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Simon Cowell plans to launch a U.S. version of his British music talent show "The X Factor" in 2011, sources told the Los Angeles Times, and as a result this year’s “American Idol” season, which kicks off this week on…
Roger Ailes was paid $23 million last year in salary, bonuses and other compensation for his success in turning Fox News into a News Corp. “profit engine,” The New York Times reports. The paper said the unit is expected to…
CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler told reporters at press tour that the network had reaped more 10 p.m. ad revenue as a result of NBC’s decision to slot “The Jay Leno Show” in the hour, the Associated Press reports. "Ten…
George Stephanopoulos said at the end of Sunday’s “This Week” that it was his final regular appearance as anchor of the show, TVNewser reports. He started as co-anchor of the network’s “Good Morning America” last month. No replacement has been…
Nickelodeon will launch the only preschool series centered entirely on teaching math to children, reports TVWeek contributor Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times. The half-hour “Team Umizoomi,” which starts Jan. 25, has been in development for nearly five years,…
Rising license fees mean NBC Universal will lose money on the Winter Olympics this year, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol said Sunday, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Ebersol said that sales had recently taken off, after a slow…
Showtime has ordered 10 episodes of a series about the Italian Renaissance family the Borgias, B&C reports. The show will go into production this spring and begin airing next year, with Jeremy Irons set to star as the family patriarch….
In her first overseas trip since taking over in December as anchor of ABC’s “World News,” Diane Sawyer will anchor from Afghanistan tonight and Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, Nielsen numbers for last week show that NBC’s top-rated “Nightly…
Fox is interested in providing a home for Conan O’Brien’s latenight talk show should he decide to depart NBC, according to Josef Adalian at TheWrap.com. It is not known whether O’Brien, whose "Tonight Show" is being reassigned to 12:05 p.m….