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ID staying 'On the Case'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Zahn newsmagazine renewed for second season -- The most-watched series in the history of Investigation Discovery, "On the Case With Paula Zahn," has received a second-season renewal from the cabler.
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'The Hills' receives season pickup
TV Renewals & Rejections: MTV also renews 'The City' -- Despite falling ratings, MTV's "The Hills" will return for a sixth season.
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MTV
The Hills
'Sons' given third-season pickup
TV Renewals & Rejections: FX also gives Sutter extension -- FX is getting back on the bike and has given a third-season renewal to "Sons of Anarchy"Move was highly anticipated as the motorcycle club drama starring Ron Perlman, Charlie Hunnam and Katey ...
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Katey Sagal
'Cold Case' gets syndicated extension
TV Renewals & Rejections: CBS signs deal for two season pickup -- Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has given "Cold Case" a two-year syndie pickup on CBS Television stations in 16 markets.
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CBS
Cold Case
Warner Bros.
TNT boots 'Raising the Bar'
TV Renewals & Rejections: CBS removes 'Rivers' from Sunday nights -- TNT has lowered the "Bar," while CBS on Monday dammed its "Rivers."
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CBS
TNT
Fox stations renew 'Pirro'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Courtroom series from WBTVD, Telepictures charged with third season -- "Judge Jeanine Pirro," the syndie courtroom strip from Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution and Telepictures, has been renewed for a third season by Fox ...
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TruTV gets 'Worked' up again
TV Renewals & Rejections: Cabler renews reality show for second season -- TruTV has given a 13-episode order for a second season of nonscripted series "All Worked Up."
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TLC adds 'Mall of America' to lineup
TV Renewals & Rejections: 'Ghost Intervention' also given series order -- TLC has given a full-series order to "Mall Cops: Mall of America" and a four-episode OK for docuseries "Ghost Intervention."
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TLC
VH1 orders new season of 'Scream'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Winner will appear in next 'Saw' film -- VH1 has picked up a second season of Lionsgate reality skein "Scream Queens."
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VH1
Scream Queens
'Oprah' to end run in 2011
TV Renewals & Rejections: Talk show host to exit syndication after 25 years -- It's official: After 25 years, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will end its run on Sept. 9, 2011.
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HBO renews Maher's 'Real Time'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Talkshow gets pickup for eighth season -- HBO has given an eighth season renewal to venerable political talkshow "Real Time With Bill Maher."
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HBO
Real Time With Bill Maher
'Listener' sets second season
TV Renewals & Rejections: CTV, Space want more of telepathic paramedic -- NBC's cancellation hasn't stopped "The Listener" from returning for a second year.
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The Listener
NBC Universal
Fox O&Os renew 'Wendy'
TV Renewals & Rejections: 'Williams' show renewed in key markets -- Fox O&Os; in key markets have given a vote of confidence to "The Wendy Williams Show."
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USA pins down WWE through 2014
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network seals deal to keep franchise -- World Wrestling Entertainment isn't ready to pull the plug on its existing TV partnerships just yet.
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Channel 4 nixes 'Swap,' 'House'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Reality shows fall in U.K. ratings -- U.K. hybrid pubcaster Channel 4 is axing flagship reality show "Wife Swap" as part of a creative overhaul at the web.
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Channel 4
Wife Swap
House
'Dollhouse,' 'Hank' get the ax
TV Renewals & Rejections: Fox, ABC put shows on cutting block -- Geeks of the world, rise up: Fox has cancelled the Joss Whedon drama "Dollhouse." Meanwhile, ABC has yanked "Hank."
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Joss Whedon
ABC yanks 'Hank'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network cancels Kelsey Grammer comedy -- The weakest link of the Alphabet's Wednesday night comedy lineup, show wasn't expected to get a full season pickup -- something ABC finally confirmed on Wednesday morning.
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Hank
ABC remembers 'Forgotten'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Also, 'Eastwick,' 'Let's Dance' canceled -- Warner Bros. TV got good news and bad news from ABC on Monday .
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Eastwick
Warner Bros.
ABC
The Forgotten
CBS cuts 'Numbers' to 16 episodes
TV Renewals & Rejections: 'Flashpoint' may take over Friday night slot -- "Numbers" has been given a new one: 16.
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CBS picks up more 'Purpose'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Nabs five more episodes of Elfman comedy -- CBS has picked up five more episodes of "Accidentally On Purpose."
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CBS
Accidentally on Purpose
ABC adds to 'Shark Tank'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Already-shot footage used to create episodes -- ABC will use already-shot footage to produce two more episodes of reality skein "Shark Tank."
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Shark Tank
ABC
'American Dad' gets sixth season
TV Renewals & Rejections: Order continues MacFarlane's animation domination -- Fox has given a sixth-season order to "American Dad," keeping the animated skein on the air through at least the 2010-11 TV season.
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Animation
American Dad!
Seth Macfarlane
NBC axes 'Trauma'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network cancels struggling medical series -- NBC has lost a patient in "Trauma."
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Trauma
NBC Universal
'Scrubs' to return Dec. 1
TV Renewals & Rejections: Revamped series to air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. -- ABC's revamped "Scrubs" will return to the network airwaves Dec. 1.
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Scrubs
ABC
'Chuck' spies six more episodes
TV Renewals & Rejections: NBC extends fan favorite for midseason -- NBC has ordered up six more episodes of "Chuck" for midseason - and it didn't even take a Subway campaign to do it.
