The CW may have given up entirely on comedy, but fans of canceled football sitcom The Game clearly are not so easily defeated. Although the show has been off the air since May of last year, producers have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to strike a new deal with cable network BET, and it looks like they've succeeded. Black Voices reports that production company Paramount has agreed to produce new episodes for BET, and that creator Mara Comedy ...">Brock Akil, who's lately been working as a writer and producer on ABC's Cougar Town, will return as executive producer. The tough part now will be rounding up all the actors, but given how supportive they were of the show during its last days on The CW, it seems likely that all the stars will want to return.

This is the latest big victory for the power of online fandom; check out the show's official Twitter feed to see the level of support it has. Similar campaigns to save shows like My Name Is Earl and Samantha Who? weren't able to succeed, but all eyes will certainly be on The Game to see if this sort of resurrection and switch to cable can pull in big enough ratings to make such moves profitable in the future.

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The live plus same day ratings for last week's broadcast network series continued to show good numbers for for the three series airing new episodes.

• Chuck 3.8/6 (Mon 3/10, NBC)
• Ghost Whisperer 4.7/9 (Fri 3/10, CBS)
• Medium 4.9/9 (Fri 3/10, CBS)
• Smallville [r] 0.9/2 (Fri 3/10, CW)
• Supernatural [r] 0.9/1 (Thu 3/10, CW)
• Vampire Diaries [r] 0.9/2 (Thu 3/10, CW)

The top-rated regular program, American Idol, garnered a 12.8/20.

Nielsen rating are expressed as "ratings points/share". Given an estimated 114.9 million television households in the United States, a ratings point represents one percent of the total number, or 1,149,000 households. Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to the program.

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Jude Law in Repo Men.

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MOVIES—Opening this week:

• Repo Men (2010). This science fiction action thriller is the feature directorial debut of Miguel Sapochnik, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker in an adaptation of the story Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia (Matchstick Men) It's been brewing for years, which meant it has unfortunately come out after the much more bizarre Repo: The Genetic Opera—though the plot borrows more from Logan's Run. Still: Jude Law, right? More details below the jump.
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HOME VIDEO—Out on DVD this week:

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). More supernatural navel-gazing, but this time without Catherine Hardwicke's smart direction. Almost worth seeing for Taylor Lautner—not for the reason you're thinking, but because Jacob's the only likable character with interesting motivations in the movie. The friends, who leavened things beautifully last time, are cameos—or, in the case of Mike (Michael Welch), pathetic jokes, while the stunt casting of Dakota Fanning sabotages the intended horror of the final scenes. More details below the jump.
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• The Princess and the Frog (2009). A Disney princess movie, but filtered through New Orleans voodoo magic. Lots and lots of video clipds, interviews, featurettes, etc. on the video page. More details below the jump.
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