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Nielsen reports the total estimated viewers for the live Vice Presidential Debate between candidates Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joseph Biden last Thursday from 9-1030p reached 69.9 million. Nielsen’s combined total viewer number includes 11 networks: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Telefutura, Telemundo, BBC-America, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel and MSNBC. ABC topped the list with 13.1 million viewers, followed by NBC at 12.8 million, while CBS and FOX News Channel tied at 11.1 million each, with CNN delivering 10.7 million and MSNBC at 4.4 million. (Cynopsis 10/6)

Sundance Channel okayed a new original series featuring Keith Johnson, the antiques buyer for retailer Anthropologie. With eight 30m episodes, Man Shops Globe (wt) will travel with Keith as he scours the flea markets in Paris to remote villages in countries such as India looking for unique finds. (Cynopsis 10/6)

AMC introduces a new series in development called Red Mars about the first humans living in a colony on the Red Planet. The series is based on the sci-fi novel Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. (Cynopsis 10/6)

NBC has picked up a script called ICE which stands for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, a division of Homeland Security, from exec producers Antoine Fuqua, Michael De Luca and writer Matthew Carnahan, reports Variety. (Cynopsis 10/6)

Time Warner Cable is asking the FCC to lift pricing regulations in Manhattan that were adopted in 1992. It argues that the introduction of Verizon Communications‘ FiOS meets the standard set by Congress to allow the end of price caps for cable service when competition increased. “According to [Verizon's Manhattan] franchise, Verizon has already completed construction in a large portion of Manhattan, specifically passing 98% of all single-family homes and 57% of all multiple-dwelling units,” Time Warner Cable said. Multichannel News (10/3)