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Larry Gelbart Hated CBS-Enforced Laugh Track on ‘M*A*S*H,’ According to One of His Last Interviews

Larry Gelbart complained about how CBS mishandled his series "M*A*S*H*" by insisting on a laugh track, in one of his final interviews, now excerpted in Vanity Fair, before he died of cancer on Sept. 11. He told interviewer Mike Sacks…

Hulu Considering Adding Subscription Services, PPV

News Corp. chairman-CEO Rupert Murdoch told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference that the partners in the free online video service Hulu are looking to add subscription services and pay-per-view, Multichannel News reports. NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, whose company is…

Arianna Huffington Tries Hand at Sitcom Producing for ABC

Huffington Post founder and political pundit Arianna Huffington is going to give TV producing a try: ABC gave a script commitment to a multicamera comedy she is working on with Greg Malins, executive producer of “How I Met Your Mother,”…

Rupert Murdoch Says News Corp. Is Seeing Uptick in Ad Market

News Corp. chairman-CEO Rupert Murdoch said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference that the company has seen improvements in advertising in recent weeks, says The Hollywood Reporter. "It’s a pretty healthy picture at the moment,” Murdoch said, noting the Fox…

Remember Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’? FCC Isn’t Over It Yet

More than five years after the event, the FCC said it wants to further investigate whether CBS’ indecency violation in the 2004 Super Bowl—in which Janet Jackson’s right breast was briefly exposed to the TV audience—was a “willful” act because…

Betty White to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award

Betty White, whose many TV roles included "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," will receive a life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild at its 16th annual SAG Awards on Jan. 23, Variety reports. White, who…

Tom DeLay Slightly Injured in ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Rehearsals, But Not Quitting

Former House Majority leader Tom DeLay feared he had a stress fracture in his foot, just one week before his “Dancing With the Stars” debut, USmagazine.com reported. He later posted to Twitter that it was merely a “pre-stress fracture,” adding,…

Hemingway’s ‘A Moveable Feast’ Possibly Headed to Screen for First Time

Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter, Mariel Hemingway, got the TV and film rights to his memoir “A Moveable Feast” from his estate and will begin shopping it for the first time, reports Variety. She has teamed up with John Goldstone to produce….

A&E Plans Tribute to Patrick Swayze, Will Re-Air ‘Beast’

A&E said it will honor the late Patrick Swayze on Wednesday, Sept. 16, with a special biography of the star, "Bio Remembers: Patrick Swayze,” at 10 p.m. EST. The network also will present Swayze’s final TV series, the A&E original…

Nominees Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick Join Ranks of Emmy Presenters

Kyra Sedgwick and husband Kevin Bacon, both nominated for Emmys this year, have been added to the roster of presenters at Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards, according to Huffington Post. On Tuesday, other stars were announced as well, including Alec Baldwin, Ricky Gervais,…