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"Blue Mountain Condition" may be the last scripted show on Spike TV for a long time.Bawdy nfl and college football drama is going to begin its third season on Sept. 21, even though the amounts happen to be decent -- last season came 1.3 million audiences -- neither the series, or other scripted shows, have been in the long term plans for that network."For the long run, we're focusing on unscripted," Sharon Levy, professional Vice president of original series, told Variety. "That's with different strategy that's working."While Levy stated she's always available to a scripted pitch, individuals out and about wishing to market a scripted series are now being told Spike is concentrating on reality shows.The move should not surprise anybody: Spike hasn't depended on scripted programming in a serious way. Besides "Blue," the only real other scripted skeins from Spike are 2008 comedy "Factory," four men who labored together and which went for just one season "Edge," which took it's origin from the Marvel Comics property as well as went just one season and 2007's Marine drama "The Kill Point.""Auction Predators" is presently Spike's greatest-ranked series, calculating 1.7 million audiences overall. Skein, which is comparable to A&E's "Storage Wars," concentrates on the items in storage models and the need for the products that individuals can invest in. Other series about the air include "1000 Methods to Die," "Bar Save" and "Most harmful Warrior."Spike also introduced the pickup lately of 4 new reality series: "American Digger," "Large Easy Justice," "World's Worst Tenants" and "Undercover Stings" are ready to premiere the coming year.Increase lost among its greatest reality gamers once the UFC, which in fact had broadcast about the funnel within the last seven years, lately signed a multiyear cope with Fox, Forex and Fuel. The UFC would be a large catalyst in drawing 18-34 males along with the sport no more on Spike's roster, there's a larger push to achieve a greater-finish 18-49 demo."We must broaden out," Levy stated. "Implies that will work for all of us and also have been acquired indicate that strategy." Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

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RTL Group internet profit up 26%

BERLIN -- Reflecting greater TV ad revenues in key German, French and Nederlander marketplaces, and greater sales from production activities, pan-European broadcasting giant RTL Group on Wednesday published a significant increase in internet profit.Overall revenue at RTL increased 3.4% to Pounds 2.75 billion ($3.98 billion), while internet earnings jumped 26.1% to $468.5 million. The good success consume a slew of latest purchases and deals which have consolidated or broadened RTL's procedures across Europe and beyond, in the Netherlands to Croatia, Hungary, Russia and India.The advance in RTL's main point here was mainly driven by greater profit contributions from the German, French and Nederlander divisions.Additionally, the group also saw 4.2% revenue growth at its U.K.-based production unit FremantleMedia, driven by greater revenue in The United States and also the first-time full consolidation of latest purchases Radical Media and Ludia. FremantleMedia distribs such hit shows as "Merlin," the hit German and Nederlander daily cleaning soap "Good Occasions, Bad Occasions," and Australia's "Neighbors," in addition to popular formats like "Idols," "The Cost Is AppropriateInch and "Got Talent."RTL reported a mixed picture for Europe's TV ad marketplaces within the first 1 / 2 of this season. In France, holland and Belgium, ad sales were up year-on-year.As the German market continued to be flat, leading funnel RTL Television ongoing to improve its share of the market over its primary rival ProSiebenSat.1 to some record 7.4%, because of hit shows like "House," "CSI: Miami," "Bones" and "Royal Pains."The marketplaces in Southern and Eastern Europe reported lower advertising revenue in comparison using the first six several weeks of this past year.Following the strong growth observed in the European TV advertising marketplaces this year, the very first six several weeks of the year show a mixed picture," stated RTL topper Gerhard Zeiler. He added that RTL's enhanced results confirmed its overall strategy.Maintaining the strong audience recognition in our channels and programs is important to outperforming your competition within the advertising marketplaces lengthy-term.Simultaneously we have taken important stages in recent several weeks to help strengthen our worldwide portfolio. The brand new partnership in India is RTL Group's first broadcasting head to Asia. We now have acquired full control both in Hungary and Croatia, and can now go to build strong groups of channels during these nations too."Regardless of the current various insecurities from the global economy, Zeiler stated he continued to be "very carefully positive for that twelve month.Inch Contact Erectile dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

Ridin' Down the Canyon

Those who might write about this film without seeing it might also question why the government needed horses during WW II (if that is all they knew about it from a short synopsis read somewhere), but viewing it one can learn that Jim Fellows, is the head of a government experiment in wild horse reclamation for purposes other than war, and his efforts are hampered by Gus Jordan, manager of the swanky Lariat Lodge dude ranch, but actually the leader of a gang of rustlers who steal the horses as fast as the ranchers can round them up for the project. When the rustlers steal a herd from Alice Blake, her kid brother Bobbie, sets out to get help from his radio favorites, Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys, and the Sons of the Pioneers, who are en route to Lariat Lodge to play a one-night stand. While riding down the road with Gabby Whittaker, who has given him a ride in his jalopy, Bobbie sees three men who he recognizes as rustlers and, when he tries to stop them, they begin beating him with whips. His life is saved by the timely arrival of Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers. On the way to take Bobbie back to his sister, who is at the Fellows Ranch, they run into the rustlers on a raid, and take Burt Wooster and Pete prisoners. Wooster, the foreman at the Fellows Ranch, is actually an accomplice working for Jordan. He insists that he is not a gang member and Roy, pretending to believe him, agrees to let him take Pete to Sheriff Brite. Unaware that Roy and the Sons are following, Wooster and Pete go straight to the Lariat Lodge, where Wooster, after announcing that he is quitting, soon learns that he should have gone to the Sheriff with Pete, because Jordan and Pete shoot him. He lives long enough to tell Roy that the signal for a rustler raid is the playing of a certain song over the Lodge's nightly radio program.

