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All of the network’s top shows all were renewed, including the dramas, “NCIS,” ‘NCIS LA,” “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” “Hawaii Five-0” and “Blue Bloods.”

Tim McCarver, 71, Fox’s No. 1 analyst since 1996, said on Wednesday that this baseball season, his 34th, would be his last.

What?!? Is that the Pillsbury Doughboy being used in a non-Pillsbury advertisement? Is that even legal? This is a big deal! Wait, is it a big deal? I mean, it’s not like they’re competitors of Geico’s. You can’t insure your car with baking products and you can’t bake with car insurance. Wait, can you? No…no, you can’t. Yet.

What we have here is an ad-crossover of sorts, which, if you think about it, wouldn’t be that surprising if brands weren’t so super protective of their copyrighted material. You’d think that someone would learn a lesson from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? about that joys of allowing your brands to interact with others. So it’s refreshing to see Pillsbury play ball with Geico and The Martin Agency for a joke about the giggly little Pillsbury Doughboy getting the pat-down from the TSA on his way to a baking convention. Man, that little guy really loves being touched, huh? Credits after the jump.

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“The Voice” returned on Monday and soared back to the top of the ratings with a 4.7 rating among the target audience of viewers between the age of 18 and 49, and 13.4 million viewers. “Revolution” was also a winner at 10 p.m., averaging a 2.7 rating in the 18-49 group with about 7.2 million viewers.

Jay Leno is still the ratings king of late-night television, but his expected replacement, Jimmy Fallon, has Internet skills and cross-generational appeal.

A successful new daytime syndicated TV talk show, “Steve Harvey,” has helped cement Mr. Harvey’s status as one of the foremost entertainers in America.

The TV Land sitcom “Hot in Cleveland” will reunite all of the major female stars from one of television’s most beloved comedies, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

An always-fractious changing of the guard on the late-night show will this time be accompanied by a change of scenery.

As networks and channels ask sponsors to pay more for commercial time, they want to be certain consumers are actually watching.

If anyone out there needs a car or a piece of TV memorabilia—or ideally, both—they can head out to New Mexico and buy the actual 1984 Toyota Tercel that Jesse Pinkman drives in Breaking Bad. The car is for sale at Mike Faris Auto Wholesale in Albuquerque, although it can't actually be sold until after the final episode of Breaking Bad airs this summer, so you've still got time to make a bid if you're interested. Just keep in mind that Jesse Pinkman isn't real, and his car isn't full of drugs. Probably.