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Morley Safer, 77, tells the New York Daily News that he plans to keep working on “60 Minutes,” where he went part-time a few seasons ago with the expectation of doing six pieces a year. Now, the newspaper says, Safer…
Shawn Johnson, an Olympic gold medalist and gymnast, won ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” by a slim margin, the New York Daily News reports. The 17-year old had been tied with actor Gilles Marini, although viewer votes tipped in her…
Local television stations are suffering during the current economic downturn, with advertisers fleeing as stations lose viewers, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. That’s leading to TV stations firing highly paid anchors, combining jobs and pooling video and other resources, the newspaper…
ABC is making some big moves in the fall, launching an all-new comedy night and slotting buzz drama “Flash Forward” in the key 8 p.m. Thursday time slot, Television Week reports. Other big plays include a new Mark Burnett reality…
Fox kicked off the television networks’ upfront presentations with a plan to stay as stable as possible in the fall so as to avoid overhauling its lineup in winter, Television Week reports. The network will put “So You Think You…
NBC appears to have renewed “Law & Order,” buying an additional 16 episodes, Television Week’s TV MoJoe reports. NBC representatives couldn’t be reached for comment, the publication says. It’s unlikely that the two shows still up in the air, “My…
CBS is picking up four dramas, one comedy and a reality program for next season, Daily Variety reports. Three of the dramas are produced by CBS Television Studios: “The Good Wife”, the “NCIS” spinoff and “Three Rivers,” the trade paper…
The final performance episode of “American Idol” tonight comes down to a competition between the showy Adam Lambert and the clean-cut Kris Allen, Reuters reports. The winner will be announced Wednesday evening, the news wire adds. It’s the third time…
Fox Networks Group Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra tells Daily Variety he wants Nielsen Media Research to explain how it’s going to address the problem of the ratings agency undercounting audiences by as much as 8%. “They didn’t give an…