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Report: Paula Abdul’s New Manager is Saber Rattling: Claims No Contract Offer Yet; Says Abdul Will Leave ‘Idol’ if Producers Don’t Step Up

Paula Abdul’s new manager, David Sonenberg, who started managing her at the end of June, has told the Los Angeles Times that he’s gotten nowhere trying to get contact offers for Abdul from show producer 19 Entertainment or from Fox,…

Production on “Beautiful Life’ with Mischa Barton Postponed; Sources Tell Pub It’s NOT Because of Her Hospitalization

Production of the new CW show "The Beautiful Life," has been postponed a week, though producers say it has nothing to do with the recent hospitalization of co-star Mischa Barton, The Hollywood Reporter reports. On Wednesday, July 15th, Barton was…

ESPN To Challenge TV Stations and Newspapers With Local Sports Internet Sites; First Up are NY, LA, Chicago and Dallas

ESPN will announce it will cover local sports extensively, via new websites, in three markets today: New York, Los Angeles and Dallas, the New York Times reports. The announcement will be made after a successful test of ESPN Chicago, which debuted…

‘Top Chef’ Co-Host Padma Lakshmi Developing Sitcom for NBC

"Top Chef" co-host Padma Lakshmi is developing a sitcom for NBC tentatively titled "Single Serving," Variety reports. She would play a "woman working in the culinary world," Variety says. The development deal is with with NBC, Universal Media Studios, and…

FedEx, Known for its TV Advertising, Starts Web-only Video Ad Campaign

FedEx, which made news when it did not have a commercial in the Super Bowl this year for the first time in 18 years, starts its first ever web video campaign today, July 20, 2009, the New York Times reports….

CBS Will No Longer Use Cronkite’s Nightly Introduction to Katie Couric

With the death of Walter Cronkite on Friday, July 17, CBS News had decided to no longer use Cronkite’s recorded announcement introducing Karie Couric and the evening news, the New York Times reports. The announcement, used since Couric started, had…

Mark Rosenthal, formerly of Spot Runner, Interpublic and MTV, Named CEO of Current TV Parent Current Media

Mark Rosenthal has been named CEO of Current TV parent Current Media, Variety reports. He’ll start July 27th. Current Current CEO, Joel Hyatt, who co-founded Current with former Vice President Al Gore four years ago, will become vice chairman. Previous executive…

20th Puts Out Casting Call To Recruit New Voices for ‘Futurama’ if Deal Can’t be Reached with Actors Who Did the Original Voices

Neogotiations between the original voices of "Futurama"—John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Katey Sagal, and Billy West—and 20th Century Fox TV to have them star in the animated show when it returns to TV next year have broken down, Variety reports. Thus…

Report: Jackson Investigation NOT Likely to Say He Was Murdered

Here’s how the Los Angeles Times sumarizes it’s own report about the Michael Jackson investigation: "The investigation is far from over, but a law enforcement official says there’s nothing to suggest murder. Some doctors could face lesser charges of improperly…

If You are Under 45 Years Old, Here’s a Personal Explanation as to Why—and How—Cronkite was so Powerful and Influential

TVWeek’s Managing Diretor, Chuck Ross, does the explaining in his Open Mike blog–click here.