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USA Today’s reviewer got a kick out of the season finale of “Lost.” “Even if last night’s ‘Lost’ finale didn’t provide many final answers, that was a fabulous, fun two hours of TV that masterfully propelled the story forward. It…
A lawsuit charges that Sumner Redstone sold his 87% stake in Midway Games for only $100,000 so that he could register a $700 million tax loss and collect “a massive tax refund,” the Los Angeles Times reports. The suit, filed…
Ex-NBC executive Teri Weinberg has tapped Rachel Israel as VP of programming at Weinberg’s Yellow Brick Road, Daily Variety reports. Israel, who most recently was manager of comedy programming at NBC, has worked with Weinberg since 2004, when both worked…
The Federal Communications Commission is planning a final effort to reach people who haven’t prepared for the switch to digital television, the Washington Post says. “We’re going to schools, we’re going to barbecues, we’re going to picnics,” said Roger Goldblatt,…
One condition Elizabeth Edwards insisted on during her media tour promoting her new book was that her interviewers did not mention the name of the women who had an affair with her husband, former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards,…
Fox’s comedy chief Susan Levison is leaving the network, Daily Variety reports. Her role will be handled by the vice presidents of comedy development, Suzanna Makkos and Marcus Wiley, the trade paper says. Levison had worked on the network’s new…
James Pickens Jr., who plays the chief of surgery on “Grey’s Anatomy,” has remained calm as various controversies have swirled around the show, the Los Angeles Times reports. “A lot of folks in show business like drama, but that’s never…
Scottish actor David Tennant has been tapped as the new host of PBS’ “Masterpiece Contemporary,” the Associated Press reports. “Masterpiece” returns to PBS in October with the drama “Endgame,” about the last days of South Africa’s apartheid starring William Hurt,…
Jon Stewart has added his support to the NBC bubble show “Chuck,” Television Week’s TVMoJoe blog reports. The host of “The Daily Show” made a comment about the program after a segment that criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her…
With television stations hit by the recession and a decline in ad spending, many managers are considering centralizing technical operations to help offset the decline in sales, TVNewsday reports. Meredith, for example, is paring costs by centralizing tasks such as…