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Astounding: Apple Says App Downloads Now Exceed 2 Billion; Here are The Top Grossing TV-Related Ones (Including CNN’s Brand New PAID App)

Apple has announced that app downloads for its iPhone and iPod touch customers has reached 2 billion, half a billion of those in the last quarter alone. Apple says there are more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touches in…

New NBC Game Show: Do Household Chores, Win $1 Million (And You Couldn’t Have Thought of This?)

NBC has ordered "Perfect 10," a game show in which contestants have to perform 10 seemingly simple household tasks in 60 seconds each to earn a million dollars, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show, from Universal Media Studios in association…

Barry Sonnenfeld Sets New ABC Deal; Includes ‘Supermom’ Comedy Produced with Former Top ABC Exec Stu Bloomberg

Producer-director Barry Sonnenfeld (“Pushing Daisies”) is close to signing a two-year first-look deal with ABC and ABC Studios, and already has a script commitment for a multicamera comedy, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The untitled comedy, which Sonnenfeld is producing with…

Best-Scaring Author Stephen King Working on New TV Project

Stephen King is turning his novella “The Colorado Kid” into an hourlong series for studio E1 Entertainment, which will line up international co-production partners at Mipcom next month and then seek a U.S. broadcaster, reports Variety. The series, called “Haven,”…

Charter Communications Bankruptcy Plan May Go Before Court Tomorrow

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge is expected to rule tomorrow on whether Charter Communications’ reorganization plan can go forward, after months of squabbling among the lenders, bondholders and shareholders, reports Multichannel News. Charter filed for Chapter 11 protection on March…

NBC News Works With Maria Shriver for Week Focused on Women

California’s First Lady Maria Shriver will be the guest editor for a week of NBC News programming next month designed to “educate the public on the current state of women in America,” the New York Times reports. The content is…

DJ AM’s Death Ruled an Accidental Overdose

The New York medical examiner’s office ruled that DJ AM died accidentally from acute intoxication due to the combined effects of cocaine along with prescription drugs OxyContin, Hydrocodone or Vicodin, antianxiety drugs Xanax and Ativan, Klonopin, Benadryl and Levamisole, the…

TLC Picks Up Show About the World of Competitive Grilling (Translation: BBQ)

TLC greenlit a docusoap, "BBQ Pit Masters," about the behind-the-scenes world of competition grilling, reports Variety. The network picked up eight hourlong episodes for a Dec. 2 debut. Two other food series, “Cake Boss” and “Ultimate Cake Off,” were also…

Disney Channel Orders More ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ Episodes

The Disney Channel ordered eight more episodes of "The Wizards of Waverly Place," starring Selena Gomez, reports Variety. The third-season series about the magic that goes on in the kitchen of a family-owned restaurant earned a recent Emmy. The order…

TV Academy President Resigns

The president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Frank Radice, resigned Monday just prior to the organization’s annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Radice, who held the position for less that a…