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Oxygen’s season three debut of The Bad Girls Club Tuesday night at 10p attracted 568,000 A18-49, 405,000 W18-49, 337,000 W18-34 and 807,000 total viewers. This episode earned the distinction of being Oxygen’s most watched season premiere ever. (Cynopsis 12/4)

“Californication,” Showtime’s popular series about a hedonistic novelist played by David Duchovny, has been picked up for a third season, with new episodes scheduled to premiere in late 2009. Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter (12/3)

Hispanic network Telemundo delivered its best performance during November 2008 in the last 16 years among total viewers in Monday-Friday primetime. Based on Nielsen’s data, Telemundo averaged 1.2 million total viewers Monday-Friday prime which also equates to a +27% jump over November 2007. Among A18-49, Telemundo also averaged 659,000 viewers which is a year-to-year increase of +26% in this demo. Additionally, Telemundo gained an average of 389,000 A18-34 viewers over November 2007. (Cynopsis 12/4)

NBC announced a cadre of midseason offerings with “set your Tivo” premiere and finale dates (Cynopsis 12/4):

• A new hour-long The Office snags the coveted spot immediately following Super Bowl XLIII on February 1 at 1030p.
• Starting February 2, NBC will air a 3-D episode of Chuck at 8p, followed by a new volume of Heroes at 9p and Medium at 10p.
• Season finale of frosh drama Knight Rider is slated for February 25 at 8p.
• Two-hour episodes of Celebrity Apprentice will air on Sundays beginning March 1 at 9p.
• ER will bow out with a two-hour series finale on March 12 at 9p.
• The anticipated two-hour series premiere of Kings opens March 19 at 9p (the series moves to its regular time slot of 10p Thursdays starting March 26).

ABC’s Dancing with the Stars may have just ended, yet the network has announced the eighth season two-hour premiere is scheduled for March 9 at 8p followed a week later by the first Dancing with the Stars Results Show on March 17 at 9p. BBC Worldwide Productions produces this U.S. version. (Cynopsis 12/4)

Opening on January 7, is The CW’s new horror/reality series 13  Fear Is Real at 8p. The elimination competition series follows thirteen contestants as they battle to stay in the game while coming face-to-face with their deepest fears. The lone person remaining will win a grand prize of $66,666. Also airing on Wednesday nights, will be a repeat showing of 90210 at 9p and encore episodes of 13  Fear Is Real will air on Fridays at 9p starting January 9. (Cynopsis 12/4)

OK, here’s what I want you to do.  Cast some normal looking folks and then pick one really EXTRAORDINARILY HOT blonde girl.  Make sure she’s front and center during all press and wham. . .success.  Good job team.  Real out of the box thinking on this one.

’13 – Fear Is Real’: Steffannie, Lauren, Nasser, Erica and Cody

Salaries of “All My Children” regulars including longtime star Susan Lucci are seeing their paychecks shrink in a cost-cutting effort at ABC’s daytime dramas. The move follows last month’s exit of longtime cast members Deirdre Hall and Drake Hogestyn of NBC’s “Days of Our Lives.” (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TV-soaps-and-their-stars-face-apf-13732908.html 12/3)

In this Nov. 11, 2008 file photo, actress Susan Lucci arrives at the Elton John AIDS Foundation annual benefit in New York. (AP Photo/Andy Kropa, file)

A&E on Jan. 7 will launch “The Exterminators,” a 13-episode, half-hour series following the exploits of a Louisiana family pest-control business. The program features Billy Bretherton and his clan, who rid customers’ homes of everything from colonies of ants to snakes. Multichannel News (12/3)

Former Party of Five actress, Neve Campbell will co-star in NBC’s midseason drama The Philanthropist from Universal Media Studios, cites THR. Campbell will play the wife of the main character’s business partner and friend, Phillip (played by Jesse Martin). (Cynopsis 12/4)

VH1 approved an eight-episode order for Tough Love a new reality series from Nancy Juvonen and Drew Barrymore’s company Flower Films, per Variety. Steve Ward will host the series and his job will be to shape up and shake out bad dating habits from a group of women living together who are all ready to meet Mr. Right. (Cynopsis 12/4)

NBC Universal has begun cutting staff amid a faltering economy. So far, about 30 staffers in advertising sales are losing their jobs. The cuts impact workers located in NBC Universal’s New York headquarters, as well as staffers in Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit. (Iwantmedia 12/4, http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=133004 12/3)

Shares of Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision all moved higher Wednesday as the overall Dow Jones industrial average climbed more than 172 points on its way to a 8,591.69 close. Many cable programmers also fared well: Discovery Communications, News Corp. and Disney all saw an uptick. Multichannel News (12/3)

The NCTA and a slate of cable providers and associations have signaled that they will back Comcast in its legal fight to reverse the FCC’s current 30% cap on the national percentage a company can reach. The groups filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is hearing the case Comcast initiated March 12. Broadcasting & Cable (12/3)

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