Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Hot In Cleveland,' 'Storage Wars' Lead Night + 'Mythbusters', 'Top Chef,' 'Toddlers & Tiaras' and More

Hot in Cleveland premiered to 2.9 million viewers and topped the 10pm hour for cable shows, but it was beaten for adults 18-49 by the 10:30pm.
Storage Wars’ 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.  
Top Chef’s 1.2 adults 18-49 rating was close behind, but that was down a tenth from last week.


Selected Wednesday cable results via Travis Yanan: (all Live+Same Day ratings)

Dog the Bounty Hunter (A&E, 9pm, 60 Minutes)
- 1.692 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Storage Wars (A&E, 10:30pm)
- 2.716 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
Top Chef (BRAVO, 10pm, 75 minutes)
- 2.334 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Mythbusters (DISC, 8pm)
- 1.350 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
NBA Game (ESPN, 9:02pm, 143 minutes)
- 1.841 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
I Used To Be Fat (MTV)
- 1.465 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
Ghost Hunters International (SYFY)
- 1.268 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
House of Payne (TBS, 9pm)
- 1.972 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
House of Payne (TBS, 9:30pm)
- 2.260 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
Are We There Yet? (TBS, 10pm)
- 2.222 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
Are We There Yet? (TBS, 10:30pm)
- 2.057 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
My Strange Addiction (TLC, 9pm)
- 1.169 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.6/1 A18-49
Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC)
- 1.309 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Hot in Cleveland (TVL)
- 2.949 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Retired at 35 (TVL)
- 2.012 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Celebrity Rehab (VH1, 10pm)
- 1.297 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
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TvMovieInsider: BREAKING: Angela Bromstad To Leave NBC

TvMovieInsider: BREAKING: Angela Bromstad To Leave NBC: " In the first executive fallout from the pending post-merger restructuring at NBC, Angela Bromstad, primetime entertainment pre..."

BREAKING: Angela Bromstad To Leave NBC

   In the first executive fallout from the pending post-merger restructuring at NBC, Angela Bromstad, primetime entertainment president for the network and sister studio UMS, will be leaving. She told her staff about her departure this afternoon. There had been rumblings that Bromstad may not be part of the new NBC programming team under new entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt after the Comcast/NBC Universal merger is completed next week, but Comcast's November announcement of NBCU's post-merger executive structure made a point of listing her as staying on.
(There was a potential scenario, in which Bromstad would take over her old job of running UMS should Greenblatt decide to give it more autonomy.) 

   If she hadn't left on her own, Bromstad would have probably been pushed out within the next week or so, sources said. Greenblatt had reportedly been telling people that Bromstad "will be gone within 48 hours" of him starting at NBC. The latter will now probably happen next week when the Comcast-NBCU merger is finally approved. And in another sign that she was probably not going to factor into NBC's future executive plans, Bromstad didn't hold a Q&A session at TCA last week. This is the second time Bromstad leaves a top NBC post after a new chairman is brought in. In 2007, she was pushed out as president of UMS when Ben Silverman joined the network and moved to London to run NBCU's U.K. production office. She was brought back 2 years later in the aftermath of Silverman's exit. Bromstad's departure streamlines NBC's creative hierarchy, with Greenblatt in full control of the network's programming. 

   The move also fueled a new round of speculations about former Showtime SVP original programming Danielle Gelber or 20th Century Fox EVP Jennifer Nicholson-Salke possibly joining NBC. While a Gelber appointment is considered unlikely, Nicholson-Salke, who is now under contract at 20th TV, could eventually join Greenblatt though not right away, sources said. In May, Bromstad would have celebrated her 15-year anniversary at NBCU. She joined the company in 1994 as director, miniseries and TV movies. After a five-year stint in the longform department, she moved to series, serving as VP series at NBC Studios, SVP drama for NBC and eventually co-head and head of UMS predecessor NBCU TV Studios. 

Here is Bromstad's email to her staff:

Today I wanted to let you know that I'm leaving NBC Universal. I cannot possibly sum up my thoughts and emotions in an email but suffice it to say I have tremendous respect for the company and for the people with whom I have had the privilege to work with and know during my time here. I take great memories and friendships with me and I wish you all the best going forward.
Angela Bromstad

TvMovieInsider: ABC's 'Charlie's Angels' Casts First Angel

TvMovieInsider: ABC's 'Charlie's Angels' Casts First Angel: "No clue to who this chick is. Hope they attach some known actresses to this show!!! Meet the first new Charlie's angel: I hear General Ho..."

ABC's 'Charlie's Angels' Casts First Angel

No clue to who this chick is. Hope they attach some known actresses to this show!!!


Meet the first new Charlie's angel: I hear General Hospital co-star Annie Ilonzeh has landed one of the 3 leads in ABC's Charlie's Angels pilot. The project, from Sony Pictures TV and Drew Barrymore's Flower Films, is a modern take on the Angels set in Miami and centers on a new trio of young and sexy private eyes - Kate, Abby and Marisa - working for a wealthy mystery man. Ilonzeh will play Kate, a very smart and very athletic ex-cop and a master of martial arts. She is the most serious of our 3 Angels but also knows how to let her hair down and have a great time. Ilonzeh, best known for her role as Maya Ward on General Hospital, recently did arcs on HBO's Entourage and the CW's Melrose Place. 

Thanks to Deadline : http://www.deadline.com/tv/