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FOUR years ago, as "The Larry Sanders Show" ended its six-year run on HBO, the song playing over the final credits was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" That shrewd send-off, perfect for a character whose exquisite narcissism was matched by his sustained insecurity, has new relevance: the show is about to become available to a much larger audience, as it appears on basic cable for the first time.

Martin now is maneuvering to extend FCC oversight to basic cable for the first time.

Alongside with becoming the highest-rated program on basic cable for the night, "Bloodletting" became the second highest-rated program of the week on basic cable, scoring higher than the season finale of Jersey Shore, but garnering less than a game between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets as part of the 2011 NFL season.

Other Revolution investors include the Fox Entertainment Group, controlled by the News Corporation, which bought the rights to show Revolution films on network television and basic cable for $25 million for a number of years, and Starz Encore, a subsidiary of Liberty Media which paid $150 million for the domestic pay-television rights to Revolution films.

This is a great solution for those folks that happen to have an HDTV, don't want to pay for cable high-def, and happen to get basic cable for free somehow.

But just how well became clearer with a look at the Top 10 list among basic cable shows for the week ending Sunday, according to Nielsen: the three shows all finished in the Top 10, with "Pawn Stars" second only to the Japan/U.S.A. final in the Women's World Cup.

The network charmed 1.5 million viewers, on average, in prime-time, and placed fourth among basic cable networks for the advertiser-beloved 18- to 49-year-old demographic.

The bigger broadcast and basic cable networks accounted for the rest of the time.

Comcast has nearly 40percentt of the market for basic cable, according to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.

The new version has been put in the hands of the writer and producer David Zuckerman ("Family Guy," "American Dad") and toned down for American basic cable, though the humor still pushes the envelope.

CBS's top executive, Leslie Moonves, has been looking to expand in the basic cable arena for some time, but only at the right price, he has said.