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Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich may end up starring in NBC’s summer reality series I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here. Blagojevich will participate in the live series event if a federal judge approves and allows him to travel to Costa Rica from where the show will originate. The series will debut on NBC June 1 and will air as a strip over four weeks. (Cynopsis 4/16)

“WWE Raw” and “NCIS” helped USA Network secure the top prime-time ratings spot among ad-supported cable networks for the week ended April 12 … its 14th consecutive win this year. The network delivered an average 3.08 million total viewers during the period and also finished first in the 25-to-54 and 18-to-49 demos, with 1.46 million and 1.37 million, respectively. Mediaweek (4/15)

Fantasia Barrino, the Grammy-nominated singer who rose to fame after her appearances on “American Idol,” is getting her own reality show on VH1. The series, which is expected to premiere sometime next year, will delve into her so-far meteoric career as well as her off-stage life as a single mom. The Hollywood Reporter (4/15)

After a week of discussions with NBC, Boston’s WHDH-TV says that Jay Leno‘s new 10 p.m. comedy show is a go this fall in the time slot in which it had planned to run its early newscast. Both sides say that that their differences have been resolved. NBC calls it “a happy ending.” (Iwantmedia 4/16, http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/04/14/leno_will_air_at_10_on_whdh_tv/ 4/14)

TNT scored with the NBA during the 2008-2009 regular season, reporting year-to-year increases in key demos based on information from Nielsen, including:
A18-49: + 17% 980,000 vs. 835,000
A25-54: +16% 881,000 vs. 760,000
M18-49: +12% 691,000 vs. 617,000
M25-54: +12% 614,000 vs. 547,000
Pro basketball continues on TNT as the network’s 40 Games in 40 Nights coverage of the 2009 NBA Playoffs begins this Sunday with a trio of games and TNT will provide exclusive coverage of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals. (Cynopsis 4/16)

Discovery Channel’s season five premiere of Deadliest Catch on Tuesday night at 9p hooked the largest average audience in the series’ history including 2.6 million A18-49, nearly 2.8 million A25-54 as well as almost 1.6 million M18-49 and 4.1 million total viewers. (Cynopsis 4/16)

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