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Cable Veteran Takes Reins at BBC America

The executive taking over the reins at the American operations of the BBC has had lots of cable experience, reports the New York Times. It’s Herb Scannell, a former president at Nickelodeon and vice chairman at MTV Networks. In a…

Awards Show Snares Green Day, ‘Glee’s’ Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison to Perform

Green Day and two of the hot stars from the cast of "Glee" will be performing at a major televised awards show later this month, it’s been announced. CBS made the announcement about its presentation of the Tony Awards on…

King to Interview Obama

Larry King will interview President Barack Obama on Thursday, June 3, at 9 p.m. EST on CNN, the network reports. The topic of the talk will be the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Larry will be at the White…

Is One of the Stars of ‘Community’ Really Going to be the New Spider-Man?

If Twitter has the kind of power some think it does, one of the actors in the running for Sony’s big screen reboot of "Spider-Man" is "Community" star Donald Glover, reports The Wrap. Glover, who’s African-American and plays Troy on the…

Sheen’s Jail Time Won’t Affect ‘Two and a Half Men’ Production

Multiple sources are reporting that Charlie Sheen will plead guilty and serve jail time for an alleged domestic violence incident that resulted in an arrest on Christmas Day last year, but Deadline Hollywood says Sheen’s jail time will not affect…

Spike TV Attempts to Reunite ‘Goodfellas’ Cast for Award Show

Two stars of the classic mob drama "Goodfellas," Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta, will be on hand for Spike’s fourth annual Guy’s Choice Awards, the AP reports. "Goodfellas" is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and Spike TV reps said the…

Jason Priestly Checks into ‘Scoundrels’

Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Jason Priestly has signed for a multi-arc appearance on ABC’s summer series "Scoundrels," according to TVSquad.com. Priestly is playing a famous TV personality who is smitten with one of the family of scoundrels, Heather. "Scoundrels"…

‘CSI’ Dumps Castmember

The cast of CBS’ "CSI" is getting a little smaller with the departure of one cast member. Actress Liz Vassey, who plays lab tech Wendy on CBS’s "CSI," has been axed from the show as her contract has not…

Whew: Rogue Satellite Came and Went Without TV Interruptions

Despite fears that North American viewers would have their cable-television service disrupted from a rogue satellite, the communications device has come and gone without any major disruptions, reports Multichannel News. Intelsat’s Galaxy 15, which stopped responding to controllers in April,…

NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ Off to a Strong Ratings Start

The return of NBC’s popular reality show "America’s Got Talent" had a strong start for the summer run in its two hour premiere on Tuesday night in the Nielsen ratings, reports TVbythenumbers.com. For the eight o’clock hour, "America’s Got Talent" averaged a…