Rob Lowe has had a thing for poltiics throughout his TV career, from "West Wing" to "Brothers & Sisters." He's even a government efficiency expert in his current sitcom "Parks & Rec."

Now the star is headed to the Beltway yet again for a new E! reality pilot. 

"Potomac Fever" will follow up-and-coming D.C. power players as they navigate the nation's capital.

Lowe's production company, Loweprofile, is producing the pilot for E! along with 44 Blue. An individual at the network confirmed that E! ordered the pilot and said the show's producers are currently in D.C. working on the "early stages of production and development....

CBS won Wednesday night with "Survivor: Nicaragua" and strong showings from "Criminal Minds" and freshman courtroom drama "The Defenders." ABC got slight a boost in its flagging  numbers by replacing struggling legal show "The Whole Truth" with a primetime special on the Chilean mine rescue.

-- ABC came in third with an average 2.7 rating/8 share in the key adults 18-49 demo. "Modern Family" was Wednesday's top show with a 4.7/13, up slightly from last week. "Cougar Town" was also up 7 percent with a 3.2/9. "The Middle" and new sitcom "Better With You" were both down. "Better With You" dropped 9 percent to 2.1/6, its lowest...

Warner Bros. Television Group has acquired a majority stake in Shed Media, a major production and distribution company based in the UK.

Warner Bros. announced the deal Thursday morning. 

Shed includes six different companies that are responsible for more than 2,000 hours of programming including "Supernanny" and "Footballers' Wives." The company will be incorporated into the operations of Warner Bros. International Television Production.

WBITVP was formed in 2009. Since then, it has been licensing many formats including "The Bachelor." WBITVP is also aligned with Dutch producer John de Mol, one of the co-...

"Glee" was Tuesday night's top show for the fourth week in a row, but Fox tied with CBS for the second straight week. Both networks averaged a 3.3 rating/9 share in primetime. Technically it was a tie, but we give the win to CBS because it runs an 8-11 p.m. primetime schedule compared to Fox's shorter 8-10 p.m.

-- "Glee" was up ever-so-slightly from last week with a 4.6/13. It was followed by Fox's new comedies "Raising Hope," up 4 percent with a 2.6/7, and "Running Wilde." The latter has struggled so far this season, and it doesn't look like things are getting better any time soon. It scored a meager 1.5/4, down 12 percent from last week.

-- CBS scored...