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Bret Michaels, on Eve of New Reality Show, Says He’s 75% to 80% Back to Peak Form

Bret Michaels, the frontman for the band Poison and the winner of last season’s "Celebrity Apprentice," tells the New York Post that he’s 75% to 80% back to his peak form as he prepares to debut his new reality show…

Video: Edgy ‘Simpsons’ Opening Credit Sequence By Satirical Street Artist Banksy, Including Sad, Sweatshop Employees Creating ‘Simpsons’ Animation and Novelties, Was Approved by Fox

Al Jean, the executive producer and showrunner of "The Simpsons" tells the New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog that the edgy opening sequence of Sunday’s episode, created by the British artist Banksy, was approved by Fox.  "Well, I haven’t been fired…

ABC News Starts Internal Interviews to Find Replacement for President David Westin

ABC News is beginning the process of looking at internal candidates to replace outgoing President David Westin, reports Marisa Guthrie at B&C.  Disney-ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney visited ABC News headquarters last week in New York, when she met…

Another Syndie Test by Debmar-Mercury: ‘Nanny’ Star to See if Daytime Talk Show Works, Starting After Thanksgiving

Yes, it’s Fran Drescher, the star of the ‘Nanny" who will be testing a syndicated daytime talk-show for three weeks, starting the day after Thanksgiving, reports Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture blog.  The Fran Drescher show is from…

Cartoon Version of Cult Film ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Picked up by Fox, as Well as Animated Show Featuring ‘Superbad’ Star

An animated version of the film "Napoleon Dynamite" has been picked up by Fox, as well as the animated "Allen Gregory," which will star "Superbad" actor Jonah Hill as a child prodigy, reports TheWrap.com’s TVHunter blog.  "Napoleon Dynamite," based on…

After Visiting ‘Every Weird and Wonderful Planet,’ ‘Dr. Who’ to Visit the U.S.

"Dr. Who" has "visited every weird and wonderful planet you can imagine, so he was bound get around to America eventually," says Steven Moffat, the head writer and showrunner of the cult British show, according to Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva.  The…

After Martha Stewart Ratings Woes, Hallmark Forces out Key Programming Executive

UPDATE 2:40 pm, PT, Oct. 11, 2010. Fixed typo on "joined" After receiving anemic ratings with Hallmark Channel’s reinvention using programming from lifestyle maven Martha Stewart, the company has forced out a key programming executive who joined just four months…

After 40 Years Los Angeles’ PBS Giant, KCET, Will Drop PBS Affiliation; Announces Plan to Become Country’s Largest Independent Public TV Station

KCET-TV, the Los Angeles area’s public broadcasting station for 40 years, announced on Friday that it would cut its PBS affiliation beginning Jan. 1 and become the country’s largest independent public TV station, reports Scott Collins in the Los Angeles…

In New TV Season, CBS Has Managed to Avoid Missteps Seen on Rival Networks

Bill Carter of the New York Times writes that CBS has managed the feat of avoiding the types of failures seen so far this season by its rivals.  While CBS has long been known to be weak with viewers between…

Can’t Make Money When Consumers Zip Through Ads? TiVo Has a Pitch for That

TiVo is finding a way to make money from many consumers’ habit of zipping through television ads, reports Claire Atkinson in the New York Post.  The company is offering to tell advertisers which of their TV ads are the worst…