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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Contestants to Be Revealed During ‘Bachelor’ Finale

The contestants for the upcoming season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” will be announced during a special edition  the finale of "The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love" March 1 at 8 p.m. "Stars" host Tom Bergeron will appear during the…

Time Warner, Raycom Reach Retrans Agreement

Station owner Raycom Media and Time Warner Cable, after a months’ extension, officially cemented a new multiyear retransmission agreement today, reports Multichannel News. Raycom owns stations in eight Time Warner Cable markets, including Honolulu, Wilmington and Charlotte, North Carolina, Columbia…

CBS Launches Latest Version of Promo

CBS has launched a new variation on its "Only CBS" promotional campaign, adding different music, reports The Wrap. For the new promo, the group Train recorded a cover of the Platters’ "Only You" in a mash-up with its latest single…

No Half-Baked Plan Here: TLC Renews Reality Show for Season Three

If your mouth waters for more biscotti, cannoli, pastiche ricotta and sfogliatelle, then TLC’s got a series for you. It’s the network’s popular "Cake Boss," which has been given a third-season renewal by TLC. The reality show, set in a Hoboken, N.J….

‘West Wing’ Star Joins ABC’s Matthew Perry Comedy

An Emmy-winning star of "The West Wing" has joined the cast of ABC’s Matthew Perry comedy, "Mr. Sunshine," reports The Hollywood Reporter. Allison Janney will portray Perry’s boss at his San Diego workplace, managing an aging stadium. Perry co-wrote the comedy…

‘Project Runway’ Judge Writing Fashion Book

Fashion editor and Lifetime "Project Runway" judge Nina Garcia announced today that she is writing a new book on fashion for the Voice imprint of Disney-owned Hyperion Books, according to USA Today. The book, Garcia’s fourth on style, will be…

Spike Picks Up Two Docu-Series

Series that chronicle little person wrestling and competitive scrap-metal hunters have been picked up by Spike TV, reports The Hollywood Reporter. "Half Pint Brawlers," which is already in production, will follow a troupe of little person wrestlers in their travels…

CBS News Layoffs Coming This Week

CBS News is expected to lay off a significant number of employees across all of its news programs this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some sources told the paper that as many as 100 people, or 7% of the…

CW Board Members Talk About the Network’s Future in the Face of Steep Losses

The CW lost somewhere between $25 million and $50 million last year, according to Bernstein Research, but the network’s owners aren’t thinking of pulling the plug, B&C reports. Executives at CBS and Warner Bros. — which jointly own the network…

‘Jersey Shore’ Will Return, but Not From Jersey

MTV is bringing back a second season of “Jersey Shore” next summer, but it won’t be shot in New Jersey, Multichannel News reports. For the 12 new episodes the housemates will move outside the northeast, the network said; the location…