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Starr Report

These are heady times for Steve Harvey.

Not only has Harvey’s syndicated talk show, “Steve Harvey,” been renewed for a second season, but Harvey has a new radio deal — and his syndicated game show, “Family Feud,” is hitting record numbers.

Not bad.

Regarding his radio show, Harvey has signed a long-term (five-year) agreement with Clear Channel Media with a two-pronged initiative — to continue hosting “The Steve Harvey Morning Show,” which airs here on WBLS (107. 5 FM), and to develop new programming and “multimedia promotions” for the company (in addition to serving as its spokesperson).

On the game-show front, the Harvey-hosted “Family Feud” (5 p.m./Ch. 9) averaged a 5.1 household rating the first week of January — its best showing since 1991. “Feud” is up a whopping 39 percent since its season premiere —and is up 59 percent over this time last year.

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Well, they do specialize in raising the dead, so why not?

AMC, home of “The Walking Dead,” has resuscitated “The Killing” for a third season, just a few months after officially killing the show — which has disappointed fans for most of its run in delivering less-than-stellar numbers (1.9 million viewers, on average, its first two seasons).

Just why the show is coming back is anyone’s guess, at this point, but fans of the show will be happy to hear that stars Joel Kinnaman (Stephen Holder) and Mireille Enos (Sarah Linden) will return, along with showrunner/executive producer Veena Sud. Production on the third season of 12 episodes begins later next month in Vancouver.

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“The Talk” co-host/den mother Julie Chen will be honored Jan. 23 by Manhattan College with its De La Salle medal during its annual fundraising fete at the Waldorf.

Chen, who also hosts CBS’s “Big Brother,” will be honored for embodying “the principles of excellence, leadership and service to society.”

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CBS News contributor M. Sanjayan will appear in James Cameron’s upcoming Showtime global-warming documentary series, “Years of Living Dangerously,” alongside luminaries including Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Alec Baldwin. Sanjayan has already started filming his role; he’ll continue shooting after taking a break to travel around the corners of the earth (seven countries in 40 days) for his National Geographic project, tentatively titled “Earth in the Age of Man,” scheduled to air on PBS in 2014.

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Last, but not least:

* Ch. 4’s Bruce Beck has been named New York Sportscaster of the Year, for the sixth consecutive year, by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He’ll receive his plaque in June . . . “America’s Got Talent” is holding auditions for next season on Feb. 1 & 2 (8 a.m.-7 p.m. both days) at St. John’s Center Studios in Manhattan (570 Washington Ave.) . . . Spinning: “Inside Edition” host Deborah Norville is doing the HSN thing tomorrow, bringing her “Deborah Norville Collection” of yarns to the shopping network tomorrow (Thursday) . . . It’s a little early, if you ask me, but Telemundo wants you to know that it’s holding its upfront May 14 at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in the Time Warner Center.