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TLC‘s widely popular “Jon and Kate Plus 8” opened its fifth season Monday with a whopping 9.8 million viewers. The show, about Jon and Kate Gosselin and their eight children, was the most-watched show that night on cable or broadcast TV. TVWeek.com (5/26)

“The Link,” a two-hour special on History that focused on a 47-million-year-old fossil that could have been a missing link in the human evolutionary chain, attracted 2 million viewers to its May 25 premiere. The much-hyped show scored well in all demos, averaging 904,000 between the ages of 25 and 54 and 756,000 between the ages of 18 and 49. Multichannel News (5/26)

A&E Network opened season seven of Intervention on Monday at 9p with 2 million viewers. Then at 10p, A&E debuted the new original series Obsessed which attracted 1.8 million viewers. (Cynopsis 5/27)

Also on Monday, E! aired the season three finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians at 1030p, delivering a 1.93 HH rating among metered markets. In E!’s newest reality series, Kendra Wilkinson, former star of The Girls Next Door, headlines her own show, Kendra opening June 7 at 10p with limited commercial breaks. (Cynopsis 5/27)

ABC is said to be preparing for “executive shuffling and pinkslipping,” as Steve McPherson consolidates his power as head of ABC Entertainment Group overseeing both ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios. Layoffs are expected in business affairs, publicity, legal and other areas. (Iwantmedia 5/27, http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/abc-network-studio-shakeup-coming 5/26)

With international TV buyers spending the week in Hollywood, HBO has decided to enter the global distribution fray. The pay-cable channel screened three of its upcoming shows — “Hung,” “Bored to Death” and “How to Make It in America” — for international buyers looking to cut licensing deals. The Hollywood Reporter (5/26)

Bravo announced Tuesday that it would spin off a new version of its “Real Housewives” franchise — this time in the nation’s capital. The news about “The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C.” closely follows the May 12 premiere of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” which attracted 1.72 million viewers. Mediaweek (5/26)

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