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Tuesday Prime Time: A Rerun Easily Wins the Night

A repeat program was the highest-rated show on broadcast prime Tuesday night — by a lot — based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC's two-hour rebroadcast of "America's Got Talent" delivered a 1.9 average…

Is Stephen King Taking Over TV?

Yet another Stephen King-based project is in the works for television, with Lifetime adapting the writer’s novella “Big Driver” as a TV movie, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. The TV movie will air this fall, and will star…

‘Survivor’ Contestant Dies in Train Derailment

A contestant who appeared on the CBS reality show "Survivor" was killed Tuesday in a train derailment. People magazine reports that “Survivor: Blood vs. Water” contestant Caleb Bankston, who worked at the Alabama Warrior Railway in Birmingham, is dead at…

Fine and Mellow: One of the Best Performances Ever on Broadway

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Canceled NBC Comedy’s Future Just Got Dimmer

An NBC comedy series with the proverbial "small but loyal cult following" was looking as if it still had a chance even after the network canceled it recently, but hopes for a future for "Community" have suffered a setback. EW.com’s…

Big Turnout for Return of MSNBC Anchor

MSNBC saw its viewer numbers surge with the return of an anchor who has been out of action for a while. Deadline.com reports that about 809,000 viewers tuned in to watch the emotional return of Lawrence O’Donnell to the cable…

Versatile Actor Eli Wallach — the ‘Ugly’ in ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ — Dead at 98

Actor Eli Wallach, known for roles in “The Magnificent Seven,” "How the West Was Won," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and NBC’s “Executioner’s Song,” has died. The New York Times reports that Wallach died Tuesday at 98. Wallach,…

AT&T and DirecTV Take the Case for Their Merger to Capitol Hill — and Are Met With ‘I’m Rolling My Eyes’

AT&T and DirecTV’s top executives argued their case Tuesday for their proposed $48.5 billion deal on Capitol Hill, reports the Los Angeles Times. AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson and DirecTV CEO Michael White said consumers will benefit from the merger,…

Former Hulu CEO Creating a New Video-Subscription Service

Former Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar is working on a start-up that will create a subscription service for video, reports TheWrap.com, which describes the venture as “pretend YouTube and Hulu had a baby.” The start-up, called Vessel, will focus on…

Animal Planet Raises Its Bet on Reality Franchise

While the animal connection may be tenuous, Animal Planet appears to have found a good fit with a new reality franchise. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel has ordered six more episodes and a special for “The Pool Master.” The…