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Disabled Actors Wish Fox Had Hired One of Their Own for ‘Glee’

Fox’s “Glee” routinely incorporates diversity in its plotlines, but advocates for disabled Hollywood actors still wish the show had chosen one of their own to play the paraplegic Artie, the Associated Press reports Wednesday’s episode featured a joyful wheelchair routine…

Defense Lawyer in Letterman Extortion Case Says His Client Was Just Trying to Sell Screenplay

CBS News producer Robert J. "Joe" Halderman was merely trying to sell a screenplay, not extort money from latenight host David Letterman, his defense lawyer said in court Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Halderman has been charged with attempted first-degree…

White House Communications Director Who Pushed Combative Stance Toward Fox News Stepping Down

White House communications director Anita Dunn is stepping down, in what the Los Angeles Times reports was an expected move, noting that she joined the administration with the understanding that she’d stay only a few months. Recently, Dunn presided over…

Nick’s ‘Fanboy and Chum Chum’ Has Big Debut

Nickelodeon’s “Fanboy and Chum Chum” set some series opening records for the network on Friday night, thanks partly to a huge lead-in from “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Multichannel News reports. The new series was the highest-rated series debut among Nickelodeon’s target kid…

Buyer Reportedly Found for The Hollywood Reporter, the AdWeek Group, and Billboard

A deal is in place for the sale of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek and Mediaweek, according to a report by Sharon Waxman of The Wrap. The buyer, according to the report, is James Finkelstein’s News Communications, which owns the “Who’s Who”…

TV Viewing at Highest-Ever Levels and Growing, Nielsen Says

Nielsen data indicates that the amount of time Americans are devoting to TV-watching is continuing to grow despite more time also being spent in front of computers, according to James Hibberd at The Hollywood Reporter. The average American spends 4 hours and 49 minutes daily…

New Inductees Named for TV Hall of Fame

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced six new inductees into the TV Academy Hall of Fame — seven if you count the Smothers Brothers as individuals. According to Josef Adalian at The Wrap, The Smothers Brothers are in, along…

Report: Jon Gosselin Will Countersue TLC

Jon Gosselin will countersue TLC for $5 million, RadarOnline is reporting. Gosselin, who is being sued for breach of contract by the cable network, on which he starred in the reality series "Jon & Kate Plus 8," will file his own lawsuit on…

Guess Which Program Led to E!’s Highest-Rated Day Ever?

Lots of eyeballs were glued to E! Sunday, so many that the network enjoyed its highest-rated day ever. The debut of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians: The Wedding" — featuring Khloe’s wedding to NBA star Lamar Odom — at 8 p.m. drove…

Struggling Veteran Hour May Get ABC’s ‘Eastwick’ Vacancy

With the cancellation of "Eastwick," industry watchers assumed that "Lost" will take over the Wednesday at 10 p.m. slot when it returns in 2010, but that may not be the case, reports E! Online. ABC insiders are considering putting "Ugly…