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Paula Abdul tells ABC News that her contract with “American Idol” is up at the end of this season, the Associated Press reports. In an interview airing Thursday on “Nightline” Abdul says she loves what she does on the show…
ABC is talking to Warner Brothers about acquiring “The New Adventures of Old Christine” if CBS cancels it, Entertainment Weekly reports. ABC made a similar bid for the sitcom last year, but it was renewed by CBS, EW says. —Jon…
NBC is pulling the series “Kings” from its Saturday night timeslot, replacing it with reruns of “Law & Order SVU” until after the season ends, TelevisionWeek reports. Meanwhile, ABC is getting rid of its Thursday night broadcasts of “Samantha Who?”…
The Public Broadcasting Services is launching a new video portal that allows viewers to stream 130 episodes of nearly 20 of its programs including “Frontline,” “Nova,” and “Masterpiece Theater,” the Los Angeles Times reports. The portal will also allow PBS…
Television news operations are sending reporters and other assets to Afghanistan, which appears to have become the military priority under the new administration, the New York Observer reports. “We have all known for months that the focus was shifting from…
Lionsgate Entertainment is in talks to sell a minority stake in its TV Guide Channel, Bloomberg says, citing a person with knowledge of the negotiations. Lionsgate is planning to remake the channel into a general entertainment service, the news service…
“The Rachel Maddow Show,” a huge hit during a historic presidential campaign, is losing viewers since President Obama has been in office, the Los Angeles Times reports. “My job of asking questions and being critical doesn’t stop depending on who…
Salon says that even after the New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, a New York Times story documenting how retired military officers co-opted by the Pentagon were used as independent analysts on network newscasts continued to…
The New York Governor’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development saw a jump in applications in the first quarter, helped by the state’s recent renewal of its tax incentive program for TV and film production, Daily Variety says. The…