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Subway to Pay ‘Biggest Loser’ Contestant $1,000 per Pound Lost

To promote the company’s Fresh Fit menu, Subway has offered to give "The Biggest Loser" contestant Shay Sorrells $1,000 per pound lost before the NBC series’ Season 9 finale in May, according to the Los Angeles Times. Sorrells joined the…

Food’s ‘Barefoot Contessa’ Turns Away Hollywood Guest Star

A well-known TV star was recently snubbed when she sought to appear on the Food Network show "The Barefoot Contessa," according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Jennifer Garner, who stars on ABC’s "Alias," is a fan of chef Ina Garten’s program,…

Fresh Episodes Result in Sunday Ratings Surge for ABC

New episodes of "Extreme Makeover," "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters" helped boost ABC to a Sunday night win in the key adult demo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At 8 p.m. "Extreme Makeover" scored a 3.3 in the adult…

‘Dawson’s Creek’ Veteran Joins NBC’s ‘Mercy’

NBC has injected some new blood into the medical drama "Mercy" by adding "Dawson’s Creek" veteran James Van Der Beek to the cast, reports Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly. Van Der Beek’s role as Dr. Liam West is recurring and…

Former ‘Arrested Development’ Star Joins Cast of TVLand Sitcom

"Arrested Development" star Jessica Walter has joined the George Segal sitcom for TV Land, "Retired at 35," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Also cast are Christine Ebersole, Casey Wilson and Johnathan McClain. — Allison J. Waldman

Keach and McCormack Cast on FX Drama

Actors Stacy Keach and Catherine McCormack have been cast on FX’s new drama series, "Lights Out," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series centers on Holt McCallany’s character, Patrick "Lights" Leary, a former boxer suffering a neurological disease. Keach will…

Gosselin in Talks to Star in New Dating Show

Is there another TV show in the future for one of the Gosselins? Divorced for less than a month, Kate Gosselin is in talks to star in a reality dating show to find the mom of eight a new mate,…

Viewers Fleeing ‘Leno&#8217 and NBC at 10 p.m., but Where Are They Going?

As most industry observers predicted, NBC’s move of putting Jay Leno on Monday through Friday at 10 p.m. has meant a huge loss of  viewers to the network at that hour. The question has always been, "Where will those viewers…

AT&T Drops Tiger Woods; Fox News’ Brit Hume Says Tiger, Who Practices Buddhism, Needs to Find Another Religion to Recover From Scandal

AT&T is the latest company to end its sponsorship of golfer Tiger Woods, the New York Times reports. The company said it wished him well in the future. Woods is taking an “indefinite break” from the sport after acknowledging marital…

Public Interest Groups Want Probe of TV Everywhere

Public interest groups including Free Press are asking for a federal antitrust probe of the “TV Everywhere” initiative, worried that it will keep prices for programming high and make online video competition difficult, the Washington Post reports. The groups will…