBS has ordered another season (two cycles) of its hit reality series Survivor.  With the new deal, for the 17th and 18th seasons, the show will remain on the network through at least 2009.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, January 27, 2008 January 28, 2008 11:30 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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CBS and ABC share leadership on Sunday night, as CBS gets solid results from 60 Minutes (the nights most-watched show), a new Shark and the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Russell Girl to give the network a first place finish among households and viewers.

ABC finished in first among adults 18-49 thanks to strong showings from America’s Funniest Home Videos and Extreme Makeover Home Edition (the nights most-watched program in the demo).

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14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners January 27, 2008 11:54 pm

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Winners of the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Sunday evening in Los Angeles.  Winners after the jump.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, January 25, 2008 January 26, 2008 5:30 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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With a third of its lineup in repeats, CBS still manages to take the win among households and viewers thanks to a Garth Brooks music special.

NBC settled in for second place, but was the nights most-watched network among adults 18-49, thanks in large part to 1 vs. 100 (#1 for the night among households, viewers and adults 18-49).

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Jones/Trinidad Fight Earns Respectable 500,000 Buys January 25, 2008 11:02 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Boxing, HBO, HBO PPV, News, PPV, Sports, Television.
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Last Saturday’s light heavyweight boxing fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad at Madison Square Garden drew a surprisingly strong 500,000 pay-per-view buys.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, January 24, 2008 January 25, 2008 6:44 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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CBS and Fox split the evening with CBS taking the win among households and viewers, while Fox won the night among adults 18-49 thanks to a two-hour edition of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.

Elsewhere on the evening, the first of two episodes of Chuck opened NBC at 8:00 p.m. with weaker ratings than its last newly aired episode (which occurred on a Monday), but the show did manage to show some growth by the second episode at 10:00.

Also on NBC, Celebrity Apprentice was again the nights most-watched program among adults 18-49, helping the network secure second place in the demo for the evening.

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Special Enhanced Version of ABC’s “Lost” Season Three Finale to Air on January 30th January 25, 2008 1:08 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007/2008 TV Season, ABC, Lost, News, Scheduling, Television.
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ABC has announced that they will be airing a special enhanced version of the season three finale of Lost next Wednesday. The special, enhanced with on-screen text and story details about the show, will air from 9:00-11:00 p.m.

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Auditions for “America’s Got Talent” January 25, 2008 1:02 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007/2008 TV Season, America's Got Talent, NBC, News, Television.
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NBC has announced the dates for the upcoming national search for contestants for the third season of the competition series America’s Got Talent.

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“The Price is Right” Headed to Primetime January 24, 2008 4:07 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in CBS, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, News, Scheduling, Television, The Price Is Right.
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CBS today announced that the long-running game show The Price is Right, now hosted by Drew Carey, will air a six specials in primetime on Friday nights starting in February.

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Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, January 23, 2008 January 24, 2008 3:21 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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Fox takes care of business on Wednesday night courtesy the nights most-watched program American Idol and a successful series premiere for Moment of Truth, which held onto an impressive 94% of its lead-in’s A18-49 audience.

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Record Performance for “Life After People” January 23, 2008 11:27 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cable TV Ratings, History Channel, Life After People, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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The History Channel’s Life After People, a two-hour special which looks at what would happen to planet Earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear, debuted with a record breaking 5.4 million viewers.

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Off-Net Cable Rights to “Jericho” Aquired by SCI FI Channel January 23, 2008 11:18 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Jericho, News, SCI FI Channel, Syndication, Television.
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The off-network cable rights to fan favorite drama series Jericho from CBS Television have been picked up by the SCI FI Channel.   The network gets the rights to the first two seasons of the show.

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Bravo’s ‘My Life on the D-List’ and Oxygen’s ‘Inn Love’ Renewed January 23, 2008 11:12 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007/2008 TV Season, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, News, Renewals, Television, Tori & Dean: Inn Love.
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Bravo’s Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List and Oxygen’s Tori & Dean: Inn Love, two reality shows from two different NBC Universal networks, have been renewed for additional seasons.

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Primary Debate Grabs Cable Record January 23, 2008 11:03 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cable TV, CNN, News, Television.
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Monday night’s Democratic presidential debate on CNN between Senator’s Clinton and Obama and former Senator Edwards was the most-watched primary in cable TV history.

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