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ATLANTA: TBS has secured the off-network rights for the hit CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls through a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The show, which heads into its second season on CBS this fall, will join TBS in 2015. Created by Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City) and …

LONDON: Trish Kinane is taking on responsibilities as the president of entertainment programming at FremantleMedia North America, overseeing the reality juggernauts American Idol, The X Factor and America’s Got Talent.  Currently the president of worldwide entertainment at FremantleMedia, Kinane will take up the new post, based in Los Angeles, as …

NEW YORK: FX has greenlit the pilot for a new comedy, Bronx Warrants, from the producing team behind Rescue Me, Denis Leary and Jim Serpico. Bronx Warrants was created by Dean Lorey (Arrested Development, My Wife and Kids). Lorey will also be an executive producer, alongside Leary and Serpico. Tom …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Supreme Court has ruled that government regulators imposed unfair punishment for the use of fleeting expletives and brief nudity on television, saying that the current policies are too vague and that broadcasters were not given proper notice of them. After being put to a vote, the court …

LOS ANGELES: Style Media is refreshing the network’s brand and image across all platforms, where it will carry the new tagline "Work It. Love It. Style It." The rebrand will be seen on air and online as of June 25. The logo has been changed, the tagline has been updated …

BURBANK: Lynn Stepanian, who has been working at TV Guide Network, is joining ABC Family as its senior VP of acquisitions and scheduling. Stepanian is responsible for all off-network series and feature acquisitions. She will also oversee the strategic scheduling of all on-air linear content and long-form video for ABC Family. She will …

NEW YORK/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed Patrick McDonough as senior VP of home-entertainment sales, while Suzanne Faber becomes director of children’s marketing.  McDonough will have oversight for the U.S. division’s sales efforts across all of the country’s retail outlets. He will also manage the sales processes for more than …

ENGLEWOOD: Liberty Media has been awarded 765 million euros ($955 million) in damages from Vivendi in a lawsuit related to a stock swap deal over USA Network. The jury awarded the damages as a result of "breach of contract and fraud" related to the 2001 deal in which Liberty Media …

NEW YORK: News Corporation has confirmed that it is considering "a restructuring to separate its business into two distinct publicly traded companies." The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that News Corp. is looking into separating its publishing assets from its entertainment businesses. The move comes in the wake of the phone-hacking …

EL SEGUNDO: The competition for first-run basic-cable rights to blockbuster features is heating up in the U.S., according to an IHS Screen Digest report, with some channels willing to shell out eight-figure licensing fees for top-tier titles. According to the IHS Screen Digest U.S. Cable Network Intelligence report, U.S. basic-cable networks aired …