Rankings: Pan Am Up Slightly Once More Steady

Pan Am Pan Am elevated its viewership to five.68 million Sunday evening, up some 10 % from last week's series low, Nielsen overnights show. It is a lengthy method for the ABC series (that also rose slightly to some 1.8 rating one of the 18-to-49 set) in the 10.87 million that it opened. Also in prime time's final hour Sunday, CSI: Miami snapped up 9.82 million people along with a 2.1 demo rating. Fall TV Recognition Contest: You will find there's champion! What's promising for ABC, though, is the fact that another newcomer program, Not so long ago, is constantly on the show its steadiness. It attracted 11.33 million audiences (it first showed with 12.79 million) along with a 3.8 demo rating. Amazing Race attracted 10.58 million (2.7 demo rating). Also within the 8 o'clock hour, Allen Gregory hard its status because the weak link in Fox's Animation Domination selection, tugging in 4.24 million people and a pair of. rating at 8:30/7:30c. That's barely lower in the amounts because of its second episode the other day. Still, for that third straight week a lot of people arrived at for that remote, because the Simpsons nabbed 7.53 million along with a 3.5 demo rating. Browse the relaxation from the day's news The typical Sunday evening champion, Sunday Evening Football averaged a viewership of 19.05 million (7.3 demo rating). At 9/8c, CBS' The Great Wife attracted 10.07 million people (2. demo rating), whileDesperate Average women snapped up 9.two million (a period slot-winning 3.), and Family Guy and American Father snapped up 5.96 million audiences (3.1 demo rating) and 4.85 million (2.4), correspondingly.

Showtime's new sports topper is Espinoza

Showtime has named Stephen Espinoza for everybody as professional veep and gm in the cabler's sports and event programming. He replaces Ken Hershman, who had run Showtime's sports division since 2003 before departing in October to be successful Ross Greenburg as Cinemax sports prexy. Espinoza arises from the firm of Ziffren Brittenham, where he represented sports sports athletes including Mike Tyson and Oscar P La Hoya, in addition to offered as lead counsel for P La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. That expertise puts him in position to tackle his new responsibilities with Showtime, where he'll oversee development and way of cable and pay-per-view programs that particularly include Showtime Championship Boxing. Espinoza has furthermore repped entertainment industry names including Keanu Reeves, James Spader, Vanessa Hudgens, Alicia Secrets, Eminem, Shakira, Tyler Perry, Craig Sonnenfeld, Scott Rudin and Gavin Polone. He's experience creating and settling distribution, financing, debt and equity plans for independent television and film companies. "Stephen has received a great career that spans sports, entertainment, television and film," mentioned Showtime chairman and Boss Matt Blank. "His deep experience in many fields and incredible understanding and contacts within the boxing and mma cities will probably be an resource to Showtime after we still expand our options." Espinoza will account to Blank, while Showtime professional producer David Dinkins Junior., programming V . p . Jock McLean and production V . p . Gordon Hall will account to Espinoza. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Michele Bachmann Campaign Claims CBS Bias

Michele Bachmann Michele Bachmann's campaign claims it has proof that CBS snubbed the Minnesota congresswoman during the latest Republican presidential debate. Keith Nahigian, her campaign manager, posted an e-mail on her official Facebook page that was accidentally sent to the campaign from CBS News political analyst John Dickerson. In response to an e-mail about Bachmann appearing on a CBS webshow, Dickerson wrote, "let's keep it loose though since she's not going to get many questions and she's nearly off the charts in the hopes that we can get someone else." Watch videos of Michele Bachmann In the Facebook post, Nahigian slammed CBS and said the e-mail was proof that "the liberal mainstream media elites are manipulating the Republican debates by purposely suppressing our conservative message and limiting Michele's questions." CBS later defended the e-mail to CNN, calling it "a candid exchange about the reality of the circumstances - Bachmann remains at 4% in the polls." Dickerson also stood by his e-mail, tweeting "she's at 4% ... I was reflecting that."

Your #MuppetOscars Campaign is in Full Swing -- Is That a Good Thing?

