Daily Marauder

BROADCAST/CABLE

NBC announced new spring series arrivals including, Southland about a police precinct in Los Angeles, The Untitled Daniels/Schur/Poehler Series, the mockumentary about local government starring Amy Poehler, The Chopping Block, a cooking competition series, Kings, the extended final season of ER, and new seasons of The Office, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser. Finally, The Tonight Show will officially have Conan O’Brien at the helm beginning on June 1. (Cynopsis 1/16)

New episodes of Burn Notice on USA Network begin January 22 at 10p. Seven new episodes with Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen will air on Thursdays this winter. (Cynopsis 1/16)

CBS ordered a new comedy pilot Tick Tock, a single-camera project from CBS Paramount Network Television. The cast contingent pilot order is about a single thirtysomething mom who becomes single-minded about finding love. (Cynopsis 1/16)

Universal Media Studios made a two-year television development deal with actor/producer/director Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Traitor) and his company Crescendo Productions. A variety of different television series projects will be covered by the deal. (Cynopsis 1/16)

Kevin Martin, the man who often was at odds with the cable industry during his four-year tenure as chairman of the FCC, will step down Tuesday to coincide with Inauguration Day and a new administration. Martin said he had accepted a position with the Aspen Institute, where he will work on communications issues. The Washington Post (1/16) , Financial Times (1/15)

Following the trend of expanding existing content relationships to leverage subscribers for new services, AT&T struck deals to expand its carriage of Viacom’s MTV Networks and BET Networks on multiple platforms. (Cynopsis 1/16)