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UPDATED: Pickup news flashes are flying fast and furious today, so some have fallen through the cracks as I try to stay afloat. Here are some notable renewal/cancellations: As expected, Body of Proof became the second ABC freshman series after Happy Endings to make the cut for a second season. Better With You, Off the…

After a strong start last week, ABC’s Dancing with the Stars result show (3.1/8 in adults 18-49, 15.6 million viewers) and new drama Body of Proof (2.4/6, 11.1 million) were both down by double digits in adults 18-49: by 28% (Dancing) and 23% (Body of Proof). A factor in the decline was ABC’s 8 PM anchor. Last night…

With Fox’s Glee in repeat, CBS’ NCIS (3.8/12 in adults 18-49, 19.1 million viewers) easily ruled the primetime roost last night, ranking as the top program in the demo and total viewers. It was flat vs. its most recent original March 1. Ditto for NCIS: LA (3.2/9, 16.5 million), while The Good Wife (2.1/6, 11.6…

For a third straight night, 8 PM shows showed declines across the board as viewers are adjusting to daylight saving time. Last night, TV usage was down 6% in the hour week-to-week, likely affecting Fox’s Glee and NBC’s The Biggest Loser, the only new offerings at 8 PM. The mini-finale of Glee (4.0/13, 12.5 million)…

No Ordinary Family star Michael Chiklis is returning to comedy as the star of CBS’ half-hour pilot Vince Uncensored, from veteran sitcom writer Phoef Sutton, Conan O’Brien’s Conaco and Warner Bros. TV. For Chiklis, the pilot is in second position to the freshman ABC drama No Ordinary Family, which he stars in and…

Without a Trace alum Enrique Murciano is back at the network with a co-starring role opposite Minnie Driver in the hourlong pilot Hail Mary. The project, from Warner Bros., is a buddy P.I. show centered on Mary Beth (Driver), a suburban single mom in Atlanta who teams up with a streetwise hustler to solve crimes…

Fox’s Glee (4.5/12, 11.5 million) picked up where it left off in December, up 2% vs. its last regular original on Dec. 7. The musical dramedy didn’t get a ratings boost from its high-profile airing after the Super Bowl on Sunday but still ranked as the top program of the night in 18-49, edging slot rival NCIS (4.2/12…

This is an amazing feat in today’s increasingly fragmented and DVR-ed TV world: in its eighth season, CBS’ NCIS last night posted a series high in total viewers: 22 million. The veteran procedural was the top program on the night by a mile in viewers and adults 18-49 (4.5/12), leading CBS to an easy nightly victory…

Despite built-up anticipation, it was a ho-hum night last night, with no shows breaking out, no shows tanking big time and  NBC’s The Biggest Loser and CBS’ Live to Dance splitting the bragging rights from 8-10 PM. Several series were down though, led by Fox’s Million Dollar Money Drop (1.3/3 in adults 18-49), which…

The finale of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars (5.3/15, 24.1 million), which crowned actress Jennifer Grey as the winner, dominated the competition last night. Boosted by Bristol Palin’s improbable run to the finals (she finished 3rd), Dancing was up 23% from the reality series’ season finale last fall to log its highest…

Another heavily hyped episode of Fox’s Glee (4.9/14, 11.6 million), this one featuring new recurring guest star Gwyneth Paltrow, was once again the top-rated telecast on Tuesday among adults 18-49, up 9% from the show’s last week fast national result. (Glee always gets adjusted up a tenth in the finals as it did last…

The networks’ Tuesday lineups returned to normal last night after mass preemptions of scripted series for Election night coverage last week. While most scripted series came back from their hiatuses lower, ABC’s No Ordinary Family bucked the trend and also reversed its string of ratings declines since the premiere. The…