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Nostalgia hit as the star returned to host the show, resurrecting his favorite routines and paying tribute to Mother’s Day while helming the latest edition of the variety show.

CBS has renewed "Two and a Half Men." Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones will all return to the CBS comedy for Season 10 following contract negotiations.

NBC, which will unveil its primetime schedule for next season to advertisers on Monday, this afternoon picked up a 13-episode season of “Community” and of “30 Rock” – the award winning-est of NBC’s Thursday comedy lineup once famously known as Must See TV, but these days better known as Self-Referential TV.

Is your favorite in the first batch of ABC renewals? It's not a surprise that ABC granted the wish of "Once Upon a Time" fans and gave the show a second season. "Once" has been a success since it debuted last fall, but the news of the renewal will no doubt be welcome to fans of the fairytale show. "Thank you all so much for watching, we're beyond thrilled to continue on!" co-creator Adam Horowitz tweeted after announcing that the drama would be back.

Russell Brand is returning to the MTV stage. The 36-year-old comedian has signed on to host the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. "This MTV Movie Awards will be more impressive than `The Avengers,' and you won't have to wait an hour for someone to Hulk out," Brand said Thursday.

The "American Idol" judges are under Joshua Ledet's spell, and they aren't afraid to show it. For the second week in a row, the panel on Wednesday lavished the 20-year-old from Westlake, La., with praise, especially for his performance of "It's a Man's World." Ledet earned a standing ovation from the judges for the James Brown song and also won them over with a version of Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up."

The satellite radio shock jock Howard Stern says he will show a more temperate side as a judge on NBC’s competition show “America’s Got Talent.”

"Law & Order: SVU" has been renewed. The Dick Wolf series will keep the "Law & Order" franchise alive for an impressive 14th season. NBC has also handed out a series order to Wolf's "Chicago Fire."An "SVU" renewal seemed likely after series star Mariska Hargitay renewed her contract.

After NBC dropped from first among young Monday viewers last week, "The Voice" got a bit of a finale bump and helped the network reclaim that crown. ABC still easily won Monday overall, thanks to "Dancing with the Stars" and a "Castle" finale bump.

Tonight’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC featured two routines, first a ballroom dance with the stars and their pro partners, then a second dance featuring each couple plus a third professional dancer.