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The new season of reality show Storage Wars will feature the return of the king. At least, the king of collectibles.Barry Weiss, who was missing from the show for months after a bike crash left him with multiple injuries, will be back for the new season. TMZ reports Weiss made a grand entrance in his return to the…

Prolific reality producer Thom Beers (Deadliest Catch, Storage Wars) has a producing mantra he borrowed from Ted Turner during Beers' 11 years with Turner Broadcasting. "You look at a television show like a cow," Beers tells Deadline. "Our job is to make money on every piece of that cow, including the moo." Turner's…

Dave Hester can move forward with the wrongful termination portion of his wide-ranging lawsuit against A&E and the producers of Storage Wars, a judge ruled today. In a hearing Tuesday in LA Superior Court, Judge Michael Johnson rejected the network's free speech related attempt to dismiss the wrongful termination…

A&E announced today that Storage Wars and American Hoggers will be back next month for new seasons. Storage Wars, the abandoned locker bidding series, returns for a fourth season with back-to-back episodes April 16 at 9 PM and 9:30 PM. A big hit for A&E, Storage Wars was the network's top show last year among adults…

Round 1 of the Storage Wars legal battle looks to have gone to A&E. In a hearing today, a judge threw out the unfair business practices claims of the series former star Dave Hester's wide-ranging lawsuit against the network and producers of the reality show. LA Superior Court judge Michael Johnson ruled that the claim…

A&E says that it isn't Storage Wars that's fake but the lawsuit from Dave Hester. A month and a half after Hester called the hit reality series a staged "fraud on the public and filed suit against the network and Storage Wars producers for more than $750,000, A&E fired back late last week. And they made their response…

Storage Wars star Dave Hester today sued A&E and the producers of the reality show, calling it a staged "fraud on the public". Represented by attorney Marty Singer in his suit (read it here), Hester is seeking more than $750,000 in damages and fees from the network and Original Productions for their actions and for…

EXCLUSIVE: A&E Network in staying on the “war”path. The cable network has ordered new 26-episode seasons of its flagship series Storage Wars and hot freshmen Storage Wars: Texas and Shipping Wars. All three will launch this summer. The season 2 premiere of Storage Wars last summer became the A&E's most watched series…

A&E's reality series Storage Wars launched its second season last night with back-to-back epsodes at 10 PM and 10:30 PM. The 10:30 PM episode drew 5.1 million viewers, 2.9 million of them in each of the 18-49 and 25-54 demographics, to become A&E’s most watched telecast of all time in total viewers and in the 2 key…

On a very competitive night, with NBA playoffs and baseball luring male viewers, the premiere of USA Network’s Burn Notice movie prequel, Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, did OK, drawing 3.6 million viewers, 1.4 million of them in the adults 18-49 demographic. Also last night, A&E’s unscripted series Storage Wars hit…

EXCLUSIVE: A month into the freshman run of A&E’s unscripted series Storage Wars, the cable network has renewed the show for a second season with a 20-episode order. Production on Season 2 is already under way for a premiere in the second quarter of this year. In its Dec.1 hourlong debut, Storage Wars drew 2 million…

Storage Unit auctions is turning to be the hottest new area in reality television. On the heels of Spike renewing its freshman Auction Hunters with a 20-episode order, the largest ever for a second season on the network, A&E’s Storage Wars, executive produced by Thom Beers, posted the network’s best premiere numbers…