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‘True Blood’ Creator Alan Ball and Oprah Winfrey Join Forces for HBO Film

Emmy winners Alan Ball ("True Blood") and Oprah Winfrey will co-produce an HBO film adaptation of the novel, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," reports the AP. Ball also won an Emmy for writing HBO’s "Six Feet Under" and an Academy Award…

Boxing Expert Max Kellerman Joins CNN

Bart Feder, SVP of programming for CNN/U.S., announced today that Max Kellerman, well-known HBO boxing analyst and former ESPN personality, will be joining CNN’s roster of contributors. Kellerman is going to be offering his views on sports and pop cultural…

NBC Likely to Cancel ‘Heroes’

NBC will very likely cancel "Heroes," reports former TVWeek TV Editor Joe Adalian at New York Magazine’s Vulture website. There had been reports that NBC was contemplating one last go-round for the series — a fifth season of 13 episodes to close…

Comedy Central Adds Will Ferrell Project to Schedule

The latest Will Ferrell production, "Big Lake," has been picked up by Comedy Central, reports B&C. The sitcom will appear in Fall 2010, starring Chris Gethard, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz. Jon Heder had originally been in Gethard’s role but he…

Ken Burns Documentary Gets Extra Innings with ‘Baseball’ 4-Hour Sequel

Ken Burns popular PBS documentary, the nine part epic "Baseball," is getting an addition four hours of material, USA Today reports. Titled "The Tenth Inning," the new material will cover 1994 to the present, tackling a strike, a steroids scandal…

Starz to Produce Six-Episode ‘Spartacus’ Prequel

Starz plans to air a six-part prequel to "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" in January, with the original series’ star, who is undergoing cancer treatment, making a brief appearance, the Hollywood Reporter reports.  Lucy Lawless will return as Lucretia, the wife…

Roberts: Comcast Has No Plans to Make Over NBCU

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts  said the cable giant  doesn’t intend to reinvent NBC Universal when it acquires the entertainment conglomerate, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Speaking today at during a newsmaker brunch with producer Peter Chernin on opening day of  Cable Show at…

ABC Moves ‘Happy Town’ to June

ABC has decided to move the remainder of the run of the mystery series "Happy Town" to the summer, reports The Futon Critic. The show will be on hiatus after this week’s episode. The last five episodes of "Happy Town"…

Another TV Legend May Follow Betty White as a ‘SNL’ Host

The success of Betty White as a host on "Saturday Night Live" has given birth to a campaign on Facebook promoting Carol Burnett to be the next TV icon to appear on the show, reports Mediaite. The New York Times…

Burt Reynolds to Guest on USA’s ‘Burn Notice’

Burt Reynolds will appear on an upcoming episode of USA Network’s hit spy series, "Burn Notice," reports TV Guide. Matt Nix, the executive producer of "Burn Notice," told the publication that Florida resident Reynolds was the first choice for the…