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Lily Tomlin and Kathryn Joosten, who play sisters on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” are in discussions to create a spinoff based on their roles, the New York Post reports. Joosten has been playing a sarcastic neighbor on the show since 2004,…
Actor Gilles Marini is becoming the frontrunner on “Dancing With the Stars,” after winning a perfect score on Monday night’s episode, the New York Daily News reports. He and his partner, Cheryl Burke, performed a salsa that judge Len Goodman…
The appeal of “House” lies in the show’s insistence that a woman can’t save a man and its refusal to act like soap opera, the New York Times says. The finale, for example, teased with a glimpse of House and…
“AMC Storymakers” has tapped Tom Cruise, Judd Apatow, Cameron Diaz and Nick Cassavetes for a May 15 special hosted by Peter Bart and Peter Guber, Television Week reports. The hosts will talk about how the entertainment industry has changed and…
“The Real Housewives of New Jersey” may be the best installment of the “Housewives” franchise because the women it follows seem like real humans, the Los Angeles Times says. A scene in which one family prepares for a party is…
CNN is working with Essence Communications to produce weekly news segments called “What Matters,” Multichannel News reports. The three- to five-minute segments will begin May 8 and focus on issues affecting the black community, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
Verizon’s FiOS TV service has added six high-definition channels from Entertainment Studios, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The channels focus on lifestyle topics, such as Recipe.TV and Cars.TV, and will begin debuting this week, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
Nickelodeon has placed a 26-episode order of “The Troop,” a comedy series about high-school students who combat monsters, the Hollywood Reporter says. The show, from producer Tommy Lynch, is filming in Vancouver for a fall debut, the publication adds. —Aimee…
Kevin Costner is developing a four-hour miniseries for A&E set during the post-Civil War era, the Hollywood Reporter says. The movie will concern a conflict during the West’s development, and Costner may play one of the roles, although the network…