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For Skyler Samuels, “The Nine Lives of Chloe King’’ meant love at first reading. The pilot script for ABC Family’s new series had it all, said the 17-year-old actress, starting with “a sci-fi element that wasn’t cheesy or totally in your face, and seemed entirely natural.’’ Then there was the title character, an American teenager who is descended from — just go with it — an ancient and powerful catlike race that has...

House 8 p.m., Channel 25 At the recent Television Critics Association press tour, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly couldn't commit to whether or not this would be the last season of the beloved medical drama, saying that they'd been avoiding making a decision because they love the show. "It's hard to imagine the network without ‘House,' " he said. Fans should be heartened, however, since Reilly did say even if it is curtains for the show, "it's not going to be an unceremonious finish.

House 8 p.m., Channel 25 At the recent Television Critics Association press tour, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly couldn't commit to whether or not this would be the last season of the beloved medical drama, saying that they'd been avoiding making a decision because they love the show. "It's hard to imagine the network without ‘House,' " he said. Fans should be heartened, however, since Reilly did say even if it is curtains for the show, "it's not going to be an unceremonious finish.

For Skyler Samuels, “The Nine Lives of Chloe King’’ meant love at first reading. The pilot script for ABC Family’s new series had it all, said the 17-year-old actress, starting with “a sci-fi element that wasn’t cheesy or totally in your face, and seemed entirely natural.’’ Then there was the title character, an American teenager who is descended from — just go with it — an ancient and powerful catlike race that has...

Just ask the girls in Gloucester, or the management team for actress Ellen Page: Teen pregnancy has been so glamorized, analyzed, and magnified in pop culture that it was bound to become the subject of a television series. This summer, ABC Family takes on the task. And hands the reins to the creator of the pious WB series "7th Heaven. " And if a small knot is forming in your stomach as you read this, it probably should. "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," which premieres tonight at 8, apparently takes the "family TV" approach to the subject of sexual relations: Instead of...

WASHINGTON -- Viacom Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. agreed yesterday to pay a total of $1.5 million to settle government charges that the companies violated advertising limits for children's television programming. The combined settlement with the Federal Communications Commission is the largest negotiated with the agency for such violations. Viacom will pay $1 million as a result of ad programming that aired on Nickelodeon, a Viacom subsidiary. International Family Entertainment, which is owned by Disney, will pay $500,000 because of commercials that aired...

34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors 9 p.m., Channel 4 Bridging the high- and pop-culture worlds, this is always one of the year's most entertaining broadcasts, mixing comedy, music, staged readings, and dance. The 2011 honorees being celebrated are renowned cellist and local Yo-Yo Ma, Broadway legend Barbara Cook, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Diamond, jazz great Sonny Rollins, and acting royalty Meryl Streep. Tonight, as they sit beside President Obama and the first lady, they will be feted by peers and admirers including Bill Cosby, Robert De Niro, Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, and Anne...