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Up against the season premiere of AMERICAN IDOL, ABC earned second place on Wednesday night in Adults 18-49. ABC's Modern Family was Wednesday's #1 scripted TV show across all key Adult demos (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54). Opposite Idol from 8-10pm, each of ABC's comedies retained 90% or better of their week-ago Adult 18-49 ratings.

CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD was the #1 Sunday morning news program in households, viewers and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Jan. 13, 2013. CBS SUNDAY MORNING posted a 3.9/10 with 5.47m viewers, 1.4/07 in adults 25-54. Compared to the same day last year, CBS SUNDAY MORNING was up +5% in households (from 3.7/10).

According to the LA Times, Walt Disney studios has canceled their plan to release THE LITTLE MERMAID in 3-D this September. This decision arrives after poor box office performances for the 3-D re-releases of several other Disney films.

Food Network fires up February with the season premieres of CHEF WANTED WITH ANNE BURRELL and WORST COOKS IN AMERICA. Anne Burrell is back on the hunt for America's best chefs as she puts four candidates through the ultimate Executive Chef job interview in season two of CHEF WANTED WITH ANNE BURRELL beginning Thursday, January 31st at 10pm.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, 2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY all delivered their largest audiences of the season and notched demo gains over their last first-run episodes, leading CBS to its best Monday of the season, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Jan. 14.

With THE BACHELOR and CASTLE, ABC earned second place on Monday in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, outdelivering original lineups on both NBC (THE BIGGEST LOST/DECEPTION) and Fox (BONES/BONES).

TV One, which entertains, informs and inspires Black adult viewers, has announced the details for its coverage of the 2013 Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Roland Martin, host and managing editor of TV One's Washington Watch, will lead the network's live HD coverage that airs on Monday, January 21, 2013 from 11:00am to 2:00pm ET.

Season-to-date, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is the only network evening news broadcast to post ratings increases in adults 25-54 (1.6/06 from 1.5/05, +7%) compared to last season. Season-to-date, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is also up in households (4.5/08 from 4.2/08, +7%) and viewers (6.65m from 6.25m, +6%) compared to last season.

Vinita Nair has been named a correspondent for CBS NEWSPATH, the Network's 24-hour television news service to CBS stations and broadcasters around the world. She will be based in New York.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced a series of very special events to mark the forthcoming release of their fifteenth studio album PUSH THE SKY AWAY out 19th February on Bad Seed Ltd.

The Americas and DIRECTV announce new agreement to launch Comedy Central, the comedy-driven general entertainment destination targeting the 25+ adult audiences, on DIRECTV's programming lineup beginning in January 2013. The expanded deal introduces the iconic network to subscribers across Argentina, The Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela.

PARTY CRASHERS, the debut project of Live Oak Productions and filmmaker Travis Burroughs, is now available online for download via Hulu and iTunes. This groundbreaking, feature-length documentary examines the roots of the Tea Party movement and investigates how its voice swelled into one of the most powerful political forces of the 21st century.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Colin Ford, star of Disney's JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES, has been cast in the upcoming CBS summer series UNDER THE DOME. The actor will portray teenager Joe who resides in Chester's Mill, the series small New England town that is 'suddenly and mysteriously sealed off by an enormous transparent dome.'

Nokia Music, a free music streaming service from Nokia that offers free and unlimited access to playlists and songs on Nokia Lumia smartphones, has teamed up with Sundance Channel and SomeSuch & Co to produce an exciting new documentary series entitled NEW AMERICAN NOISE.

On January 16th, a 13 foot steel, glass, and bronze replica of a PRS SANTANA signature guitar will be unveiled in front of House of Blues Las Vegas in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in honor of The House of Blues first resident Carlos Santana. The statue was created by premiere American artist and innovator Dale Evers. This immense sculpture is entitled WINGS OF LEGEND.

The NBC Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal today announced it is producing two-and-a-half hours of special coverage that will air on the 10 NBC-owned stations leading up to THE 70TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS airing on Sunday, January 13 on NBC at 8-11 PM ET / 5-8 PM PT.

Based on National ratings for the final week of 2012 (week of 12/24/12), LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL grew for the 3rd week in a row in both Households (+4% - 2.9 rating vs. 2.8 rating) and Total Viewers (+8% - 3.923 million vs. 3.619 million) to earn new highs for the season.

THE 39TH ANNUAL PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS posted year-to-year growth in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Wednesday, Jan. 9.

As each of its series grew over their most recent original telecasts in early December, ABC won Wednesday night in Adults 18-49 over original programming on each of the other nets, including CBS with THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS. ABC's MODERN FAMILY qualified as Wednesday's #1 TV show for its 10th straight original telecast across all key Adult demos (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54).

CBS News' FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER was first in adults 25-54 on Sunday, Jan. 6 (tied with NBC). FACE THE NATION posted a 2.4/06 in households, 3.32m viewers and 0.8/03 in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.