TV News Roundup: September 30, 2015

• NBC orders game show
• E! renews low rated series
• ABC Family picks up Minaj comedy
• Hulu & Amazon exclusives

NBC greenlights trivia series:
NBC had given a 10 episode order to the new series, QUIZUP, a high-stakes trivia show. The show will feature in-house contestants vs a viewer from around the country, via the series game app. No premiere date was announced.

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E! renews reality series WAGS:
The low rated reality series WAGS, short for Wives And Girlfriends, was picked up for a second season by E!

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Nielsen creating common metric for TV and digital:
Total Audience Measurement is coming by the end of the year, that will an audience read across all plaforms. CBS has announced it will begin including SVOD and live streaming numbers in its Nielsen numbers. [LINK]

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NBC orders 9 more from BLINDSPOT:
it is not the usual "back-Nine" order for the series, but instead, NBC has ordered nine more scripts from the series.

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ABC Family and Niki Minaj:
ABC Family has picked up a new comedy series from Niki Minaj, who will both executive produce and appear in the new series.

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Digital rights battles:
Amazon and Hulu announced their new exclusive deals for the digital rights of current series. Hulu grabs THE GOLDBERGS and THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, while Amazon secures MR. ROBOT