It’s been roughly 13 minutes since Eddie Murphy departed as Oscar host, and already we have a strong frontrunner to replace Brett Ratner’s comeback kid: The Muppets. Supporters rallied on Twitter for their consideration, and now an official “The Muppets Should Host the 2012 Oscars” campaign has been launched on Facebook. We offered up the idea of a Muppet-emceed Oscars in our possible host roundup yesterday, but would the reality of Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Gonzo at the dais be as enchanting as we want? Let’s consider that this Oscar campaign doubles as a publicity stunt ahead of The Muppets’s November 23 premiere. The convenience makes me cynical about the fast-growing cause, but of course, this entire cause is based in cynicism: Those backing the campaign have the same mantra: “Well, that’s an Oscars I’d watch!” Read: They’re not the regular Oscar viewership. I’m sure many of these same people were ecstatic to learn that James Franco and Anne Hathaway were going to host the show last year, as it represented a fresh, populist changing of the guard. We already catered to them once. Look what happened. I think it’s wiser to erase Ratner’s stench with a more reliable candidate like Tina Fey or Neil Patrick Harris before we hand over an entire ceremony to the Muppets. Furthermore, though Oscar hosts are mainly responsible for reading one-liners off a teleprompter, the essential element in an Academy Awards telecast is spontaneity. The Muppets would be cute as toastmasters, no doubt, but they’re just not able to be present and reactive. Could they respond to a hissing crowd? Bitingly? Could they gauge audience reactions at all? Most importantly, are they allowed to be sarcastic? Even the safest Oscar hosts (Billy Crystal, Ellen Degeneres) have to resort to sarcasm in order to level with the fickle home audience, and I just don’t know if a four-hour sequence of canned jokes, awkward staging, and vanilla humor will be that exhilarating. That said: I hope the Muppets present a big chunk of the technical categories. That’s where we need their sped-up, mechanized pep. #MuppetOscars Facebook Campaign

Individuals Choice Honours 2012: Who's Your Preferred Superstar Under 25?

For that second year consecutively, Moviefone has joined track of the Individuals Choice Honours to recognition among the stars on our annual listing of Top 25 Stars Under 25. Since starting their email list recently, voters have banded together to represent their faves -- from 'Harry Potter' to 'Twilight' to 'Hunger Games.' The polls have finally formally closed, though, meaning the choices have simplified lower 5 nominees for that Favorite Superstar Under 25 Individuals Choice Award! Now, it is your use election once more. Browse the five runners up below, go HERE to cast your election within the final round. Make certain to stay tuned towards the 2012 Individuals Choice Honours broadcast on CBS, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. After you are done voting inform us within the comments whom you think should collect the trophy! 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Here There (Zhe li na li)

A Beijing Xing Guang Heng Yi Culture Co. production. (International sales: Beijing Xing Guang Heng Yi Culture Co., Beijing.) Produced by Jia Hongwei, Guo Xiaowei. Directed by Lu Sheng. Screenplay, Liu Yong, Xu Yang, Lu.With: Bai Yanbo, Yao Anlian, Lu Yulai, Qin Wei. (Mandarin, Shanghainese, French dialogue)Tenuous links and plodding storytelling characterize "Here There," a lonely Chinese arthouse postcard from Nowheresville. Like many lensers-turned-helmers before him, Lu Sheng (who's worked with Jia Zhangke) gets lost in a loving engagement with imagery while the story takes a back seat. Fests will snap this up to round out their Asian programs, but "Here There" is unlikely to go anywhere near a commercial theater. Pic observes a deer herder (Bai Yanbo) trying to survive in inhospitable climes before jumping to a Shanghai restaurant where owner Lu (Yao Anlian) is training waiter Guoguang (Lu Yulai). Over dinner, Lu mentions he has a son living in Gaul, providing a link to a third strand about the struggles of a Chinese photographer (Qin Wei) in Paris. The helmer could have conveyed information with greater economy, taking an hour to establish a feeble connection between the first two strands. HD lensing exquisitely captures the snow-laden Chinese wilderness and Paris, but Shanghai is made to appear as dull as the characters there. Perfs by amateur thesps are just OK, and the indiscriminate direct-to-microphone sound, the curse of low-budget filmmakers everywhere, is annoying.Camera (color, HD), Lu; editor, Kong Jinlei; music, Moon Yongmin. Reviewed at Tokyo Film Festival (Winds of Asia-Middle East), Oct. 23, 2011. (Also in Busan Film Festival.) Running time: 93 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'MTV First: Breaking Dawn' Countdown: Your Number 3 Favorite 'Twilight' Moment

Two clips lower, and we are over midway to the main favorite moment in the "Twilight Saga" to date as chosen by you. Today, only one day from the MTV First with Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner and Rachelle Lefervre we reveal your number 3 favorite moment, that is... ...the infamous leg hitch from "Eclipse"! This really is most likely probably the most subtle from the favorite moment options, however the simple movement of the leg was enough they are driving fans crazy. (To become fair, it isn't very difficult to become more subtle than Rachelle Lefervre removing his shirt.) When he spoken with MTV News concerning the scene, Taylor Lautner stated he did not even remember filming the scene when he first viewed it the very first time. "I recall simply because scene and thinking, 'I don't remember doing that,'" Pattinson stated. "This is a little saucy. That's a bit raunchy for any 'Twilight' movie." Our MTV First honoring "Breaking Beginning - Part 1" begins on MTV this Thursday, November 3, at 7:56 PM EST. We'll be became a member of by Take advantage of, Taylor and Kristen because they debut a unique "Breaking Beginning" clip, and after, make sure to mind to MTV.com to have an exclusive half hour interview using the trio, where they'll respond to questions posted by you. Would you approve the lower limb hitch as the number 3 favorite moment? Tell us within the comments below as well as on Twitter!