With ABC preparing for the departure of its hit mystery show "Lost", the network unveiled seven new shows for its fall schedule, although it emphasized two of those shows, "No Ordinary Family" and "My Generation," reports the New York Times’…
Campbell Brown will be leaving CNN after the anchor asked to be released from her contract early, reports Mediaite. Brown asked to be released after she lobbied to get her show pushed back by an hour to 7 p.m., when…
When "Desperate Housewives" returns to ABC next season, Wisteria Lane will include a new resident: Vanessa Williams, reports TV Guide magazine. Williams will be a series regular, but show creator Marc Cherry says that the season’s big mystery will likely involve…
Ryan Tate, a blogger at Valleywag, got ticked off after watching an iPad advertisement billing the device as "a revolution" and sent to Apple CEO Steve Jobs what he calls "an angry email." What was surprising was what came next:…
"Frontline" is receiving a two-year, $6 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, allowing the investigative show to expand to a year-round schedule on PBS stations, reports Elizabeth Jensen at the New York Times. The grant, as well as…
Electronics chain Best Buy will introduce its online service CinemaNow this month, allowing customers to rent, buy and download television shows and movies, reports Reuters. The service will put Best Buy in competition with established media-downloading services, ranging from Apple’s…
CBS won’t pick up the comedy "Mad Love" after actress Lizzy Caplan couldn’t commit to a series, Nellie Andreeva reports at Deadline.com. Caplan has movie commitments and is also on Starz’s "Party Down", and had agreed to act in the pilot…
ABC is in discussions to pick up "The Ghost Whisperer" after CBS said it was dropping the program, Nellie Andreeva reports at Deadline.com. On the plus side, the show has an appealing star in Jennifer Love Hewitt and has already…
Several of the tweets from Twitter stream "Bleep My Dad Says" are included in the pilot of the CBS show based on the sayings of a profane 74-year old father — albeit rewritten to be family friendly, reports the New…