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USA Network, looking to build awareness and boost viewership, will support the upcoming linear premiere of original series Graceland with a video-on-demand preview across a number of providers.

Beginning April 29 for a two-week period on free on video-on-demand, the pilot will be available to many providers, including Comcast Xfinity TV, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Cablevision, DirecTV, Dish and Verizon FiOS, according to USA officials.  

New York--Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Food Network has no shortage of additions prepared for its programming menu.

Brooke Johnson, president of Food Network and sister service Cooking Channel, speaking to the press at a briefing before Scripps Networks Interactive's presentation to advertisers this afternoon at Alice Tully Hall, introduced a host of new shows that will appear on the channel over the course of the next year. All told, Food Network has over 23 new series and specials on tap for the upcoming year, as well as 30 returning skeins.

E! Entertainment television will launch six new series over the next year, while preparing to enter the scripted arena with the development of several scripted projects, the network announced Monday prior to its upfront presentation in New York.

AMC is launching its second live after-show, Talking Bad, a weekly half-hour series to air with the final season of Breaking Bad this summer, the network announced in advance of its upfront on Wednesday.