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Season four of Mark Burnett's boxing reality show, 'The Contender,' will leave the U.S. and take place in Singapore.

Two Sunday reality staples both lost large numbers of viewers compared to their debuts last fall.Ratings for Sunday's debut episode of The Amazing Race 13 were down from last year, when the show had its best debut ever last November for season 12. Sunday, 10.29 million people watched, down significantly from the 13.8 million who tuned in last year, although that did follow a football game. It came in fourth place in its hour among viewers 18 to 49, according to TV By the Numbers, which means only Univision and The CW had lower numbers of young viewers.Extreme Makeover: Home Edition beat The Amazing Race by about 1.7 million viewers, but that was during the second hour of its two-hour debut. It was watched by justt 7.19 million viewers in its first hour, although it grew to 11.9 million viewers in its second hour. Still, the viewers who tuned in during the 8:00 hour were 'down more than 20% year to year,' Variety reports.Sunday Overnight Ratings: Big Wins for Chicago Bears, Housewiv

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A clutch of late-season releases promises to push several big studios heavily into the Oscar fray.

Besides changing networks and moving to Singapore, the boxing reality competition series The Contender will now be hosted by Tony Danza, of Taxi and Who's the Boss fame.Danza, who was a professional boxer in the 1970s, replaces Sugar Ray Leonard, who has hosted the show alone since season two (Sylvester Stallone didn't return after the first season). He told ESPN, 'Not only is it one of the best shows on television but one of the wildest shows ever dreamed up. I feel right back at home in this great boxing environment and I am looking forward to seeing this great group of fighters contend for the title.'ESPN has the names of all of the 16 new boxers, and talked to executive producer Jeff Wald, who said, 'I was in the interviews with all 16 of the guys and I think this is our best season yet personality-wise. I think the viewers are really going to be taken with these guys.''We've just finished taping the fifth fight and the reports I have been getting back from Singapore are that

At some point last season, the creators of 'Dirty Sexy Money' looked at their ratings and decided they weren't fully exploiting the best show title on television. Apparently, viewers didn't find the money dirty or sexy enough. So this year it will roll in the mud and pull off more clothes.

For 'Project Runway', one day you're heading to Lifetime, the next day you're not. The beloved Bravo show, that was slated to move to Lifetime for its sixth season, is now in limbo, according to a ruling by a New York State Supreme Court on Friday.

TV Ratings: 'Brothers & Sisters,' football score on Sunday -- Another strong pro football contest carried NBC to victory on the opening Sunday of the season, but ABC held up nicely with its combo of 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Brothers & Sisters.'

TV News: 'Housewives,' 'Sisters' perform well for ABC -- Another strong delivery for 'Sunday Night Football' carried NBC to victory on the opening Sunday of the season, but ABC held up well with its combo of 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Brothers & Sisters.'

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin once again gave ratings for NBC's Saturday Night Live an enormous boost over the weekend as the third show of the season scored ratings that were ...