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CBS and Time Warner Cable finally ended their month-long standoff. As of 6pm ET yesterday, CBS and Showtime returned to Time Warner Cable Systems.
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Crooner Harry Connick, Jr. landed the open judge’s seat on American Idol, joining Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez. Fox had planned to fill the spot with a hit-making exec, but after music producer Dr. Luke dropped out, the singing competition had to make a quick hire or risk delaying production for season thirteen, premiering Monday, January 15, 2014.
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Fox has ordered up a dating competition show from Ryan Seacrest Productions. It’s not the usual fare for the Idol host’s company, better known for docu-reality series like Keeping Up With the Kardashians and Married to Jonas. No premiere date has been set.
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It took less than three weeks for Spira Footwear and A&E’s Duck Dynasty to reach their goal of selling $100,000 worth of duck-camouflage-patterned running shoes on crowd-funding platform Rockethub.com. The initiative comes from A&E’s Project Startup, designed to showcase entrepreneurial brands; other companies include Axon Optics and World Housing Solution.
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Leah Remini (King of Queens) chose The Ellen DeGeneres Show for her first interview since her much-publicized break from Scientology in July. Also planned for the season eleven opener: “Ellen’s biggest giveaway that will impact a community in need.” Premiere for the Telepictures talker is Monday, September 9.
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Matt LeBlanc (Episodes) hops across Showtime sitcoms to guest on season three of former Friends (1994-2004) castmate Lisa Kudrow‘s show, Web Therapy. LeBlanc plays a compulsive online gambler. He’s the third Friend, after Courteney Cox (season one), and David Schwimmer (season two), to make an appearance; the first of LeBlanc’s two eps airs tonight at 11p.
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Showtime has acquired Made in America, a concert doc from Imagine Entertainment featuring A-list musicians like Jay Z and Pearl Jam. In addition to performances at the Philadelphia festival of the same name, held last year by Jay Z and sponsored by Budweiser, are backstage footage and interviews. Showtime premiere is Friday, October 11.
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Crime drama The Glades won’t make it to season five on A&E. The Fox TV Studios-produced series drew season-high ratings for its finale on August 26, with 3.4 million total viewers, but averaged just 2.5 million over the course of the season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A&E is bringing back sophomore drama Longmire, after season-high 4.42 million viewers and 1.1 million A18-49 tuned in to the August 26 finale. Second season of the Warner Horizon-Shephard/Robin Co. production averaged 3.7 million viewers and 942,000 A18-49.
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The new season four Downton Abbey trailer promises romance and action, albeit scant details. But prepare for spoilers: Once again, while the soapy series debuts in the U.K. this fall, it won’t bow Stateside on PBS until January 5, 2014.
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Elias Koteas (The Killing) has been added to the cast of NBC midseason drama Chicago PD as an undercover detective. The Chicago Fire spinoff, from Wolf Films and Universal Television, also stars Sophia Bush and Patrick Flueger.
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Extra is making a move. The entertainment news show from Telepictures Productions will relocate taping from LA’s Grove shopping complex to Universal Studios and CityWalk for its 20th season. Sounds win-win: the Universal properties get a star-studded added attraction, and hosts Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos get a big new playground. Season premieres Monday, September 9.
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