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NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered a second season of Funny or Die's @midnight, hosted by Chris Hardwick. The show has been commissioned for a new 40-week season that will air throughout 2015. The show airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It sees a range of comedians battling to …

LOS ANGELES: Mary Carole McDonnell is leaving her post as executive VP of programming for Raycom Media in September, planning to focus her attention instead on Bellum Entertainment, the TV production company that she launched in 2005. During her time at Raycom Media, McDonnell has overseen all programming for the …

NEW YORK: David Madden, the president of Fox Television Studios, has been appointed president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), while Joe Earley has been elevated to chief operating officer for Fox Television Group (FTG). As president of entertainment for FOX, Madden will be responsible for scripted programming and …

LOS ANGELES: California's Senate Appropriations Committee has passed a bill to expand the state's tax-credit program for film and TV productions, making $400 million available annually. The committee approved the proposal on a 5-0 vote. The move, which still must be approved by the full Senate and be signed by …

DURHAM: First the first time ever, the top U.S. cable companies now have more Internet broadband subscribers than pay-TV customers, according to new figures from analytics firm Leichtman Research Group. The 17 largest cable and TV providers in the U.S. gained some 385,000 net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals challenging certain parts of the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast spectrum incentive auction order. The NAB is challenging, among other elements, the FCC's decision to change the methodology used to predict …

BURBANK: ABC Family is presenting the U.S. network TV premiere of the box-office phenomenon The Hunger Games on October 10. The first film in a series based on the hit books by Suzanne Collins debuts on the network October 10 at 8 p.m. The channel will offer repeat airings on …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD: Pilgrim Studios has optioned the film and television rights for author Peter Duffy's nonfiction book Double Agent: The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring. The book tells the true story of William Sebold, a German-born American citizen …

SHERMAN OAKS: ITV Studios America has inked a first-look development pact with Intellectual Artist Management (IAM), which has credits such as Amazon's Bosch and Red Arrow International's 100 Code. Tony Sabistina has been jointly hired as the development executive who will be working with Brian Segna at ITV Studios America …

LOS ANGELES: The Hulu original series The Awesomes, which is co-created by Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, is coming back for a third run. Meyers also stars in the adult animated comedy, which follows the story of the greatest superhero team in history after they lose their most powerful members. …