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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TV News: CEO Steve Burke skedded to announce changes — At NBC, Bob Greenblatt is poised to inherit a network still battle-scarred from a decade of near-constant instability.
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NBC exec fate settled today
NBC is planning to air a series next summer that combines Survivor and The Bachelor spin-off Bachelor Pad, but also sounds a little bit like I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. The show, Love in the Wild, is produced by former Survivor executive producer Tom Shelly, who has moved on to do such shows as Dating in the Dark. On Love in the Wild, “[10] men and 10 women looking for love will…
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TV News: Burke sets stage for new management team — Incoming NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke has now set the stage for his new management team.
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Sarah Palin’s Alaska had TLC’s highest-rated debut ever last night, as close to five million viewers tuned in to a show that cost the network about $1 million an episode. That’s about half the record number of viewers Jon & Kate Plus Eight got when they separated. A TLC press release said that it “is the #1 program launch in TLC history …
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Two Bravo docudrama stars will soon be appearing on daytime TV shows: Flipping Out’s Jeff Lewis will co-host a Will & Grace-style daytime talk show with Tori & Dean star Tori Spelling, and Kell on Earth’s Kelly Cutrone has joined Dr. Phil as a contributor
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Bravo stars Jeff Lewis, Kelly Cutrone going to daytime TV
TV News: More permanent plan will probably be issued in 2011 — After months of speculation — capped by a flurry of rumors over the past 10 days — Comcast’s new NBC U structure is expected to be announced this week.
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TV News: More permanent plan will probably be issued in 2011 — After months of speculation — capped by a flurry of rumors over the past 10 days — Comcast’s new NBC U structure is expected to be announced this week.
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A report that Jennifer Aniston will be the star of an MTV docu-soap series is not true, even though it makes perfect sense that an A-list star would sign on to expose her private life on MTV (please!). Fox News reported last month that “MTV programming president Tony DiSanto and senior VP Liz Gateley are leaving the network to form their own production company, and insiders tell FOX411.com they have their sights set on upgrading… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about MTV » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook .
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Jennifer Aniston’s MTV reality show not real, unsurprisingly
TV News: Third quarter ad revenue totals $421.6 million — As the advertising market bounces back across Europe, France’s biggest private broadcaster TF1 has nabbed a 9% increase in ad revenue on its main channel to E306 million ($421.6 million) over the third quarter.
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