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'Family Guy' spinoff 'Cleveland' in the works
Worst Week
  Family Guy character Cleveland Brown may get his own spinoff series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The animated show, carrying the working title Cleveland, will follow the life of Peter Griffin's down to earth neighbour Cleveland Brown.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry - who voices the character - and former Simpsons producer Rich Appel will write the show.

Family Guy was cancelled twice by Fox in 2000 and 2002 but strong DVD sales and growing ratings in re-runs pro...
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NBC Wants 'Friday Night Lights' Return
Primeval
  NBC is hoping to give Friday Night Lights a third season by sharing it with other networks.

The show, which is a favourite of critics and has a cult following, could be broadcast across various channels to give it the support needed for a renewal.

Those said to be in talks with NBC are CW, Comcast Entertainment Networks, TNT and DirecTV.

A deal would see the show aired in different slots across channels in the model of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It went out on USA Network first, ...
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Liverpool defeat 'Babylon' series opener
  UK TV Ratings

Champions League football on ITV1 took viewers from the first episode of a third Hotel Babylon series last night.

The drama, on BBC One, attracted 4.8m, or an 18.6% share, which was about 500,000 lower than its previous two opening episodes. It was also the second lowest audience for any Babylon instalment.

Coverage of Liverpool's 2-0 win over Inter Milan led the way, averaging 7m (27.4%) viewers from the start of the match at 7.45pm.

BBC One fared better earlier with ...
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'Big Brother' Condemned by Autism Group
Ghost Whisperer
  Autism advocacy group Autism United is trying to speak with US network CBS over comments made by a Big Brother contestant, reports the Associated Press.

Contestant Adam Jasinski, who claims to work for an autism foundation, spoke about wanting to win the show's cash prize to build a hair salon "so retards can get it together and get their hair done".

Fellow contestant Sheila responded quickly, saying: "Don't call them that."

The 29-year-old from Florida replied: &quo...
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'Dancing With The Stars' Lineup Revealed
Priscilla Presley and Police Academy star Steve Guttenberg are among the celebrities taking part in the next series of US TV show Dancing With The Stars.

Tennis champion Monica Seles and magician Penn Jillette have also been confirmed for the ABC dance contest.

Other famous names taking to the floor include actresses Marlee Matlin and Shannon Elizabeth, R'n'B singer Mario and American footballer Jason Taylor.

TV stars Cristian De La Fuente and Marissa Jaret Winokur, figure skater Kristi...
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'Echo Beach' Sinks To New Low
Echo Beach plunged to a new low audience on Friday and left ITV1 trailing its terrestrial rivals.

The soap took 1.9m viewers, or 8% of the 9.30pm audience, though tie-in comedy Moving Wallpaper reached 2.4m (10%) at 9pm. Beach's ratings have been falling since 5m for its opener and are now less than half ITV1's 4.3m slot average.

A repeat of New Tricks on BBC One led the hour from 9pm with 4.6m (20%) though BBC Two, Channel 4 and Five all outpaced ITV1.

The Choir: Boys Don't Sing on BBC...
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US TV Strike Talks Called Off
  Talks between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Writers Guild of America have broken down, it has been confirmed.

In a statement, the AMPTP said: "We’re disappointed to report that talks between the AMPTP and WGA have broken down yet again. Quite frankly, we’re puzzled and disheartened by an ongoing WGA negotiating strategy that seems designed to delay or derail talks rather than facil...
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Cox Wants To Spoof Spears In 'Dirt'
  Courtney Cox wants to use Britney Spears' troubled life for a storyline in the second series of her US show Dirt.

The Friends actress will spoof the singer's problems in the celebrity magazine-based show, although Spears will not appear in the programme herself.

A source told Star magazine: "Courteney can’t wait to give the Britney character a major smack-down on camera.

"Being a parent herself, Courteney is disheartened by the way Britney ...
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New Jericho, Old Christine Top CBS' Strike Schedule
Make It or Break It
  CBS late Monday unveiled its "revised programming schedule" for January and February, and the highlights include return dates for Jericho — the seven-episode Season 2 kicks off Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10 pm/ET — and New Adventures of Old Christine (Mondays at 9:30, starting Jan. 28).

Other dates to denote:

Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 8 pm: The Power of 10 returns

Sunday, Jan. 13, Tuesday, Jan. 15 and Wednesday, J...
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UK: Todd Carty Heads Back To 'Grange Hill'
  Original Grange Hill star Todd Carty will head back to the BBC school drama in a one-off anniversary special next year.

Carty, who played lovable rogue Tucker Jenkins when the show first aired in February 1978, will reprise the role for the show's 30th birthday.

