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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Will Accept Emmys’ Farnsworth Honor on Behalf of NASA

Buzz Aldrin has walked on the moon as part of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, and at the upcoming Creative Emmys, the astronaut will accept the Philo T. Farnsworth Award on behalf of NASA, reports Huffington Post. NASA is receiving…

Streisand Turns to QVC to Promote New Album

Eight-time Grammy winner Barbra Streisand will use television to hawk her new CD, "Love Is the Answer" with a special hour on the QVC Shopping Channel, according to BroadwayWorld.com. Streisand’s collaborator and co-director, Richard Jay-Alexander, will be appearing on QVC on…

CBS Fall Preview Special to Showcase Five Series New to the Network

The cast from "How I Met Your Mother" will get together for a 30-minute special called "CBS Fall Preview," the network announced. The show will air on Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will also be available…

Major Oops! iTune Makes Second New-Season Episode of ‘Mad Men’ Available Five Days Too Soon

According to the Mashable.com Web site, iTunes had the second episode of "Mad Men," season three, posted and available for downloading on the site late Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, the show had been pulled, but "My Old Kentucky Home"…

’60 Minutes’ Creator Don Hewitt Dead at 86

Don Hewitt, the newsman who created CBS’s definitive magazine show, "60 Minutes," and during his decades at the network worked behind the scenes with legendary CBS News reporters Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, has succumbed to cancer at age…

Jon Gosselin Talking to Endemol About New Series Called ‘Divorced Dad’s Club’

Does Jon Gosselin want off “Jon & Kate Plus 8”? He’s in talks to appear in Endemol’s “Divorced Dad’s Club,” which looks at the lives of famous divorced fathers, says TMZ.com. TLC hasn’t been happy with Gosselin, and sent him…

SNL Kagan Forecasts Local Station Turnaround in 2010

After this year’s record 17% drop in TV station revenue, to about $17.6 billion, the market will rebound in 2010, with local station revenue increasing 5.2%, to $18.5 billion, projects a new SNL Kagan study, says The Hollywood Reporter. The study…

Temper Tantrums Led to Simone’s ‘Big Brother’ Ouster

In the “Big Brother” episode that aired Tuesday night, contestant Chima Simon spewed expletives as she refused an order to put on a microphone, and then, when handed one, threw it in a whirlpool spa, the Associated Press says. CBS…

Showtime, NFL to Produce History of American Football League

Showtime and the NFL have teamed up for production of a five-part history of the now-defunct American Football League, says Variety. The documentary, a first for Showtime’s sports division, premieres Sept. 16 on what would have been the AFL’s 50th…

Oliver Stone to Tell a ‘Secret’ History of America for Showtime

Director Oliver Stone will make a 10-part “Secret History of America” for Showtime, says The Hollywood Reporter. The documentary, which Stone will narrate, will examine events that producers say were under-reported in their time but were key to shaping U.S….