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7 October 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Producer Dick Wolf's decision not to scrap the sets for his canceled Law & Order: Trial by Jury and instead pay for their storage costs at Kaufman-Astoria studios in New York has paid off. He said Thursday that they will be used for his new series Conviction that NBC recently ordered. "I'm pleased and gratified that the gamble that was taken to hold the Trial by Jury sets in place has paid off," Wolf said in a statement. The series, which will not be released under the Law & Order banner, will follow a group of young New York prosecutors.

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9 March 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

ABC scored some impressive ratings last week as its Sunday TV movie, Their Eyes Were Watching God, starring Halle Berry, produced the best numbers for any made-for-TV movie on any network in nearly six years, and the finale of NYPD Blue went out in a blaze of glory, returning to the top ten for the first time in years. Still, the ever-struggling network wound up in third place in the overall ratings, weighted down by dreadful performances by such shows as 8 Simple Rules (71st place), Less Than Perfect (73), a repeat of the movie Jerry Maguire (82), and Extreme Makeover (84), The most-watched show of the week was Fox's Tuesday edition of American Idol, drawing 26.9 million viewers. (In a ratings anomaly, explained by the fact that more viewers watch TV on Sunday night than on Tuesday, Idol placed second to the ABC movie, which attracted 24.6 million.) Idol also dominated on Wednesday night (and finished fourth for the week) and on Monday (fifth). Nevertheless, CBS garnered the highest weekly average, a 7.6 rating and a 12 share. NBC was a close second with a 7.4/11. ABC placed third with a 7.0/11, while Fox trailed with a 6.3/9.

The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research: 1. ABC Premiere Event: Their Eyes Were Watching God, ABC, 15.9/25; 2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 15.7/23; 3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 15.5/23; 4. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 14.4/21; 5. American Idol (Monday), Fox, 13.5/20; 6. Survivor: Palau, CBS, 12.7/20; 7. Law & Order: Trial by Jury, NBC, 11.6/19; 8. Lost, ABC, 11.3/18; 9. NYPD Blue, ABC, 10.4/17; 10. Cold Case, CBS, 10.0/15; 10. Medium, NBC, 10.0/16.

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7 March 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The debut of NBC's Law & Order: Trial by Jury got off to a solid start on Friday, a day after a "sneak" of the show that aired on Thursday night. It scored a 7.6 rating and a 13 share, the highest ratings of the night and helped win the night for NBC. Impressively, it beat a rerun of CBS's CSI Crime Scene Investigation which scored a 6.2/11.

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