'The Voice's' Adam Levine Slams 'American Idol' for Its Treatment of Gay Performers

Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images The Voice coach and Maroon 5 front man, Adam Levine, tackled the gay rumors swirling about him, talked about how his family dealt with his own brother's coming out, and compares how the NBC show's treatment of gay performers differs from Fox's American Idol in a new interview with Out magazine. "There's no way to hide my straightness, but if people didn't think there was a small chance I was gay, then I wouldn't be doing my job very well," Levine tells the magazine about the speculation that he's gay. "Look at the best ones, guys whose sexuality was always questioned," he continues. "[David] Bowie. [Mick] Jagger. Freddie Mercury. I wouldn't be the front man of a band if that question hadn't come up at some point." VIDEO: Maroon 5's Adam Levine's Shirtless, Christina Aguilera's a Lady in Sexy 'Moves Like Jagger' Video That's not to say that Levine doesn't have firsthand knowledge of what it's like to be gay. The rocker tells the magazine that his younger brother is in fact gay. "I can single-handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired," he laughs. "Trust me, you're born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two. We all knew." The actor says his family worked very hard to let his brother know that his sexuality is OK and has some advice to pass along to other families in the same situation. "A lot of people don't want their kid to be gay and will fight it at all costs," he says. "But I've got news for you-it's a losing f--king battle. The more you fight it, the more f--ked-up your kid's gonna be. You've just gotta embrace it from the beginning. That's the only way to deal with it as a family. Otherwise, you're just screwing yourself over, and you're gonna make your kid miserable." VIDEO: Maroon 5 Performs on 'America's Got Talent' Levine is proud of how NBC's The Voice treated its gay performers. It had several out competitors with two making it to the final round: Beverly McClellan and Vicci Martinez. And he had several words for the show's competition, Fox's American Idol, on the way it has handled its gay competitors' sexuality. "What's always pissed me off about Idol is wanting to mask that, for that to go unspoken," he says. "C'mon. You can't be publicly gay? At this point? On a singing competition? Give me a break. You can't hide basic components of these people's lives. The fact that The Voice didn't have any qualms about being completely open about it is a great thing." Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com; Twitter:@TheRealJethro NBC American Idol FOX The Voice Adam Levine

Scott Glenn On For Bourne Legacy

He's also joining The PaperboyTony Gilroy's first stab at directing one of his Bourne scripts - Jeremy Renner-starring spin-off The Bourne Legacy - is looking more and more like a reunion for alumni of the franchise. The latest old hand to step aboard? Scott Glenn, who will return as CIA director Ezra Kramer. Glenn is joining fellow repeat offenders Albert Finney and Joan Allen, who also recently signed on to the movie. Renner will star as another assassin, this time from a program even more deadly and corrupt than Bourne's Treadstone, looking to put together the pieces of his life. He'll be working alongside the likes of Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Oscar Isaac and Stacey Keach. But that's not the only gig Glenn has picked up. He's also signed on for Precious director Lee Daniels' sultry new thriller The Paperboy. That one finds Matthew McConaughey as a reporter who heads back to his Florida hometown to investigate the case of a death row inmate (John Cusack). There, he gets involved in sexy and dangerous times. Glenn will crop up as WW James, the man behind the local newspaper. Glenn was last seen in Sucker Punch, though chances are he, like us, is trying to forget that...

Sundance Funnel, WE tv now in Asia, Europe

AMC/Sundance Funnel Global has inked carriage deals for distribution in five more nations for WE tv and Sundance Funnel. Sundance is going to be transported in A holiday in greece on OTE (Hellenic Telecommunications Organization), as well as in Hungary and also the Czech and Slovak Republics via UPC Direct (a joint venture partner of cable provider UPC Broadband). Both Sundance Funnel and that we tv is going to be transported in Taiwan on DishHD and telecom company Chungwa. "Our new carriage deals highlight the growing interest in our entertainment services from a number of Europe and Asia's biggest and many advanced content marketers," stated the business's senior Vice president of global distribution, Erectile dysfunction Palluth. Sundance will debut in A holiday in greece like a linear funnel on IPTV and will also be then satellite and VOD service. That network's Eastern European affiliate marketers will give you the funnel in HD, as the Taiwanese service providers will launch both Sundance and WeTV in hi-def, too. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Syfy judge raises 'Dead'

'The Walking Dead'The field of Emmy nominees in the prosthetic makeup category is crowded and diverse but a judge from the makeup competition show "Face Off" gives the clear edge to one show for their unique approach to a classic Hollywood creature."All the shows that were nominated clearly deserve to be there," says Glenn Hetrick, who put contestants on the Syfy skein through their paces. "But 'The Walking Dead' took zombies to new level by making them seem real and believable instead of just something we've already seen a hundred times."Hetrick, who owns the makeup house Optic Nerve Studios, believes the look was created as much by what the show's makeup and prosthetics designers avoided as by what they did."They didn't use the raccoon-eyed looking appliances on the actors and stuck to things that kept the zombies looking like the real people they once were," says Hetrick. "That makes a huge difference."Click here for the full list of Creative Arts nominees.ROAD TO THE EMMYS: CREATIVE ARTS NOMINEESStylish spaces tell their own stories | Lensers have little in common | Prosthetics pros do a lot with a little | Syfy judge raises 'Dead' Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com