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Chuck
NBC Universal
Warner Bros. TV might sell 'Southland'
TV Renewals & Rejections: After NBC ax, series might have home at TNT -- The saga of homeless cop drama "Southland" appeared one step closer to resolution on Friday.
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Southland
TNT
Warner Bros.
NBC picks up 'Community'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network also gives full orders to 'Parks,' 'Mercy' -- NBC handed out good news Friday to frosh laffer "Community," new drama "Mercy" and soph entry "Parks and Recreation," giving all three shows full season pickups.
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Mercy
Community
Parks and Recreation
HBO renews 'In Treatment'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network returns to couch with third season -- HBO is going back into therapy with "In Treatment."
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In Treatment
HBO
Bravo offers second helping of 'Masters'
TV Renewals & Rejections: 'Top Chef' franchise to return in 2010 -- There's more slicing and dicing to come on "Top Chef Masters."
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Top Chef
Bravo
CW orders more 'Vampire Diaries'
TV Renewals & Rejections: 'Melrose' scores additional five episodes -- The CW has given a full-season order to frosh hit "The Vampire Diaries," while also giving a vote of confidence to its struggling "Melrose Place" redux.
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The Vampire Diaries
The CW Television Network
Melrose Place
ABC gives full-season order to 'Castle'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Nathan Fillion starrer gets back nine order -- ABC has given a full-season coronation to "Castle," picking up the sophomore series' back nine episodes.
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Castle
ABC
Disney sweet on 'Suite Life'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Channel orders third season -- Disney Channel has ordered a third season of its fast-growing laffer "The Suite Life on Deck," with production scheduled in early 2010.
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A-Channel
Disney Channel
Oxygen still in love with 'Tori & Dean'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Spelling reality series to return for fifth season -- Oxygen has given a fifth-season pickup to "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood."
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Oxygen
Fox extends 'The Cleveland Show'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network commits to animated series thru mid-2011 -- Fox has committed to its "Family Guy" spinoff, "The Cleveland Show," through at least mid-2011.
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Animation
The Cleveland Show
Family Guy
ABC picks up more 'FlashForward'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network orders 25 episodes for first season -- ABC has given a back-nine episode pickup to "FlashForward."
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ABC
NBC cancels 'Southland'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Cop drama had been set to bow Oct. 23 -- "Southland" has been shut down before even getting its second season launch.
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Southland
ABC picks up 'Modern Family,' 'Cougar'
TV Renewals & Rejections: New comedies given full-season orders -- After years of struggling with sitcoms, it looks as though ABC has a couple of hot laffers on its hands.
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ABC
Modern Family
CBS picks up 'NCIS,' 'Good Wife'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Freshman dramas get full-season pickup -- More than 17 million "NCIS: Los Angeles" fans can't be wrong.
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Drama
NCIS: Los Angeles
The Good Wife
HBO gives 'Bored' a second season
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network renews Jason Schwartzman comedy -- HBO has given a second-season renewal to half-hour comedy "Bored to Death."
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Comedy
Jason Schwartzman
HBO
Bored To Death
CBS takes shine to 'Flashpoint'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network picks up 13 more episodes -- CBS has picked up an additional 13 episodes of "Flashpoint."
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Flashpoint
CBS
'Top Chef' preps for seventh season
TV Renewals & Rejections: Bravo renews hit reality show for 2010 -- "Top Chef" is sharpening its knives and returning for a seventh season.
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Top Chef
Bravo
Showtime renews 'Californication'
TV Renewals & Rejections: David Duchovny-starrer gets fourth season -- Showtime has picked up a fourth season of "Californication."
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Showtime
Californication
David Duchovny
A&E cancels 'The Cleaner'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network axes Benjamin Bratt drama -- "The Cleaner" is done cleaning up for the A&E; channel.
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Benjamin Bratt
CW cancels 'The Beautiful Life'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Fashion drama is fall season's first victim -- After some pretty ugly ratings, CW's "The Beautiful Life: TBL" has become this fall's first cancellation.
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The CW Television Network
The Beautiful Life: TBL
The Beautiful Life
CW gives full-season order to 'Tree'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network orders more 'Melrose,' 'Vampire' -- The CW has given a full-season order to veteran drama "One Tree Hill," and has also ordered additional scripts for frosh entries "The Vampire Diaries" and "Melrose Place."
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The CW Television Network
One Tree Hill
The Vampire Diaries
Melrose Place
Fox picks up 'Glee'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Move is the first full-season pickup of the fall -- Fox has given frosh skein "Glee" the first full-season pickup of the new fall season.
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Glee
Fox to be full of 'Glee'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Back-nine order is fall's first full-season pickup -- Fox has given frosh skein "Glee" the first full-season pickup of the new fall season.
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Glee
Germany's RTL renews 'Big Brother'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Series to air on RTL2 again next year -- Blighty may have passed, but German web RTL2 has renewed its license for a 10th season of “Big Brother” from Endemol Germa
TBS renews 'My Boys'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Show returns for fourth season -- TBS comedy "My Boys" is coming back for a fourth season.
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My Boys
TBS
ABC Family orders up more '10 Things'
TV Renewals & Rejections: Network gives 10-episode renewal to 'Hate' -- ABC Family has given a 10-episode renewal to its laffer "10 Things I Hate About You."
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