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CNN attracted an average of 4.86 million viewers from 10 to 11:15 p.m. during the second night of the Democratic National Convention, a window that included the speech of Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. The network’s performance beat all other cable-news channels as well as the efforts of ABC News and CBS News. TVWeek.com (8/27)

Olympic multiple-gold medalist Michael Phelps has been tapped to host the season opening of Saturday Night Live on September 13.  Musical guest is Lil Wayne.  The same sort of on-TV notoriety befell Mark Spitz after winning his seven gold medals, and it didn’t work out well.  Hopefully, Phelps will well surpass Spitz in this arena, as he did in the swimming pool. (Cynopsis 8/28)

NFL Network revamped its Sunday programming calling it NFL GameDay and will launch a new show this Sunday morning called NFL GameDay Morning at 10a, to coincide with the opening weekend of the NFL season. (Cynopsis 8/28)

Syndicated series The Martha Stewart Show returns for a fourth season September 15, distributed by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution (check local listings). Joining Martha this season as regular cooking contributors will be Emeril Lagasse and Sarah Carey, Martha Stewart Living Food Editor and “Everyday Food” TV host, who will help Martha introduce her weekly “Cooking School” segments that begin October 21. (Cynopsis 8/28)

ABC Family premiered season two of its collegiate series Greek at 9p and drew in 841,000 Females 12-34, 1.2 million P12-34 and 1.6 million total viewers. (Cynopsis 8/28)

Last night’s fourth season opener of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency on Oxygen at 10p delivered 322,000 A18-49 viewers, 238,000 W18-49 viewers and 167,000 W18-34 viewers. (Cynopsis 8/28)

NBC moved ahead and ordered nine additional episodes of Chuck for its second season. In addition, NBC gave a nod for a fourth season of America‘s Got Talent. From Warner Bros. Television, Chuck is scheduled to premiere new episodes September 29, while America’s Got Talent, from FremantleMedia North America and Simon Cowell’s company Syco will end its current run October 1. (Cynopsis 8/28)

Tonight Sundance Channel will begin airing Grey Goose Presents The Next Garde, a second season of short-form vignettes that showcase 12 emerging talents in a variety of fields. The dozen one-minute profiles are shot in hi-def and will air as interstitials on the linear network and via sundancechannel.com during the next month. (Cynopsis 8/28)

ESPN is in the early phases of developing a late-night talk show for its ESPN2 channel that’s being described as a cross between talk radio and the already established “SportsCenter.” One ESPN executive said the show would put a forward spin on the day’s biggest sports stories: “It would be tomorrow’s sports talk … tonight.” New York Post (8/27)

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