He said he has enjoyed his renewed involvement, telling the Mirror: "It's been hugely nostalgic and quite emotional. I was sitting having lunch in the canteen with all the kids and getting a little misty-eyed.

"I was o...
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Chat Kings Shell Out For Suspended Staff
  Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien are all paying non-writing staff suspended because of the WGA strike from their own pockets.

The chat shows have had to be put on hold so even non-striking employees can not work.

But Letterman, whose produces The Late Show With David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson through Worldwide Pants Inc, said he would pay staff on both until the end of the year. On Thursday O'Brien said he would pay Late Night With Conan O'Brien staff ...
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US strike show status: What's left?
  A full roundup of the effects of the WGA strike on American television scheduling and output as the strike heads into its twenty-ninth day.

NEW TODAY
- Full airdate and schedule update as the end of the year approaches
- Strike talks resumed November 26; WGA says latest AMPTP offer constitutes "rollback"
- Comedy hosts to pay workers impacted by writers' strike through end-2007

ABC
Big Shots: 13 episodes out of 13 ordered completed.
Boston Legal: 15 episodes completed out o...
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WGA Calls "New" Deal a "Bad Deal," Rejects Offer
  Well, that didn't take long. The WGA has swiftly dismissed the "New Economic Partnership" put forth by the AMPTP on Thursday, saying in a statement that "for the first three days of this week, the companies presented in essence their November 4 [pre-strike] package with not an iota of movement on any of the issues that matter to writers. Thursday morning, the first new proposal was finally presented to us. It dealt only with streaming and made-for-Internet jurisdiction, and it amo...
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WGA Ponders Offer from Producers; Talks Resume Tuesday
  The Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Thursday presented a "New Economic Partnership" to the WGA, which according to a statement from the AMPTP "includes groundbreaking moves in several areas of new media, including streaming, content made for new media and programming delivered over digital broadcast channels." Dollars- and cents-wise, the AMPTP says, "The entire value of the [deal] will deliver more than $130 million in additional compensation a...
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'Journeyman' Heading For Axe, Admits Creator
  Journeyman is at risk of being axed due to poor ratings and the current writers' strike, according to the show's creator Kevin Falls.

The man behind NBC's time-travelling series, (which is currently airing on Sky One in the UK) admitted that the 12 episodes currently filmed may be the last. Falls told Premium Hollywood that further production on the show is "a long shot... given the strike and our questionable numbers".

However, Falls added that the twelth episode would function ...
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Updated Strike Chart: How Long Before Your Shows Go Dark?
  [Updated 11/26/07] There seems to be little doubt that the writers' strike will result in a shorter TV season, but just how short are we talking? Well, as you might've guessed, it varies from show to show. Those programs that are either highly efficient (Friday Night Lights) or have entered the season with a backlog of episodes (Men in Trees, Law & Order: SVU) will be in originals well into the new year. But series with tighter production schedules (i.e., nearly every half-hour comedy) will ...
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'Battlestar's Final Season In Doubt?
King of the Hill
  Battlestar Galactica's executive producer Ronald D. Moore has accepted that the show may never resume filming following the current writers' strike in America.

In a posting on his blog after production on the acclaimed show's final season shut down, Moore stated: “I refuse to believe that we won’t finish, that we won’t be back to film our final stories, but I know and accept there is th...
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Eddie Cibrian & Kiele Sanchez To Guest Star On "Samantha Who?"
  "Samantha Who?" is set to move time slots next week (Monday 26th November), to it's new 9pm ET time period on ABC (Just 30 minutes earlier than it's current 9:30pm slot). In the episode titled "The Hockey Date," we will see the guest appearance's of both Eddie Cibrian ("Third Watch," "Invasion") and Kiele Sanchez ("Lost").


**Episode Spoiler Alert**

In the episode, "The Hockey Date," Cibrian (who also appeared in "Vanished&q...
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Spears in talks to star in 'The Simpsons'
Eli Stone
  Britney Spears is in talks to make a guest appearance in The Simpsons.

The singer's famous video for 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' will be spoofed in a scene at Bart’s school in the animated US series.

Yeardley Smith, who voices the character Lisa Simpson, said: "Britney is ripe for the picking. But we have to do it well - I don’t want to be cruel."

A US TV source said: “...
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US Strike Show Status: Friday, Nov 16
King of the Hill
  A full roundup of the effects of the WGA strike on American television scheduling and output as the strike heads into its twelfth day.

NEW TODAY
- Bionic Woman production shut down confirmed
- Battlestar Galactica production to shut down today


ABC
Big Shots: 9 episodes completed; production on 4 more scripts winding down. Episode 8 scheduled to air November 29, leaving 1 new episode remaining before hiatus. Season order was for 13 episodes.
Boston Legal: 15 episodes completed out of ...
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