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UNIVISION PROUDLY PRESENTS A FAMILY FRIENDLY LOVE STORY THAT’S ALL HEART WITH THE PREMIERE OF “LLENA DE AMOR” (FILL ME WITH LOVE) Proving that Love Can be as Big as Her Dress Size, She Will Win the Love of a Man No One Thought Could Ever Fall For Her

The prevailing themes so far today coming out of the CBS’s TCA presentation seem to be: it’s cold as hell the WiFi in the ballroom sucks is Alex O’Loughlin a showkiller?

My friend Aaron Barnhart posted some thoughts on the resignation of ABC programming honcho Steve McPherson. Unlike some, Barnhart thinks McPherson had a solid run at ABC and notes some of successes. In Aaron’s opinion, McPherson’s fundamental flaw was he canceled too many series before they had a chance to root.

HGTV Extends Production of Dear Genevieve KNOXVILLE, Tenn. [For Immediate Release--July 28, 2010] HGTV has ordered 26 additional episodes of Dear Genevieve, the popular weekly HGTV series featuring designer Genevieve Gorder. Produced by Leopard Films of New York, the show delves into viewer-submitted emails that request Gorder’s expert advice. Each week she demonstrates the answers, in-person, for one lucky online user who submitted his or her design dilemma to http://HGTV.com/deargenevieve. Genevieve then offers solutions for common design pitfalls to help homeowners rekindle the passion for their homes. Dear Genevieve airs on the network Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. In addition to her series, Gorder also currently appears as a judge in the fifth season of HGTV Design Star.

via press release: On Tuesday ABC Delivers Its Best Numbers on the Night in 5 Weeks and is Up Over the Year-Ago Night for the 8th Time in 9 Weeks in Viewers and Young Adults ABC’s 2-Hour Repeat “Wipeout” Tops NBC’s All-Original 8-10pm Lineup by 1.0 Million Viewers and by 53% in Adults 18-49 “Wipeout” Scores its 2nd-Best Repeat Numbers Ever in Viewers and Young Adults At 10pm, ABC News’ “Primetime: What Would You Do?” Posts the Net’s 2nd-Highest Non-Sports Performance in the Hour of the Summer in Adults 18-49 and 25-54 Tuesday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.) ABC’s Tuesday lineup registered the Net’s strongest performance on the night in Total Viewers (6.1 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.0/6) in 5 weeks – since 6/22/10. ABC took second on the night in the key young adult demo, topping NBC by 5% (1.9/6) and CBS by 67% (1.2/4). For the 3rd straight week, ABC’s Tuesday lineup improved on the same night last year (7/28/09) in Total Viewers (+1.4 million – 6.1 million vs. 4.7 million) and Adults 18

Scoreboard Adults 18-49: Rating/Share 2.8/9 2.0/6 1.9/6 1.6/5 1.2/4 0.3/1 Adults 18-34: Rating/Share 2.6/9 1.6/5 1.4/5 1.8/6 0.7/2 0.3/1 Total Viewers (million) 5.997 6.145 7.368 4.005 7.220 .774 FOX’s Gordon Ramsay cooking-themed MasterChef had the highest-rated premiere of the summer with adults 18-49 averaging a 2.7/8 rating/share in that demographic and 5.747 million overall viewers. On the other side of the coin was the premiere of NBC’s Breakthrough With Tony Robbins . It averaged a mere 0.8 rating with adults 18-49 and 3.125 million viewers. That’s down nearly 70% with adults 18-49 from the premiere of Losing It with Jillian . FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen at 8pm and the 10pm hour of America’s Got Talent tied for the best hour with adults 18-49 with a 2.8 rating, though the 10pm hour of AGT was the night’s most-watched hour with over 10 million viewers. But its 2.5 adults 18-49 between 8p-10p was a low for the summer. At least last night, MasterChef didn’t give the retentionistas a