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Wednesday night’s ratings landscape showed very little change this week. The three main reality programs (Baby Borrowers, Celebrity Circus and So You Think You Can Dance) were all steady with their previous numbers. This gave FOX another win in both categories.

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Tonight Cat Deeley announced that dates for ‘s upcoming tour have already been chosen.

This year, Season 4’s contestants are scheduled to visit 40 locations starting with Tacoma, WA on September 2 and ending with Tampa, FL on Nov. 17.

Click here for more information on all of the stops.

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Aside from a few exceptions, it was evident viewers started their 3-day weekend early. On 4th of July, FOX celebrated a dual win on Thursday night.

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NBC’s Baby Borrowers did a good job keeping the viewers’ interest. The parenting show helped the Peacock network place second with the 18-49 set. Meanwhile, FOX was tops in both the viewers and the demos.

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Tabatha Coffey on Shear GeniusAs much as I love , am I the only one getting tired of their FOX reality rip-offs?

Today, the cable channel announced that it is producing a spinoff for one of Shear Genius‘s competitors from last season. Later this summer, the cameras will be following Tabatha Coffey as she “visits struggling salons in the Los Angeles and New York areas and literally takes over the establishments to whip them into shape.” While some may say a show about hair stylists has nothing to do with FOX, I say this production smells exactly like .

In fact, Tabatha’s Salon Takeover would be the second time Bravo has adopted a concept already seen on that other network. Hell’s Kitchen debuted in May 2005 while Top Chef coincidentally appeared in March 2006. And how about ? That reality hit program played a part in Step It Up & Dance‘s debut this year.

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Although ABC was fourth last night, the debut of Hopkins did well in its hour despite lousy lead-ins. Meanwhile, CBS was the winner in both categories yesterday.

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Last night, the debut of The Baby Borrowers delivered some nice numbers for its network. Unfortunately, NBC was not able to get in front of FOX in either the viewers or the demos.

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Janet Jackson gets her own reality showReality TV producers over at MTV have apparently lured pop icon Janet Jackson into developing yet another American Idol-esque series.

“It’s really about finding who’s the next Janet Jackson or Justin Timberlake or Usher,” executive producer David Broome explains; however, I am a bit unsure as to why we would need to find the next Janet, Justin, or Usher when all three are still rather successful artists today. Perhaps a hint at Jackson’s fall from her pop star throne?

Either way you slice it, the upcoming MTV show sounds just like Making the Band to me.

Fearing blatant comparisons to its predecessors, Boome added, “We’ll find it from a pool of people who you wouldn’t typically find it from. We’ll go to YMCAs, church groups, local community centers and try to cast the show.”

Wow! A reality show with a heart? I doubt it.

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So You Think You Can Dance continues to leap over its direct competitors. The show, along with 5th Grader, gave FOX another dual win last night.

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FOX quickly recovered from Tuesday night’s loss and nabbed another win for its reality programming. So You Think You Can Dance put the network on top in both the viewers and the demos.

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