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Ratings: ‘Idol’ Continues to Roll On Tuesday Night and ‘Glee’ Rerun Scores; NBC’s ‘Parenthood’ Slips

"American Idol" continued its domination of broadcast television by lifting Fox to another nightly ratings win, essentially keeping pace with last year’s numbers, tvbythenumbers.com reports.  "Idol" posted an 8.2 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic, off 5% from last…

Major Cable Network Adds Fifth Night of Original Programming

One of NBC Universal’s cable networks is gaining a fifth night of original programming, ramping up its hours of original offerings by 20%, B&C reports.  The network in questions, Bravo, didn’t say which night would receive the additional programming. Original programming currently…

Andy Richter on Leno Saying He Didn’t Have a Choice To Leave NBC and Not Take Back ‘Tonight Show’: ‘Multimillionaires are always being forced to do things they don’t want to do.’ Ouch!

Conan O’Brien’s ‘Tonight Show’ announcer, Andy Richter, made his first television appearance after leaving "The Tonight Show" last month by filling in for Regis Philbin today on "Live with Regis and Kelly," The Wrap reports.  O’Brien is legally bound from talking…

Case Closed: Letterman Blackmailer Pleads Guilty, Gets Jail Time

Robert "Joe" Halderman, the Emmy-winning former producer at CBS News, made a deal Tuesday with the authorities, agreeing to plead guilty to attempting to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million, Reuters reports. The formal charge Halderman pleaded guilty to was attempted grand…

Lohan Files Suit Over E*Trade Super Bowl ‘Milkaholic’ Baby Ad

Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, claiming that a recent advertisement featuring a "milkaholic" baby named Lindsay is modeled after her, Reuters reports.  The suit claims that E*Trade illegally invoked Lohan’s likeness with the baby,…

Fox Slots Summer Premieres for ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ ‘Lie to Me’

Getting a head start on the summer, Fox announced today the slate of returning shows for the network, including all new episodes of "Lie to Me," as well as the return of reality fare like "So You Think You Can…

Fox Steals Time from Affiliates For ‘Glee’ Spring Premiere

When "Glee" returns for the spring premiere on Tuesday, April 13, it will be following a 90-minute edition of "American Idol," reports The Futon Critic. That means the one-hour episode of "Glee" will run from 9:30-10:30, the second time this…

Further Evidence That ‘Numb3rs’ Days are Numb3r3d

Is CBS’ "Numb3rs" done after this Friday’s season finale?  “Numb3rs” star Rob Morrow has joined the cast of ABC’s legal pilot “The Whole Truth,” leading EW.com’s Michael Ausiello to conclude that Friday’s season finale of the CBS series is probably…

Creatives on ‘Castle’ Might Feel Rooked: ABC Decides Show Not Getting Sunday Tryout After All

ABC has canceled its planned Sunday night tryout for “Castle,” reports The Hollywood Reporter.The mystery drama will remain in its Monday slot the third week of March, when the move had been planned. THR says network executives decided not to…

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case About Ban Stemming From a ’60 Minutes’ Interview

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a death-row inmate to hear a case that would overturn a ban stemming from an interview "60 Minutes" conducted in 2000,  the Associated Press reports. It was in March of…