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A month ago CBS canceled the series after its first season. On Friday the network announced it has changed its mind and will bring back the show for 13 episodes to run next summer.

The three broadcast networks will face Dish in court starting today over its commercial-skipping feature Auto Hop, which works on TV network programs recorded on DVRs.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to review a lower court decision that threw out the FCC’s $550,000 fine for CBS over Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the network’s live coverage of the 2004 Super Bowl. The high court’s rejection of the Obama Administration’s appeal means the agency now may have to come up with a refund for the network — which already paid the record fine.

Starting this fall, NFL’s 4:15 p.m. Sunday games will start at 4:25, the league announced Thursday. The move is designed to reduce the number of instances when stations have to cut away from the final minutes of the earlier game in order to show the later one. Fox and CBS alternate carrying the Sunday afternoon games. While Fox has a cushion built into its primetime schedule, which includes a post-game show and comedy repeats at 7-8 p.m., CBS’s lineup starts at 7 p.m. with 60 Minutes.

NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Ferguson kept it light when the lights went out. CBS says Wednesday’s edition of “The Late Late Show” was faced with lighting problems after a […]

On Tuesday, CBS was denied its request for a fast discovery process in the network’s lawsuit against ABC’s The Glass House. This comes less than a week after a District Court judge in the case refused CBS’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop production and broadcasting of the show, which debuted on June 18 as planned.

The software firm refused to comment on whether the former president of the CBS Network TV Entertainment Group would make the move.

U.S. District Judge Gary Feess has refused CBS’s request to block ABC’s new Glass House, which premiered Monday, and detailed his reasons in a 16-page ruling released Friday. CBS says it will continue to pursue the case and is seeking additional evidence from ABC and Glass House producers.

CBS hasn’t been able to get a judge to block ABC from airing The Glass House, a new reality show with more than a few similarities to the long-running Big Brother, so now it’s working on winning over the public and the press with humor.

Unforgettable may join the rare category of TV series that have been brought back from the dead. CBS is in talks to revive the Poppy Montgomery-starring drama with a truncated 13-episode order for summer 2013.

ABC scored a victory — at least for now — in the lawsuit over its upcoming reality series Glass House. U.S. District Judge Gary Feess on Friday morning temporarily denied CBS’s request for a temporary restraining order against the series, which is scheduled to premiere Jan. 18.

Attorneys for ABC and CBS will appear this morning before U.S. District Judge Gary Feess to argue whetherABC’s new The Glass House should premiere as planned on Monday night, or be bumped from the schedule over copyright and trade secret concerns.

U.S. District Judge Gary Feess scheduled arguments for Friday morning, just days before ABC’s Glass House is scheduled to premiere on Monday night. CBS wants the show knocked from airwaves because it claims the new series violates its Big Brother copyrights.

CBS has largely completed its upfront sales, notching ad commitments estimated to be close to the $2.5 billion to $2.75 billion that it did in last year’s session, according to a person familiar with the situation.

On Tuesday, CBS submitted a new court filing that portrays its legal adversary of being short on the merits and inconsistent in making the case that Glass House isn’t a copycat of CBS’s long-running hit Big Brother.

ABC has fired back at CBS in the fight over the Big Brother-like reality show The Glass House, filing an opposition to CBS’s request for a temporary restraining order Monday night.

CBS included new allegations in a filing Thursday that asks a federal judge to block the June 18 premiere of ABC’s The Glass House. CBS claims the series copies heavily from its hit show Big Brother and relies on experience and techniques used on that long-running series.

At a Wednesday hearing to help decide whether an injunction against Aereo will be granted, one of the central questions was if Aereo was more or less harmful than the advent of DVRs. Martin Franks, CBS executive VP of planning for policy and government affairs, answered, “I just don’t know.”

CBS has sold more than 50% of its ad inventory for its 2013 broadcast of Super Bowl XLVII and could reach sell-out levels approaching 80% in the next few weeks, according to John Bogusz, the network’s head of sports ad sales.

“Even CBS must realize it cannot copyright the idea of 14 contestants living in a house rigged with cameras,” the ABC court papers argue.

Fox’s impressive eight-year winning streak among adults 18-49 may finally end next year. CBS has the Super Bowl and it’s made smart schedule changes.

CBS chief Les Moonves diverted from the pack in this year’s upfront presentations by talking up the ad value of conventional television over digital media. “Everyone is still talking about the first screen, the TV screen.”

It doesn’t matter what CBS does next season — buzz or not. It’s still going to crush the competition. Like a machine that can’t be stopped.

Ahead of its upfront presentation to Madison Avenue, the first-place network continues to make bold scheduling changes.

With six new scripted series and a large contingent of returning series, CBS was forced to pull the plug on a pricey ‘CSI’ spinoff.

The striking similarities between ABC’s recently announced summer reality series Glass House and CBS’ veteran Big Brother were not lost on CBS brass. Four days after ABC’s Glass House announcement, CBS has fired off a letter to ABC warning it that proceeding with the show will likely result in legal action.

While upfront negotiations aren’t likely to begin until the end of the month, Les Moonves believes the outcome is a fait accompli. Speaking to investors Tuesday afternoon during CBS Corp.’s first quarter earnings call, the company’s president and CEO pulled no punches. “We led the upfront last year and I guarantee we will lead it again this year, both in volume and CPMs,” Moonves said, adding that his sales team will push hard on pricing.

Analysts polled by FactSet expect CBS to post net income of $288 million in the quarter through March after the market closes today, and an adjusted 44 cents per share of earnings, up from 29 cents a year ago. Revenue is seen at $3.78 billion, up from $3.51 billion.

CBS commits to simulcasting the Dyle mobile DTV service at four of its O&Os and has given permission to five affiliates  to get on board.  ABC has given the go-ahead to its affiliates in Dallas and Orlando. In addition, NBC has given its affiliate in Austin, Texas, permission to air its signal on the condition that it uses Dyle’s conditional access. For all that’s going on at NAB 2012, click here.

Marketers’ EcoAd buys have reached the “high eight figures,” CBS said. The program will now also let marketers support education and wellness programs.