VH1 ordered new eps of 3 celebreality shows. The pickups include "Web Junk 20," premiering June 9, and "Breaking Bonaduce" and "Hogan Knows Best," both debuting in Oct. — In a move that’s sure to make the indecency police livid, VH1’s 8 new "VH1 Rock Docs" includes, "Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That!" The doc is based on 50 cameras The Beastie Boys handed out to audience members at their sold-out MSG show in ’04. VH1 says the audience captured the show in a way no other film has ever done. — MTV won’t waste time incorporating online gaming sibling Xfire into its arsenal. The net likely will participate in Gamorz Week this fall, MTV pres Christina Norman told CableFAX. — MTV is pushing comedy show "Blowin’ Up" (Jamie Kennedy) on multiple platforms. A sneak preview will be available May 9 on broadband channel MTV Overdrive, followed by the May 16 linear premiere.

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Fox Corp passed up on some big sports deals this year, but CEO Lachlan Murdoch seemed confident that was the right move at an investor conference Thursday. Murdoch said he was happy to let NBC take the US Open

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