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‘Sugar Man’ Director’s Death Confirmed as Suicide

The death of 36-year-old Swedish film director Malik Bendjelloul, whose documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" won an Academy Award in 2013, is being called a suicide, with Reuters reporting that a family member confirmed it. As we reported earlier today,…

Tuesday Ratings: How Low Did ‘Glee’ Go — and Did Fox Get Any Help From Its New Series?

Fox's musical dramedy staple "Glee" aired its season finale Tuesday night, and viewers marked the occasion by not tuning in. Based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo, the show lost 25% of its audience from a week earlier…

What’s the Plan for Barbara Walters, Post-‘The View’?

With Barbara Walters exiting the show she created 17 years ago, what's ahead for the TV icon after "The View"? The Associated Press reports that Walters won’t be on-screen starting next week, although she will remain with the program as…

VH1 Greenlights Tyra Banks Transgender Series

VH1 is moving forward with a docuseries from Tyra Banks and Gay Rosenthal, Deadline.com reports. The project has the working title "TransAmerica" and is set to bow in either late 2014 or early 2015. "The series chronicles a group of…

TV’s Longest-Running Comedy to Wrap It Up

Plans were announced today to wrap up a series that has been a fixture on network TV for more than a decade and was once a massive ratings hit for CBS. E! News reports that the network will bring "Two…

CBS Unveils Its 2014-15 Prime-Time Schedule, Including Eight New Series, ‘Thursday Night Football’ — But the Schedule Has One Big Omission

CBS today took the wraps off its prime-time schedule for 2014-15, which features eight new series along with 21 returning shows. Five new shows and "NFL Thursday Night Football" will debut in fall. The new fall shows include four dramas…

NBC News Hit With Lawsuits

NBC News has had two lawsuits filed against it, reports TVNewser.com. One of the suits was filed by a former freelance producer, with the other coming from a Michigan construction worker who was misidentified as a criminal during an episode…

Big Story Happens to Baltimore TV Station, Which Isn’t Able to Cover It

The “biggest story in Baltimore” on Tuesday took place inside a TV station in the city, which found itself unable to cover the story because it had been evacuated after a man rammed a truck through the lobby, CNN reports….

Gannett Makes $215 Million Station Acquisition

Gannett has agreed to purchase six TV stations in a $215 million acquisition. B&C reports that the acquisition involves six Texas stations owned by London Broadcasting. "The stations are KCEN Waco-Temple-Bryan, KYTX Tyler-Longview, KIII Corpus Christi, KBMT and subchannel KJAC…

Missing Person Report to Be Filed on Casey Kasem as One Theory Surfaces on His Whereabouts

Casey Kasem’s daughter Kerri Kasem is expected to file a missing person report today, Wednesday, for her father, as she alleges that her stepmother, Jean Kasem, recently moved her ailing father to an undisclosed location, reports Variety. A judge has…