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Super Bowl drives performance, but even without it, revenues were up almost 18%.

NBC yanks the freshman sitcom from its lineup effective immediately, after four airings.

The Miami NBC O&O has acknowledged that it made the same questionable edits to George Zimmerman’s call to police that were widely attacked when the network aired a similarly misleading clip on the Today show last month. Jeff Burnside, a 13-year station veteran, was fired and two other employees were disciplined.

NBC is seeking an ambitious sum for 30-second spots in its new Thanksgiving-night NFL broadcast, a signal that discussions for ad time in football could heat up in the weeks leading to the annual upfront haggling sessions between advertisers and TV networks.

Beginning this fall, George Cheeks will assume the position of EVP of business operations for both the network and studio.

Relationship shows’ hot streak at the broadcast networks continue. The latest entry in the genre is NBC’s Ready for Love, executive produced by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria and hosted by Giuliana and Bill Rancic, which the network has greenlighted for a launch next winter.

The key sticking points: crafting an agreement that would address the varying needs of all affiliates, small and large, and network negotiators handling details of local retrans deals, including negotiating fees for digital subchannels that carry non-NBC programming. For all that’s going on at NAB 2012, click here.

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NBC’s The Office went through a major transformation at the beginning of this season, following the departure of original star Steve Carell. But the show, which has not been officially renewed, may undergo an even more dramatic change going into next fall. Word is that Executive Producer Greg Daniels, who originally developed the American version of the cult British comedy, is mulling a reboot of the series, now in its eighth season.

Rock Center will air Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET, an hour earlier than its previous slot. From the show’s Halloween premiere last fall through the end of January, it was shown on Monday nights.

April’s morning showdown concludes with Good Morning America shrinking the gap and the final tally standing in Today‘s favor, with four days of victories among total viewers and a sweep with adults 25-54.

He has signed a long-term contract to remain as co-host of the top-rated morning show.

Former NBC executives Don Ohlmeyer and Jeff Zucker take a beating in a new book by their ex-colleague Warren Littlefield, who was entertainment president of the peacock network during its 1990s glory days of Friends, Seinfeld and ER.

Sarah Palin’s appearance on NBC’s “Today” yielded a small increase in viewership, as 5.5 million people — about 100,000 more than normal — tuned in Tuesday.

Ryan Seacrest sat down with Matt Lauer on Wednesday’s Today show to announce that he’ll be taking part in NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics.

The booking is clearly an attempt to blunt the impact of Today alumna Katie Couric’s weeklong return to morning TV as a guest host on ABC’s Good Morning America.

The ratings for Smash have been a bit modest lately, but have overall managed to boost the network’s Monday night time slot at 10 p.m.

NBC and Matt Lauer are closing in on a deal that will pay him an estimated $25 million per year over the course of a multiyear deal, possibly as many as three, but more likely two.

Ford is launching a primetime reality TV show called Escape Routes that will promote the 2013 Escape crossover, which arrives in dealerships this spring. Starting March 31, the series will air for six consecutive weeks at 8 p.m. Saturday nights on NBC and at 11 p.m. on NBCU’s Hispanic cable network mun2.

Having started its battle rounds this week, NBC’s The Voice will expand to two nights for the live shows starting on April 2. Live performance shows will air for two hours on Mondays, with the eliminations announced during a one-hour results show airing Tuesdays, both starting at 8 p.m.

The broadcaster is teaming up with the Google-owned online video service to provide its video player and livestreaming infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Having the top show on television presents a rare opportunity for any network, but especially NBC, which has been so far behind for so long.

Boosted by the most-watched Super Bowl in history, NBC cruised to an easy February sweeps victory among adults 18-49, its second February victory in the past two years. Fox and CBS tied for second while ABC fell to fourth.

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It’s no sure bet the family drama, which ends its third season with ho-hum ratings, will be renewed, but it has much going for it.

The comedy will return to NBC next month and right back where it was, Thursdays at 8 p.m. That was part of a schedule revamp NBC announced Tuesday, which included the addition of three comedies to its troubled lineup.

Despite flagging ratings — and a diss from the boss — the new show still holds promise for the third-place contender.

Two weeks into the month-long period used to set rates for local advertisers, NBC is in the lead, followed by CBS. Not coincidentally, those two networks have also aired the highest-rated shows during this sweeps period, the record-setting Super Bowl on NBC and the best Grammy Awards in two decades on CBS.