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HBO has green lit the David Benioff and D.B. Weiss written pilot for the fantasy drama Game of Thrones based on George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series.

After 14 years Fox has canceled Mad TV. It came “after the show failed to see a ratings boost during the recent presidential campaign.” As compared to Saturday Night Live, that saw some of its best numbers in a while.

NBC has canceled new show My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle, in its second year, both due to low ratings. It is unknown whether NBC will let the already filmed episodes for My Own Worst Enemy run out, or yank it out of rotation.

SciFi Channel has green lit the second season to Santuary for thirteen more episodes. It will resume production in Vancouver for an early 2009 premiere.

Mayuri Yamamoto’s horror anthology manga Reset will become a live action TV drama. “Each episode will follow a different person as he or she deals with an ultimate choice.” Naoki Tanaka will play a "time guide" who visits each episode's main character as they choose whether to reset their lives. Premieres in Japan in January.