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E! registered more pre-Oscar viewing on its network as 3.2 million total viewers watched its two-hour Live from the Red Carpet show Sunday night at 6p, up 14% from a year ago. The show additionally captured a 2.43 HH rating. (Cynopsis 2/24)

In the ongoing battle for the attention of America’s youth, Nickelodeon has built a business model that, the Viacom network admits, borrows a thing or two from rival Disney Channel, the latest of which was Nickelodeon’s Feb. 16 launch of “Spectacular,” an upbeat musical that resembles Disney’s “High School Musical.” “I think they tapped into a genre that had been sleepy,” said Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami. “Now, it’s a genre that is open for everybody.” The New York Times (2/23)

The cast of “Glen Martin DDS,” about an eccentric dentist’s family, which will start on Nick at Nite this summer.

“Crash,” the first original series from Starz, received a new 13-episode order that will make up the series’ second season. The show, which stars Dennis Hopper, will have a new behind-the-scenes creative team in its sophomore outing, and about half of the cast, including Hopper, will remain on board. The Hollywood Reporter (2/23)

Univision’s finale of its novela Fuego en la Sangre (Burning for Revenge) last Friday night at 9p was #1 for the hour with all A18-34 and A18-49 viewers, across all languages. The one-hour conclusion attracted 1.8 million A18-34 viewers, 3.2 million A18-49 viewers and nearly 5.9 million total viewers. (Cynopsis 2/24)

VH1 is developing a reality series that will feature some of the “most compelling female residents” of Aspen, Colo., a representative for the network said. And, according to this report, the show is part of a new programming trend that features conspicuous consumption by the country’s moneyed set. Broadcasting & Cable (2/23)