Former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers is joining CBS News, TVNewser says. Myers will join Joe Trippi and Dan Bartlett as CBS News’ political analysts during the last few weeks of the 2008 election. Look for Myers to appear…
Julie Bowen will make a return guest appearance on ABC’s “Boston Legal” on the 10th episode of the series’ fifth and final season, Entertainment Weekly reports. Bowen’s Denise returns from maternity leave having last appeared on the show in May…
Fox’s “Do Not Disturb” is checking out—for at least a week, and possibly for good. The network has decided to preempt next week’s installment of the 3-week-old comedy, replacing it with a repeat of the nearly-as-low-rated “’Til Death.” Preempting a…
Longtime correspondent Lynn Sherr is leaving ABC News, TVNewser reports. Sherr will remain available to ABC News for special projects for “20/20.” In a statement, ABC News President David Westin said, “Throughout her time here, Lynn has covered a wide…
HBO has its eye on a series based on Tom Wolfe’s novel “I Am Charlotte Simmons,” Daily Variety reports. The network has optioned the 2004 best-seller and is in the early stages of developing the project. Producers Tina Brown, former…
Celluloid and space aren’t the only places Stephen Colbert will be immortalized, says PublisherWeekly.com’s The Beat. Soon the host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” will be found on the pages of a Marvel Amazing Spider-Man comic book—issue #573, to…
Despite congressional Republicans and Democrats coming together on a bailout of the financial industry, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain still won’t commit to Friday’s presidential debate in Oxford, Miss., the Associated Press reports. “There’s no deal until there’s a…
Former “Tonight Show” sidekick Ed McMahon is starring in two online music videos for credit bureau Experian’s FreeCreditReport.com, CNN reports. The commercials feature McMahon rapping about his public financial problems, all while wearing a tracksuit and being chauffeured around Los…
Jeff Wachtel, executive VP of original programming at USA Network and co-head of content at Universal Cable Productions, will be honored by Los Angeles’ Zimmer Children’s Museum, says the Hollywood Reporter. The museum’s Discovery Awards honor “individuals who are builders,…
Broadcast network news anchors Katie Couric, Brian Williams and Charles Gibson are still expecting a presidential debate to take place in Oxford, Miss., tomorrow tonight, TVNewser reports. Despite the congressional financial-institution bailout plan and Sen. John McCain’s request yesterday to…