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Prelim Numbers Show Ratings Bonanza for USA/Canada Gold Medal Hockey Final

In what turned out to be the final, and perhaps the most dramatic event of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Sunday’s gold medal ice hockey game between the United States and Canada was a ratings boom, according to TVbythenumbers. In preliminary…

PBS Names New Senior VP to Head Up Fundraising

PBS today named Brian J. Reddington senior VP of development, in charge of heading up the expansion of the network’s fundraising efforts. Reddington will guide the PBS strategy to produce more revenue for member stations and pump up media attention…

Gold-Medal Skier Vonn Called for Jury Duty on ‘Law & Order’

Bob Costas surprised Winter Olympic Gold-Medal winner Lindsey Vonn on Saturday during an interview on NBC about her success at the games, reports TV Guide. Costas revealed that since Vonn was such a major fan of the network’s "Law & Order,"…

AFTRA, SAG to Negotiate New TV Contract Jointly

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will team up with the Screen Actors Guild to jointly negotiate the next prime-time television contract, The New York Times reports. Current contracts expire in June 2011. The two negotiated separately in…

CBS News Has Talked to a Major News Personality at Another Network About an Anchor Job

With Katie Couric’s “CBS Evening News” contract expiring next year, CBS executives have talked to another big-name news personality about an anchor job, The New York Times reports, citing sources who were told of the meeting. It’s CNN’s Anderson Cooper,…

ABC News Planning to Close All Its Bureaus Except D.C.

In addition to cutting as much as 25 percent of its editorial staff, ABC News is beginning to start the process of closing all its physical bureaus nationwide except the one in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles Times reports. The…

Marie Osmond’s Son Commits Suicide

Marie Osmond’s 18-year-old son Michael Blosil left a suicide note for a female friend before he fell from his high-rise Los Angeles apartment building, TMZ reports. Just before 9 p.m. Friday, police sources told TMZ, Blosil sent a text message…

Abdul Not Joining ‘Dancing With the Stars’

ABC is set this week to announce the stars who will be part of “Dancing With the Stars” this season, but Paula Abdul’s name won’t be among them, TMZ reports. TMZ, citing sources, said the former “American Idol” judge passed,…

Leno Returns to ‘The Tonight Show,’ and, Ultimately, There’s Only One Question Remaining

Jay Leno is almost certain to win the latenight ratings battle this week, his first back in the slot after his ill-fated seven months in prime time, but , ultimately, there is only one question on the minds of most…

Pulled ‘South Park’ Episode to Air in Mexico

MTV’s Mexican channel says it has scheduled a previously pulled episode of “South Park,” the Associated Press reports. The episode, called “Pinewood Derby,” depicts the country’s flag and president Felipe Calderon. Government approval is needed to use Mexican national symbols,…