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NBC’s “Chuck” is the show on the bubble that viewers most want to return for another season, according to USA Today’s annual Save Our Shows poll. More than 43,000 fans voted, with 54% saying they want “Chuck” back, the newspaper…
Matt Giraud, saved by the judges on “American Idol” two weeks ago, was dumped again by viewers, the Washington Post reports. Meanwhile, popular contestant Adam Lambert wound up in the bottom two and was nearly eliminated as well, the paper…
ABC Family is canceling the comedy series “Roommates” after its first season, the Hollywood Reporter says. The series’ last four episodes will be broadcast in a block on Monday, the trade paper says. —Aimee Picchi
One of the worst deals in history, AOL’s combination with Time Warner, has left a succession of businessmen trying to solve the problem of what to do with AOL, the New York Times’ DealBook says. It has come down to…
The New York Times takes a look at networks that run news crawls during their commercial breaks to help keep viewers tuned in. “As long as the information on the screen with the commercial is not overly invasive, it is…
Lachlan Murdoch’s Illyria bought 9.1% stake in Prime Media, a regional television group in Australia, the Australian reports. Murdoch has been buying small stakes in media and non-media companies, including an Indian cricket team, the paper says. —Jon Lafayette
NBC is exploring leasing part of its headquarters in Washington, D.C., the New York Observer says. One possible tenant is American University, the paper says, which would share space occupied by NBC News, MSNBC and WRC-TV, the station NBC owns…
After US Magazine published a photo of Jon Gosselin, co-star of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” leaving a bar at about 2 a.m. with a young woman, Gosselin issued a statement saying he had shown “bad judgment,” Entertainment Weekly…
Entertainment Weekly notes that most shows with a science fiction theme on broadcast TV have either been canceled or are unlikely to come back and it wants to know why. “Do you have any clue, any insight as to why…
With her series “Grey’s Anatomy” nearing its 100th episode, Shonda Rhimes is very busy, USA Today says. She’s executive producing “Grey’s” and spinoff “Private Practice” and he’s got a pilot “Inside the Box,” which has a shot at ABC’s fall…