The Ticker: Dateline, Selva, Podcasting…

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> ABC’s dating documentary series “Hooking Up” turned in a weak performance in its second week, with 4.72 million total viewers, the NYT notes. “But a “Primetime Live,” featuring the sister of Elizabeth Smart, the Utah girl who was kidnapped, brought in an audience of 6.7 million and bolstered the network’s average.”

> “NBC will flip the Friday time periods for Dateline NBC and Three Wishes when it rolls out its new fall schedule,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. “The news magazine will now once again air at 8 p.m…”

> WHAC notices a new sports anchor on CNN Headline News: Will Selva has joined the network from KXTV…

> C-SPAN is now podcasting thee of its signature programs — After Words, Q&A and segments from American Perspectives — on C-SPAN.org…

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