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TV News: Cabler seals overall deal with Eddie Barbini — Discovery Studios, the in-house production arm of Discovery Communications, has sealed an overall deal with “Dirty Jobs” exec producer Eddie Barbini.

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Discovery Studios signs producer deal

A trio of Discovery Channel reality shows–Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, and Storm Chasers–draw more people with penises and testicles than any other nonfiction series on cable in prime-time. That’s impressive and a lot of caveats. Mike Rowe’s always awesome exploration of other people’s jobs returned for a new season Tuesday, and that episode “was the #1 non-fiction cable program (excluding news) among [men ages 25 to 54] and the #1 non-fiction cable program among [men ages…

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Discovery’s reality shows draw the most men

TV News: Net to air ‘Honeymoon Special’ on Nov. 28 — “Sister Wives” is returning to for a second season.

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TLC gives ‘Sister Wives’ second season

TV News: World Series down significantly from last year — CBS and Fox tied on the first night of November sweeps Thursday, though, without an East Coast team vying for a championship, the World Series is way down from a year ago when the Yankees and Phillies were in the mix.

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CBS, Fox tie in first night of sweeps

TV News: Savage, Hyneman to host this year’s competish — Discovery and its sister Science channel are looking to turn high-stakes pumpkin launching into America’s Thanksgiving pasttime.

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Discovery, Science to simulcast Punkin Chunkin

The stars of Discovery’s reality series Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, have turned themselves into test subjects for a number of myths over the past seven years, and now they’ve been turned into talking bobblehead dolls. They’re nearly eight inches tall each, and they talk: Adam says things like “danger is my middle name” and “you should never try anything like this unless you have your own television show,” and Jamie says “I always… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about Discovery Channel » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook .

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Win Mythbusters Jamie and Adam talking bobbleheads

TV News: The best and the brightest of upcoming trends — In addition to over-the-top, here are four other entertainment tech trends you need to watch

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Tech trends to watch for

TV News: NFL action doubles up baseball in overnights — NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” has dominated another Sunday ratings race in key demos, thumping Game 2 of baseball’s National League Championship Series, which once again was not available to a good chunk of the Philadelphia market due to Cablevision’s dispute with Fox over carriage fees.

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Football still king on Sunday

TV News: New channel will feature original series, exclusive premieres — Nature and wildlife docu series and theatrical features are on the programming slate for the 3D cabler backed by Discovery, Sony Corp. and Imax that is skedded to bow next year.

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Discovery, Sony, Imax 3D cabler unveils slate