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The drama, set in a trauma unit, will follow a 'highly regarded, eccentric trauma surgeon who has near death experience, after which he decides to put down his scalpel and treat patients' physical challenges by making them confront their emotional ones.'

According to The Hollywood Reporter, TREME star Khandi Alexander has been tapped to play Kerry Washington's mother on the hit ABC series. Alexander will appear in multiple episodes, beginning this week's episode via flashbacks.

Last night's Monday Night Football telecast - a Chicago Bears' 27-20 road victory over the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers - helped ESPN win the night among all networks - broadcast or cable - among viewers, households and all key male and adult demos. The MNF game also ranked as the top telecast of the night across cable and broadcast in those same categories.

Discovery Channel's FAST N' LOUD claimed the top cable program among M25-54, and M18-49 delivery (excluding sports) on Monday, November 4, making it the third consecutive week at #1.

NBC Sports Group's MLS Cup Playoffs coverage continues with the second leg of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders Thursday at 11 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Sprout extended television's longest active growth streak of total day delivery among women 18-49 in October, marking two full years of monthly year-over-year gains according to Nielsen. In October, the 24-hour preschool network marked a 12 percent gain among women 18-49 compared to 2012. Additionally, Sprout original programming blocks The Sunny Side Up Show (21 percent) and The Good Night Show (14 percent) both reported double-digit delivery gains for kids 2-5 during October.

ABC is partnering with UNDER THE DOME writer Soo Hugh for a new alien drama series.

Get cozy with TV Land this winter! TV Land's newest original sitcom, 'Kirstie,' starring Kirstie Alley, premieres in an extra special way on Wednesday, December 4th at 10pm ET/PT with TWO episodes. The all-star cast of 'Kirstie' includes Alley's former 'Cheers' co-star Rhea Perlman, Michael Richards of 'Seinfeld' fame and Broadway actor Eric Petersen.

Disney Channel will present a new 'Disney Friends for Change' interstitial featuring its popular series star Raini Rodriguez ('Austin and Ally'), as she visits a Los Angeles workshop focused on inspiring teens to embrace leadership and take a stand against bullying. The interstitial will be presented in rotation beginning FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8.

Deportes Telemundo on mun2 presents “Futbol Estelar Leon: Leon vs. Tijuana” this Saturday, November 9 live at 9 p.m. EST/8 p.m. CST/6PM PST. Tijuana has a lot more on the line than just three points as Leon has already clinched a playoff berth, but a win would allow Leon to get one step closer to home field and playoff tiebreaker advantage. Tijuana, on the other hand, faces a must-win situation to avoid the possibility of being eliminated from postseason contention. Andrés Cantor will be on the call alongside Sammy Sadovnik's analysis and commentary. Every minute of the match can also be seen on deportestelemundo.com and on mobile devices via the Deportes Telemundo app .

NBCSN's in-depth coverage of the 2013 NFL season continues on Wednesday night with new episodes of FNIA Coach's Clicker at 5 p.m. ET and NFL Turning Point at 11 p.m. ET.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has put a new drama into development, following the world of DC's HOURMAN. THE SOPRNOS' Michael Caleo will write and executive produce with Dan Lin alongside execs at Warner Bros. TV.

Following his stint on Fox's long-running musical dramedy, Jackson has signed on for Murphy's new HBO series OPEN, according to Deadline. Murphy reportedly wrote the series regular role into the script specifically for Jackson.

According to Deadline, following the recent success of its freshman series REIGN, the younger-skewing network is working on bringing Cathy Marie Buchanan's novel THE PAINTED GIRLS to the small screen. Tony-nominee Geoffrey Nauffts will pen the script, with PUSHING DASHIES' Dan Jinks executive producing.

Hallmark Channel's annual signature holiday programming franchise, 'Countdown to Christmas' is off to a very strong start with more than 4.7 million unduplicated viewers tuning into the Saturday premiere of 'The Thanksgiving House'. The first of twelve new original premieres for the 2013 holiday season, 'The Thanksgiving House' scored a 2.9 household rating - the highest rated original movie to ever kick off Hallmark Channel's 'Countdown to Christmas'. The film premiered as the #1 cable program of the day and #1 movie of the week - becoming Hallmark Channel's highest rated and most watched program for 2013 among households and total viewers.

Across the first week of November 2013, Adult Swim's Total Day Delivery average ranked #1 among adults 18-24, 18-34 & 18-49 and men 18-24 & 18-34 on basic cable. Compared to the same week in 2012, Total Day delivery grew by double digits among each targeted demo: adults 18-24 by 16%, adults 18-34 by 27%, adults 18-49 by 22%, men 18-34 by 15% and men 18-49 by 13%.

HOMELAND continues to break its own records - delivering the highest-rated night in the series history this past Sunday.

The season-five premiere of PIT BULLS & PAROLEES, 'Out of the Dark,' which aired Saturday, November 2, is the series' most-watched season opener, pulling in 1.2M P2+ viewers. Among this demo, 'Out of the Dark' performed 23 percent above PIT BULLS & PAROLEES' season-four debut and saw an increase in 17 percent versus overall season-four levels.

FX has locked down the January premiere dates of its original series including the Emmy Award-winning drama Justified, the hit animated comedy Archer, and its new animated comedy Chozen, which had been scheduled to run on FXX but now will be paired with Archer for a Monday night animation block. With the move of Chozen to FX, FXX will pair Ali G: Rezurection with the critically acclaimed original comedy series Legit. The scheduling announcements were made today by Chuck Saftler, President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks

For the week of October 28, 2013, driven by Friday's and Sunday's all new line ups, Disney Channel ranked as TV's #1 Total Day network for the 125th consecutive week among Kids 6-11 (517,000/2.2 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (486,000/2.0 rating), representing nearly two-and-a-half years at #1 in the target kid demographics (dates back to week of 6/13/11).