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NEW YORK: U.S. president Barack Obama’s appearance on the daytime talk show The View garnered some 6.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen figures. The previous record for The View was 6.2 million, set the day after Obama won the presidential …

BURBANK: Former ABC Family president Paul Lee has been appointed as the new ABC Entertainment chief. As the president of the ABC Entertainment group, Lee has oversight for all creative and business operations for ABC Studios, as well as all …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has shifted some of the premieres for its fall lineup, including an early launch for the new season of Parenthood. Parenthood will now launch on September 14, following America’s Got Talent. NBC will preview its new drama Outlaw …

LOS ANGELES: Ellen DeGeneres has announced that she will not return as a judge on the next season of American Idol, after just one run on the hit show. DeGeneres served as a judge during the ninth season of Idol, …

OAKBROOK TERRACE: The DVD rental kiosk provider Redbox has started rolling out Blu-ray titles, including The Book of Eli, Bounty Hunter and Brooklyn’s Finest. Redbox has started making Blu-ray rentals available at some 13,300 kiosks nationwide. The company expects the …

MIAMI: Telemundo has signed a multi-year output deal to serve as the exclusive broadcaster of Caracol Television’s current and future library for the U.S. market. Some of Caracol’s telenovelas that have aired in the U.S. include hits such as Pedro …

TEL-AVIV: Dori Media Group has said it expects to generate revenues of some $45 million over three years through the extension of its agreement with Israeli cable network HOT. The company’s subsidiary Dori Media Spike signed a three-year extension agreement …

TORONTO: This September, VIVA adds the new original series Murder She Solved to its lineup, along with the doc series The Devil You Know. Murder She Solved launches on September 11. The hour-long documentary series features female crime solvers who …

TORONTO: Kim Cattrall is back on board as the voice of Dee for the second season of Breakthrough Films & Television’s Producing Parker, which will also feature the voice talents of Jason Priestley, Catherine O’Hara and Mark McKinney. Production on …

NORWALK: CABLEready has reached an exclusive pay-TV licensing agreement for its new original series Intersections with Viasat, which will launch the show in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The territories covered by CABLEready’s agreement with Viasat include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, …